New legislation is to provide the Defence Forces with new powers to safeguard Ireland’s maritime domain and protect the State’s sovereign rights in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone. The ...

An appeal with implications for hundreds of drink-driving cases across the State has come before the Supreme Court. The High ...

Niamh Muldoon has been named as the next chief executive of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). Ms Muldoon, a ...

Northern Ireland's draft framework for race relations and delivery plan have gone out for consultation. The 12-week public consultation commences today and runs until 3 June 2026.

No criminal charges are to be brought against independent TD and former government minister Michael Lowry arising from the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal. Mr Lowry yesterday said he had been told ...

A judge has ruled against a couple who tried to reclaim a small area of land by planting a garden gnome on it. England's Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) ruled last week on a years-long dispute between ...

Personal injury lawyers have urged Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice to avoid a scenario where severely injured people are under-compensated in comparison to those in England and Wales. The ...

Hereditary peers in the House of Lords will become a thing of the past under legislation which has now passed at Westminster. The House of Lords will no longer be up there with Lesotho’s Senate among ...

Irish and Brazilian officials have opened formal negotiations on an air services agreement which would pave the way for direct flights between the two nations. An air services agreement (ASA) provides ...

The High Court has refused to grant leave to challenge a decision of the Ombudsman upholding a refusal of civil legal aid by ...

New research has identified how effective, trust-based relationships between youth justice practitioners and young people can ...

Retired Co Cork solicitor Miriam Morley has passed away. Mrs Morley was a solicitor at Midleton firm W St Clair Rice & Co, which merged with Eoin Murphy Solicitors in 2022 to become Murphy Rice & Co.