A new law extending the minimum jail time that murderers serve hasn’t been activated yet — so families bereaved by murder are begging Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan to implement the Parole Act 2019, writes Liz Dunphy

Ireland’s foreign minister privately told the British home secretary that the controversy surrounding the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four cases was “seriously affecting” the relationship between the two nations, state papers have revealed.

The man had been convicted in November 2015 of a sexual assault while working here as a taxi driver and received a three-year sentence which he unsuccessfully appealed.

The Christian Brothers has paid the outstanding €6.37m owed to redress organisation Caranua, the fund set up to support people abused in residential institutions.

A High Court judge has said a deportation order for a Nigerian man who seems to be the primary carer of his two biological children and a "father figure" to his partner's Irish citizen son, gave "cause for offence" to fathers in such positions.

Families could lose their homes and people who beat their partners may go unpunished without free legal aid, the Chief Executive of Free Legal Advice Centres has warned.

The man was married to another woman at the time of his third 'marriage' in Pakistan in 2016.

A further delay with the State’s scheme to provide redress to survivors of abuse in primary schools illustrates the Government’s inadequate response to its legal obligations, the special rapporteur on child protection has warned.

A group of men who were abused as primary school students intend to run a candidate in the next general election to highlight the lack of action on redress for victims of sexual abuse in day schools.

The surviving victim of Rochestown murderer Peter Whelan has warned that he will kill again — after hearing that he was freed from jail on day release after serving just six years of a life sentence.

The 14 men were hooded, beaten and deprived of sleep, food and water while being held without trial in the North in 1971.

A number of survivors of sex abuse in day schools have accepted settlements offered to them by the Department of Education after an independent review directed the Government to do so.

The decision to take the so-called "gay cake" case to the European Court of Human Rights has disappointed Christian campaigners.

The failure of the Department of Education to pay any of the court costs incurred by the victims of sex abuse in day schools as it has been directed to has been described by one expert as “an obvious injustice”.

The State's appeal against an important ruling in favour of convicted murderer Graham Dwyer will be heard in December.

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is imperative that the Government open a public consultation on how redress schemes should operate.

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is "imperative" that the Government open a public consultation on how future redress schemes should operate.

Survivors of sexual abuse in day schools have been inundated with calls from people coming forward about their own abuse who are seeking advice on redress, prompting calls for a dedicated helpline.

A High Court judge has declared unconstitutional a law preventing the recognition, for family reunification purposes, of marriages of refugees which took place after they sought protection here.

The Government is set to reject EU plans to scrap the daylight saving time system amid fears that having two time zones on the island of Ireland could cause post-Brexit chaos.

Mr McHugh conceded there are serious problems when a compensation system ignores any victims

The apology offered by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar yesterday to those sexually abused in day schools, and for the delay in acknowledging the State’s responsibility to them, is welcome, even if it should have been offered many, many years ago.

Everyone who suffered abuse in a defective school system should now be paid the compensation they are entitled to under human rights law, writes Conor O’Mahony.

While an apology issued to abuse survivors has been cautiously welcomed, survivors have now called on the Government to expedite access to the redress they are legally entitled to.

A review of a redress scheme set up for victims of child sexual abuse following a landmark 2014 judgement has found that the State imposed an illogical and unfair requirement on victims seeking compensation.

The conviction in France of Ian Bailey for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier raises “profound concerns” of a miscarriage of justice, a leading legal authority says.

John Adams made three young girls take Polaroid pictures of themselves as he sexually abused them.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a "leapfrog" appeal by the State against an important ruling in favour of convicted murderer Graham Dwyer. A hearing date for the appeal will be fixed later.

The Supreme Court has refused to set aside its judgment upholding a finding of contempt of court against a man arising from interventions made by him in possession proceedings concerning his sister.