Ian Bailey has said he will now go to the European Court of Human Rights after the French Supreme Court threw out his legal challenge to efforts by French authorities to try him for the voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

An international newspaper body has expressed its “dismay” at Ireland’s defamation laws and called on the Government to amend them.

Michael O’Leary has insisted his employees have the best job security in Europe, as well as a “sophisticated” collective bargaining process.

“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a legal maxim which states that legal redress that is not delivered on time is the same as no redress. 

WHEN Michel Barnier next engages with David Davis, his British counterpart for Brexit negotiations, he might have the humility to acknowledge that not everything is right with the EU and that a lot of work needs to be done if it is to become a union of independent states that we can all be proud of – with or without the UK.

Lawyers for the Minister for Justice have said they are not trying to “usurp” the courts by asking the High Court to refer an Irish Supreme Court decision to Europe.

For some, it’s a milestone anniversary — 20 years on from one of the most notorious unsolved murders in Ireland. But to her family, it’s been an anniversary just like any other.

A group of solicitors from around the country are coming together to win damages against the State, for people sexually abused in Irish primary schools.

More than 200 child sex abuse victims who dropped cases against the State relating to abuse when they were at school could be eligible for offers up to €84,000 each under a new scheme approved by the Government.

Anne Ferris says society shunning certain types of family unit is as wrong and potentially damaging as it was when her teen pregnancy was hushed up 40 years ago

There is bad news for Dunnes Stores from the highest court in Europe.

Relatives of 33 people killed in loyalist bombings in the Dublin-Monaghan bombings 40 years ago are suing the British Government over alleged collusion.

THE European Court of Human Rights has found in favour of an Irish woman who sought to hold the State liable for sexual abuse she suffered at a Catholic-run primary school in 1973.

Q We know about the vote on whether or not to retain the Seanad but what is the referendum regarding the establishment of a Court of Appeal?

Enda Kenny has insisted there is no connection between the death of Savita Halappanavar and the Government’s stance on abortion legislation.

Policies forced on bailed-out states are about showing the ‘big boys’ are in charge, writes Ray Kinsella

THE prospect of a fresh referendum on changes to abortion laws increased sharply last night.

THE Government’s failure to introduce legislation on abortion following a ruling from the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has been severely criticised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Family Planning Association.

A SURVEY for a pro-life group has said two out of three Irish people believe the Constitution should protect human embryos and prevent abortions unless medically necessary.

IT’S been 18 years since the Irish Supreme Court declared that abortion should be considered legal in all cases where the woman’s life might be put in jeopardy by a continued pregnancy — including threats to commit suicide. Since then the implication of that ruling has been ignored with a steely determination by all governments.

THE Government’s decision not to impose the €250,000 public service pay cap on current members of the judiciary highlights once again the degree to which, effectively, there is one law for judges and another for the rest of us.

IRELAND’S bail laws are among the most stringent in the world and do not need to changed, according to an eminent barrister.

I WISH to respond to the letter from Donal O’Driscoll headlined ‘MEP’s contradictory stance on rights’ (March 16).

IRISH prisoners in British jails serve longer sentences than other foreigners because they are classed as British citizens.

DESPITE Donal O’Driscoll’s assertion (Letters, January 5), the Irish Supreme Court never adjudicated on protocol 35 to the Lisbon Treaty.

THE three chimpanzees have been peering down at me lately from various lampposts. Very cute they are too, placed there courtesy of Dublin-based group Cóir, which claims a membership of 2,000 people. But the Captive Animals Protection Society is not very happy.

Food group DCC has further defended its decision to unanimously reaffirm Jim Flavin in his role as executive chairman following an investigation into the use of trading reports in the sale of its stake in Fyffes fruit and vegetable distributor for €106m in early 2000.

SOUTH African wine makers have been told they can use the name ‘Waterford’ despite it being a registered trademark of the Irish owned Waterford Wedgwood company.

Men who have sex with under-age girls should not automatically be deemed guilty of rape, the Irish Supreme Court ruled today.

THE administrators of Parmalat, the huge Italian food company that collapsed in 2003, have lost their case to oversee the liquidation of the company’s Irish subsidiary, Eurofood.

A former US prison governor today called for Irish inmates to be given the rights to conjugal visits in prison.

PEOPLE who refuse to disclose their full assets during divorce and separation cases must be severely penalised by the courts, a family lawyer insisted yesterday.