Northern Ireland

Two republican ex-prisoners have given the thumbs up to a new gourmet restaurant based in Belfast's Crumlin Road Gaol, where they were once incarcerated. Former IRA members Gerard Hodgins and Richard O'Rawe returned to Crumlin Road Gaol with The Guardian to sample the food at the new Cuffs restauran

Daithí McKay Legislation allowing Stormont committees to compel witnesses to appear could be used for the first time during the inquiry into the Nama coaching allegations.

Andrew Henderson Pinsent Masons has announced the launch of a UK-wide Public Policy Unit in the wake of Britain's decision to exit the European Union.

Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland programme director Police figures showing almost 3,000 hate crime incidents in the last year have sparked concern from human rights groups.

Madden & Finucane Solicitors has complained that one of its clients in Maghaberry Prison was confined to his cell without regard for due process.

The re-offending rate in Northern Ireland fell by around four per cent between 2011-14, according to new analysis from the Department of Justice. The Department's latest statistical bulletin includes re-offending rates for adults and under-17s given a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary

Sue McAllister and Claire Sugden Sue McAllister, director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), is due to step down at the end of October.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden plans to introduce legislation banning so-called "zombie knives" in Northern Ireland following a similar ban in England and Wales. Zombie knives, also sometimes known as "zombie killer knives" or "zombie slayer knives" are ornate weapons ostensibly sold for recreationa

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has published documents from the 1980s which show, among other things, the importance assigned by the Northern Ireland Office to the implementation of the Fair Employment Act 1989. Then-Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke said in a letter to G

Organisations have been invited to host events at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival in December 2016. The festival, organised by the Human Rights Consortium since 2012, starts on 4 December and ends on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2016.

Economy Minister Simon Hamilton Global law firms expanding their Northern Ireland operations have been granted almost £3 million through Invest NI over the past five years, The Irish News reports.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) recorded 44 disruptions of organised crime and made 36 arrests in its first year of full operation in Northern Ireland, new figures show. The NCA became fully operational in Northern Ireland in May 2015 and works closely with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PS

Justice Secretary Liz Truss Plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a "British Bill of Rights" are to go ahead according to Justice Secretary Liz Truss.

Jonathan McKeown and Maurece Hutchinson Belfast- and Newry-based firm JMK Solicitors is set to recruit 10 new staff members this year as part of an ambitious new £1 million three-year business development plan.

Pictured (l-r, top-bottom): James Flanagan of Arthur Cox; Conor Toal of AMT-Sybex; William Curry of Arthur Cox; Morris McCracken and Tom Gilgun of the Central Procurement Directive; Brian Mitchell and Leonard Hayes of AMT-Sybex; Robert Huey; and David Torrens Arthur Cox advised Northern Ireland's De