Legal regulator to cost €4m a yearGovernment says it is ‘more committed than ever’ to enacting proposals to reduce costs in the sectorMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
Child rapporteur warns of impact of High Court ruling on detentionRuling found all young offenders entitled to same remission as adultsSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
Data retention interferes with privacy – European Court opinionJudges to begin deliberations in case taken by Irish advocacy groupFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Man on IRA charges got fair trial, court rulesEuropean court finds Special Criminal Court trial did not violate man’s rightsFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Shatter seeks AG’s advice on proposed overhaul of prostitution lawsOireachtas committee calling for law criminalising payment for sexThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:06
Revenue granted access to Irish residents’ Isle of Man accountsSupreme Court order will affect 140 former National Irish Bank customersThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
‘Small handful’ of solicitors should not cause public to lose trust in professionHigh Court president says solicitors have suffered significantly in recessionTue Dec 10 2013 - 22:26
African family withdraws challenge to direct provision schemeTest case was due to be heard in FebruaryTue Dec 10 2013 - 11:37
Property developer John Kelly rejects ‘scurrilous’ allegations by ex-solicitor Thomas ByrneKelly notes previous assertions by Byrne had been rejected by High Court in civil proceedingsTue Dec 10 2013 - 01:01
State Claims Agency in the spotlight over handling of sensitive medical casesAnalysis: the agency’s objective is to manage claims to ensure the State’s liability and other expenses are ‘contained at the lowest level achievable’Tue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
‘I’m not saying what he did was right . . . but I do think he was a victim’Former solicitor Thomas Byrne’s staff know he did wrong but feel his situation got out of controlSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Ex-solicitor Byrne moves to Mountjoy to begin jail termFigures show 156 complaints made against one solicitor in the past yearWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
“There has been no acknowledgment that they have any responsibility for what he did”For Byrne’s victims, the collapse of his tower of cards set in motion a long, stressful – and expensive – sagaTue Dec 03 2013 - 06:34
Law Society faces questions after Byrne case reveals huge abuse of solicitor’s privileged positionTue Dec 03 2013 - 06:22
Thomas Byrne known as ‘Sebastian Hobart’ to cafe clientsFormer customers of Foam Cafe say he claimed to have returned to Dublin after working in fashionTue Dec 03 2013 - 04:00
Law Society says it acted swiftly in Thomas Byrne caseVictim says solicitors’ body is a ‘closed shop’Tue Dec 03 2013 - 01:00
Attorney General calls for review of white-collar crime lawMáire Whelan says it is ‘injurious to democracy’ if there is a perception that some offences go unpunishedThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Legal sector plans will benefit banks and big business - Bar CouncilRemaining sections of long-delayed Legal Services Bill due to be published within weeksTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Law firms see rise in revenue in past yearRevenues increased at 53% of firms in the past 12 monthsMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00
Trawl of boomtime hubris shone unflattering light on ‘frenzied’ eraSuburban solicitor owned 50 houses and a fleet of BentleysTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:02
Law Society rejects claim it had accountant in Byrne’s practiceEx-solicitor found guilty on all 50 charges of theft and fraudTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Thomas Byrne guilty on all 50 counts of fraud, theftFormer solicitor convicted in Dublin of stealing some €51.8 million in property loansMon Nov 18 2013 - 07:54
Same-sex couple make legal history with first civil partnership dissolutionMore than 1,000 same-sex couples have availed of partnershipMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Government planning changes to long-delayed legal services BillAmendments due to be tabled within weeksMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Support groups call for free counselling for crime victimsNew Victims Rights Alliance formed to represent campaign organisationsFri Nov 15 2013 - 15:30
Former Anglo Irish executive charged with tax offencesTiarnan O’Mahoney accused of concealing account and obstructing Revenue officialFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Former Anglo executive charged with tax offencesTiarnan O’Mahoney allegedly committed four breaches of Taxes Consolidation ActThu Nov 14 2013 - 16:41
Government nominates two new judgesJudge Catherine A Murphy appointed to Circuit Court and solicitor Deirdre Gearty appointed to District CourtWed Nov 13 2013 - 19:34
Byrne jury sent home after third day of deliberationsJury of seven men and five women has been considering their verdict for more than eleven hoursWed Nov 13 2013 - 16:30
Judge claims ‘improper interference’ in family law caseMr Justice Abbott refers to involvement of politician and judgeThu Nov 07 2013 - 01:00
Judgment may stir up dispute by raising new questionsAcrimonious case centred on dispute between parents over custody of youngest childThu Nov 07 2013 - 01:00
Judge says there was ‘improper interference’ in family law caseMr Justice Henry Abbott says interference involved a political representative and a judgeWed Nov 06 2013 - 17:37
Case discussed by judges was dispute over custody of childLegal dispute involved 28 court appearances over six yearsWed Nov 06 2013 - 01:01
Law on sexual offences should be reformed, says commissionLegislation does not respect right to sexual expression of people whose capacity to consent may be at issueWed Nov 06 2013 - 01:01
Judge should not have raised family law case, inquiry findsCircuit Court judge Desmond Hogan denies conversation with Mr Justice Henry Abbott was an attempt to influence outcomeTue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Statement raises key questions about that ‘casual conversation’ in Four Courts yardControversy points to urgent need for a Judicial CouncilMon Nov 04 2013 - 22:21
Court presidents issue statement on claims of ‘improper’ approachJudges conclude approach had no influence on rulings in family law caseMon Nov 04 2013 - 21:44
Convention recommends replacing blasphemy offence61% favour change to Constitutional clauseMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Convention recommends replacing blasphemy offenceForum suggests new provision on incitement to religious hatred in ConstitutionSun Nov 03 2013 - 13:07
Blasphemy offence a ‘dead letter’, constitutional convention toldLaw’s requirement on causing outrage makes it ‘very difficult’ to prosecuteSat Nov 02 2013 - 12:39
Ex-solicitor believed he was ‘going to be killed’ as practice faced closureThomas Byrne was ‘groomed’ to borrow on behalf of major clientSat Nov 02 2013 - 01:00
Thomas Byrne: ‘I thought I was going to be killed’Former solicitor tells court of being brought into a walk-in freezer and given €10,000 and a hugFri Nov 01 2013 - 14:02
Government raised US spying concerns in the summerEamon Gilmore indicated issue arose after alleged bugging of EU buildingThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Gardaí and HSE will come under pressure to explain drastic action in Tallaght caseAuthorities must be able to demonstrate they had compelling reasons to take child into careThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Shatter seeks report as Roma children returned to familiesGirl's parents say case raises ‘serious questions’Thu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Shatter asks social services to aid families over ‘very difficult events’Important to establish whether any lessons can be learned from cases, says MinisterWed Oct 23 2013 - 21:38
Asylum seeker families allowed to challenge direct provisionFamilies argue system, by excluding them from social welfare payments, violates rights to private and family lifeMon Oct 21 2013 - 16:18
Victim groups ‘fail to engage’ with DPP before trialsClaire Loftus predicts spending on lawyers will rise with extra courts and big trialsMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Opening door to a hidden domainThe imminent removal of the ‘in camera’ rule has raised questions about how the new regime will work in practiceMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
State Pathologist warns that even forensic science has its limitsProf Marie Cassidy says there are many misconceptions about the fieldMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
