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Muhanad Jazmati from Syria living in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Syrian family refused reunification as marriage considered polygamous

A Syrian man who came to Ireland in 2015 has been refused family reunification with his wife and sons because his marriage is viewed as polygamous und(...)

Death row inmate Billy Ray Irick’s lawyers argued that he has “a lifelong severe mental illness”.
Tennessee to execute child killer on death row for 30 years
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  • August 9, 2018, 21:04

The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-ditch petition seeking to halt the execution by Tennessee of a 59-year-old man convicted of the 1985 ra(...)

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan set out a new system under which asylum seekers apply to the Department of Justice for work permits. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Asylum seekers face obstacles joining workforce despite Government move

It is more than a year since the Supreme Court deemed the ban on asylum seekers joining the workforce as unconstitutional. Before this, Ireland was o(...)

November 2004: Pope John Paul II meets former minister for foreign affairs Dermot Ahern, in his private library at the Vatican. Photograph: Giampiero Sposito/AP Photo
Vatican fears over redress costs drove Cardinal Sodano indemnity proposal

The year 2004 was a significant one in the long, tortured annals of the clerical child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland. Particularly significant was the (...)

Former president Mary McAleese. The event in question occurred during a State visit to Italy when she met then Vatican secretary of state Angelo Sodano. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Vatican ‘sought deal’ with Irish State to bury church documents

Former president Mary McAleese says she refused to discuss an attempt by the Vatican in 2003 to secure an agreement with Ireland that it would not acc(...)

Supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a cult-like following. Photograph: by Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Superstar judge emerges as an unlikely champion for liberals

Sometimes heroes come from the most unlikely places. For millions of progressive Americans who continue to look on aghast at Donald Trump’s presidency(...)

The court ruled that SPV Osus Ltd, a special purpose vehicle which had in 2011 been assigned a cause of action arising from the scandal surrounding US fraudster Bernie Madoff (above), cannot proceed with its case here because the assignment “very clearly involved trading in claims” and was thus void under Irish law. Photograph: Hiroko Masuike/Getty Images
Urgent action needed on access to justice for citizens, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has said legislation needs to be urgently enacted to address mounting difficulties with securing access to justice in the civil cour(...)

Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley, with Chief Justice Frank Clarke and Mr Justice Liam McKechnie, dismissed Clare Manor’s appeal against the High Court ruling. Credit: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
Couple cannot pursue 30-year-old planning case, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a couple who believe they were victims of planning corruption cannot sue Dublin City Council because a delay i(...)

It was “at least arguable” Facebook may be able to persuade the Supreme Court that some or all of the facts under challenge should be reversed, the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, said.
Supreme Court to hear Facebook appeal over data transfers referral

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an unprecedented appeal by Facebook over a High Court judge’s decision to refer to the European Court of Justice (...)

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GVC forges US gambling joint venture with MGM Resorts

The UK betting group GVC has struck a breakthrough deal with casino group MGM Resorts International to expand in the US in a bid to take advantage of (...)

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