Higher Courts

There is a general perception that judges and the justice system go easier on offenders than they did in years past. This is something not missed by (...)

The Department of Social Protection has appealed against an enforcement notice handed down by the Data Protection Commissioner on the controversial pu(...)

What just happened? The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has published the full report of the Data Protection Commissioner’s in(...)

It is day 354 of the Free Lula Vigil and about 50 activists are gathered in front of federal police headquarters in the city of Curitiba, where Brazil(...)

Gardaí are seizing increasing amounts of virtual or simulated child pornography, in the form of cartoons, text and computer graphic images. The mater(...)

A total of €53.68 million was paid in criminal legal aid to lawyers in 2017 – an increase of 9 per cent on the €49 million paid out the previous year.(...)

The Policing Authority has publicly criticised senior Garda management over its handling of the controversy around misclassified homicides. It has al(...)

US president Donald Trump has criticised a court order blocking his plan to phase out support for so-called ‘dreamers’ and described the US court syst(...)

The State’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme ran €5 million over its allocated budget last year. The total expenditure was €53 million, with an allocated bu(...)

This decision of High Court judge, Mr Justice Michael White, to overturn last April’s Circuit Court decision to award €40,000 to hillwalker, Teresa Wa(...)