Northern Ireland

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has recorded a 60 per cent rise in paramilitary punishment shootings and beatings in the last four years, The Guardian reports. There were 101 shootings and beatings by dissident republicans and loyalists last year, up from 64 in 2013, according to the l

Carla Fraser and Julie Tierney Two lawyers at Edwards & Co. Solicitors have been recognised as specialist family lawyers by a leading UK child abduction charity.

Pictured (l-r): Competition judge David Gaston, students Abena Aduse-Poku and Doreen Awuah, and competition judge Colin Mitchell Students at Queen's University Belfast have emerged as winners of the Client Consultation Competition 2018.

A woman whose husband died over 30 years ago and has not had an Article 2 ECHR compliant investigation into his death has successfully argued that the decision of former First Minister, Arlene Foster, not to permit a paper on legacy inquests to go before the Executive Committee was unlawful. Directi

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has called on Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley to urgently release funding for legacy inquests following yesterday's ruling by Justice Sir Paul Girvan.

A court battle over the future of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme could make it to the UK Supreme Court following a decision on costs. The Renewable Heat Association for Northern Ireland (RHANI), which represents half of RHI boiler owners, took the Department for the Economy to court over

Drivers caught speeding outside Anahilt Primary School in Co Down were given the option to appeal before a panel of children in "Kids' Court" as an alternative to penalty points and a fine.

Eileen Ewing The president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has marked International Women's Day by commending the sacrifices of women who paved the way for gender equality.

Women from Northern Ireland are among those being honoured on International Women's Day by Amnesty International as it launches its "Suffragette Spirit Map". The interactive map of the UK celebrates the incredible work being carried out by women in their communities 100 years on from first winning t

Leading human rights groups and experts have called for all people in Northern Ireland to retain their rights as EU citizens after Brexit. In a letter to The Irish Times, they said rights "should not be conditional upon a requirement to declare Irish citizenship, in line with the guarantees of equal

The UK government is facing calls from opposition MPs to allow the backdated publication of Northern Ireland political donations from January 2014. The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for the Northern Ireland Secretary to allow or require the Electoral Commission to pub

Stuart Mansfield Arthur Cox has welcomed an "encouraging" report showing growth in the value of new loans approved for small and medium Northern Ireland enterprises.

The draft Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK contains strong commitments to the Good Friday Agreement, the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has said. The human rights group has published its initial comments on the draft agreement, made public last week by the E

Chief Commissioner Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has today published the first major report into Travellers' accommodation in almost a decade.

A man who was convicted of committing grievous bodily harm with intent has lost an appeal against his conviction, which he contended was unsafe due to irregularity in the trial judge’s taking of the jury’s verdict. Finding that the conviction was safe, Lord Chief Justice Declan Morgan was satisf