Ireland’s under-resourced programmes for those involved in domestic violence are failing victims and perpetrators by not focusing on the need for rehabilitation, according to one of the country’s most senior law lecturers.

Victims of sexual assaults have been urged to stay off social media over the following day for fear that it could compromise a prosecution.

Stricter controls and enhanced protection of citizens’ data and communications are set to be announced today with the release of the long-awaited report on the accessing of communication data of journalists.

An employment law expert has criticised the findings of the Government body which recommended against granting Garda associations the right to take industrial action or to be considered as trade unions.

The burden on Irish managers at a time of unprecedented challenges is about to get worse. A

Gardaí investigating child sex offences should have the power to seek a court order to obtain data from internet giants based here, according to a leading expert.

A report being launched today claims that a “flawed immigration system” is harming migrant children, and in particular those in state care.

A new UCC module encourages students to intervene in situations of social misconduct for the good of society, explains Louise Crowley

A legal expert has cast doubt on Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald’s claim that she is precluded from discussing the instruction given by Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan to her legal team during the O’Higgins Commission.

As the first anniversary of the marriage equality referendum approaches, the Government has been accused of failing same-sex married couples with donor conceived children due to a delay in commencing crucial legislation.

From a small secondary school with just 68 students and four staff members, Christ King Girls’ Secondary School is now the largest girls’ school in Munster — and celebrates 50 years in education this year.

Legal experts have warned that the law relied on by the Garda Ombudsman in the row over access to telephone records is flawed and could cast doubts over the legitimacy of investigations that used information about calls.

Victims of domestic abuse are being failed because services are reactive and under-resourced, a conference on the issue will hear tomorrow.

Privacy and data protection legislation worldwide is ill-equipped to deal with the Big Data revolution, according to a University College Cork professor.

More specific sex education should be considered at primary school level, according to one of the speakers at an international conference on the treatment of sex offenders which opens in Dublin today .

A book by legal expert Dr Liz Campbell takes a balanced approach to gangland crime in Ireland, says Cormac O’Keeffe.

A constitutional amendment is not needed to allow for the abortion of a foetus that has no chance of survival outside the womb, legal experts have argued.

House prices in the south have plummeted while those in Dublin have remained stable but with decreased stock, according to a new report on the property market.

POLITICAL commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights is “lukewarm at best and hostile at worst”, a major legal conference has heard.

POLICE corruption will be one of the issues high on the agenda when delegates from forces around the world gather in Limerick today to share their experiences and methods in tacking crime.

THE GAA’s disciplinary structures will be monitored for another year before a decision is made on whether to introduce another new system incorporating a rugby-style match citing commissioner.

Former North Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan and High Court judge Mr Justice Treacy have been appointed as Visiting Professors at the University of Ulster’s School of Law, it was announced today.

VIRTUALLY nothing has been done to modernise the judiciary and open up the legal profession to people from different backgrounds, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) said yesterday.

Ireland’s crippling health service could learn from Cuba’s public health system, it was claimed today.

CHILDCARE costs, the Irish Mammy and Bunreacht na hÉireann (the Irish Constitution).

THE Equestrian Federation of Ireland confirmed last night that a case file stolen from its offices related to Cian O’Connor’s horse ABC Landliebe, but not Waterford Crystal.

A man missing on the north Antrim coast is a top academic, it emerged today.

THE proposed new garda inspectorate will not significantly improve the current failed complaints procedures, a top legal expert said yesterday.