Seamus Woulfe
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Mandatory vaccinations legally ‘challenging’ - Harris
- Health
- August 27, 2019, 17:24
Proposals to introduce mandatory vaccination schemes in schools may be “challenging to do legally,” according to preliminary advice from the Attorney (...)

Shane Ross’s speeding penalties proposals are unworkable, experts say
- Crime & Law
- August 20, 2019, 01:00
Proposals by Minister for Transport Shane Ross for graduated speeding penalties are unworkable in their current form, legal experts believe. Mr Ross (...)

Zappone delays adoption Bill to allow more consultation
- Oireachtas
- June 19, 2019, 20:37
Legislation to give adopted people access to their birth records has been paused to allow more consultation with those affected and with political par(...)

Courts need more resources to administer justice, judge warns
- Supreme Court
- June 6, 2019, 12:55
A Supreme Court judge has warned there is a “real risk” the courts will be unable to administer justice in line with the Constitution and European Con(...)

Task of selecting District and Circuit Court presidents begins
- Irish News
- April 16, 2019, 21:25
The process to appoint new presidents of the Circuit and District Courts has been initiated by the Government. It will be modelled on proposed refor(...)

AG dragged into row over €16m in unclaimed lottery money
- Financial Services
- April 16, 2019, 05:35
The attorney general has been dragged into a row between the Department of Public Expenditure and the National Lottery over €16 million in unclaimed p(...)

Court order execution by private security firms to be subject of law
- Irish News
- April 9, 2019, 03:00
Private security firms executing court orders to repossess homes and other properties will have to be registered with the State under changes expected(...)

Brexit-driven surge in UK solicitors joining Irish roll hits record
- Crime & Law
- April 8, 2019, 00:35
The Brexit-inspired surge in UK-based lawyers joining the Irish roll of solicitors has reached record levels as more than 1,200 have gained or are see(...)

Dublin could only watch on as Westminster lurched from one crisis to another
- Politics
- March 16, 2019, 01:00
As British prime minister Theresa May prepared to fly to Strasbourg to meet European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker on Monday, some in Taois(...)

May and Juncker agree ‘legally binding’ changes to NI backstop
- UK
- March 11, 2019, 23:31
The British government claimed on Monday night it had won legally binding changes to the Northern Ireland backstop after the European Union agreed to (...)