First-time callers to Rape Crisis Centre up 23%More than half of helpline calls relate to adult sexual violenceWed Jul 24 2013 - 15:48
Shatter describes abortion restrictions as ‘a great cruelty’Minister expects referendum to extend abortion to cases of rape and fatal foetal abnormalityWed Jul 24 2013 - 14:42
Attention turns to Áras as President awaits abortion BillDr Higgins and Council of State have seven days to sign the legislation or refer it to Supreme CourtWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00
Reports find shortcomings in child protection services‘Significant delays’ in taking action to protect children at risk of harm or neglectTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Activists offer to pay for abortion injunctionMan argued his girlfriend was being forced to travel to UK for terminationSat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00
Anti-abortion groups supported High Court caseSpuc and Precious Life willing to cover legal costsFri Jul 19 2013 - 13:13
Man trying to stop partner’s UK abortion withdraws caseMan believed his partner was being forced to undergo the procedure in UK by her parentsFri Jul 19 2013 - 11:35
Judgment clears path to Callan’s releaseJudge Hardiman sharply critical of State’s handling of caseFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
Man tells court he fears girlfriend being forced into UK abortionHigh Court case adjourned until FridayThu Jul 18 2013 - 01:01
Shatter makes concessions on legal regulatorNew body’s members will be nominated by independent agenciesWed Jul 17 2013 - 20:26
DPP appeals suspended sentence for man who raped wife’s 14-year-old sisterAppeal lodged on grounds of undue leniencyTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
174 lawyers applied for one judicial vacancy on the District Court last yearReport shows 17 new judges were appointed in 2012Mon Jul 15 2013 - 02:00
‘Accidental landlords’ lead to rise in demand for legal adviceFlac report show half of all debt-related queries are from people seeking help with mortgage arrearsMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
Shatter limits Government discretion in nominations to new legal regulatorFar-reaching Bill to go to committee on WednesdaySat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Government claims its hands are tied on fatal foetal abnormalitiesAmendment defeated by 124 votes to 19Fri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Elizabeth Dunne to chair Referendum CommissionVote on Court of Appeal to be held in OctoberThu Jul 11 2013 - 13:28
Judges’ take-home pay down a third since 2009Supreme Court judges’ salaries range from €197,000 to €252,000Wed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Supreme Court braced for a shake-up but reforms will leave important questions unansweredReforms will adjust long-established hierarchy in courts systemWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Referendum for Court of Appeal to be held in OctoberPresident of new court would join Council of StateTue Jul 09 2013 - 15:44
The Supreme Court: where politics and the law meetThere is no evidence that any partisan heritage in judicial appointments affects decision-makingTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:01
High Court refuses to grant arrest warrant for SnowdenJudge ‘compelled’ to reject application as it does not state where alleged offences committedMon Jul 08 2013 - 16:55
Figures suggest Supreme Court has a propensity for consensusA four-year waiting list for appeals puts the Supreme Court under pressure and may discourage dissentMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Children’s ombudsman has ‘serious concerns’ on lifting ban on media attending family law proceedingsCourts Bill due to go to second stage in the Oireachtas this weekMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Supreme Court judges disagreed on one in five constitutional casesCourt gave judgments in some 120 cases last year compared to 64 by US supreme courtMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Untangling the threads of the Supreme Court’s thinkingA decade after the landmark Sinnott judgment, the notion of ‘judicial activism’ still stirs debateMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
A pillar of the nation-building projectThe State’s early judiciary were a docile lot, but time and 1960s activism helped the Supreme Court roarSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
X Case judge says ruling is ‘moot’ in current abortion debateHugh O’Flaherty says Government was obliged to legislate for 1983 amendmentSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Inside Ireland’s Supreme CourtIt is the highest court in the land. Its eight judges rule on our rights, freedoms and Constitution: decisions that affect all our lives. A new ‘Irish Times’ series examines the personalities and politics of the court as it enters a period of major changeSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
One court. Eight voicesThe current Supreme Court is composed of eight judges with different qualities and backgroundsSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
‘Independent’ limits coverage of Anglo tapes following contact from DPPDPP understood to have expressed concern about potential consequences of emergence of information into public domainSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Proposed reforms would ‘undermine’ justice systemLegal Services Regulation Bill to go to committee stage next monthFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Former DPP questions suicide clause in abortion BillEamonn Barnes suggests that the Attorney General should represent the interests of the unbornSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Adrian Bayley sentencing: revulsion seeps out of every page of judgmentBackground: Jill Meagher moved to Australia at the age of seven in 1990, the year Bayley committed his first offenceThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Judgment points to legal lacuna on forced marriagesGirl was in State care for a time amid concerns she had been forced by her Muslim parents to marry a man she hardly knewWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00
Judge endorses call to repeal mandatory sentencesLawyers had ‘grave doubts’ about mandatory regimesWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:00
Government nominates six county registrars as ‘insolvency’ judgesRole designed to allow Circuit Court deal quickly with insolvency applicationsWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:00
Judges need guidance in sentencing, says law reform reportCommission opts for retention of mandatory life sentence for murderTue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00
Sentencing report tries to balance judicial discretion with need for consistencyOpinion divided on mandatory life sentence for murderTue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00
Research office giving judiciary added weightJudges make 125 requests for information in five weeksMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
A day in the life of an island courthouseDistrict Court on largest of the Aran Islands is the only offshore sitting in IrelandFri Jun 07 2013 - 01:00
Taxing master reduced lawyers’ fees in medical negligence case by 50%Law firm appeals ’manifestly unfair’ decisionWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Two-thirds of prisoners go on to reoffend, report revealsSome 80 per cent of reoffending occurs within 12 months of prisoners’ releaseFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
TDs and Senators enjoys only limited immunity from prosecutionTheir position does not allow TDs and Senators to avoid penalty points or to free them from having to stop at a Garda checkpointWed May 29 2013 - 01:00
New equality watchdog members appeal for funds and staffMerged body has no chief commissionerThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Sentencing in robbery cases ’relatively consistent,’ new report by Irish Sentencing Information System findsOffence most commonly attracts sentence of 1-5 yearsTue May 21 2013 - 01:50
Convert to the concept of human rights law now its championConor Gearty’s new book warns against the erosion of our fundamental rightsMon May 20 2013 - 01:01
Vote against discussing Seanad abolition before referendumDavid Norris criticised by membersMon May 20 2013 - 01:00
Biggest law firms hire more solicitorsMixed picture for remainder of top 20 firms with most showing small shifts in staffingMon May 20 2013 - 01:00
Convention opts to consider TD numbers and size of Dáil constituenciesStrong support for Electoral Commission proposals among members of constitutional conventionSun May 19 2013 - 18:44
