Commission report calls for reform of jury serviceReport says some foreign nationals should be eligible, proposes scrapping blanket right of public servants and professionals to opt out of dutyMon Apr 15 2013 - 06:00
Shatter defends Government’s handling of judicial independenceIntervention follows comments by High Court judge Mr Justice Peter KellyMon Apr 15 2013 - 06:00
Same-sex marriage moves centre-stage at constitutional conventionBody receives more than 1,000 submissionsFri Apr 12 2013 - 06:00
Constitutional convention may consider extra topics, says chairmanArnold hoping for ‘fair and open’ discussionFri Apr 12 2013 - 06:00
New body could handle judicial nominations and pay, judge suggestsJudicial Commission could include politicians, lawyers and ordinary citizensThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
European court finds Turkey in breach of human rights conventionMedics failed to provide appropriate treatment to woman experiencing miscarriageWed Apr 10 2013 - 06:00
FG will not take party position on gay marriageTwelve party members at Constitutional Convention ‘free to vote according to their wishes’Mon Apr 08 2013 - 06:00
Case studies: Emergency care order for three very young children‘I saw three kids in a very dishevelled state. No one was present’Fri Apr 05 2013 - 06:08
Childcare court reports will fill ‘void’, says judgeCourt reporting project to reveal workings of childcare proceedings for first timeFri Apr 05 2013 - 05:00
Mediation is 'common sense' not a sign of weakness, says Commerical Courts chiefMr Justice Peter Kelly says mediation is on the rise but still underutilisedMon Apr 01 2013 - 13:26
Analysis: Familiar ring to findings on prisons but they may help tunnel way outConsensus emerging across main parties and agencies as to how to solve age-old problemsThu Mar 28 2013 - 06:00
Prison numbers should be cut by a third, says Oireachtas committee reportTDs and Senators call for change in ‘penal culture’Wed Mar 27 2013 - 20:21
Bewley’s case turned on ambiguities around leaseThe win by Bewley’s will not sound the death knell for upward-only rent clauses yetTue Mar 26 2013 - 00:00
Youth website defends sex adviceFine Gael TD criticised 'inappropriate' material on HSE-funded Spunout.ieSun Mar 24 2013 - 19:00
States should not intervene to save struggling media outlets, says Rabbitte‘Fettered’ media leaves democracy worse offFri Mar 22 2013 - 19:53
Claims of ’Wild West’ social media at odds with reality, committee toldMinister will receive a report on the hearingsWed Mar 20 2013 - 12:00
Media to be given access to family courtsDraft law extends remit of Circuit and District courtsTue Mar 19 2013 - 17:00
Manslaughter report sheds light on vexed question of inconsistencies in sentencingCourts Service analysis may reignite debate on sentencing guidelines for judgesTue Mar 19 2013 - 06:00
President Higgins extends ‘best wishes’ to new popeArchbishop of Dublin speaks of ‘surprise and delight’ at election of Bergoglio as pontiffWed Mar 13 2013 - 19:51
Word arrives as judge puts full stop on rulingNear empty courtroom hears from doctor on speaker phoneSat Mar 09 2013 - 18:06
Woman agrees to caesarean after hospital goes to courtHospital said there was risk to woman and unborn child if natural birth attemptedSat Mar 09 2013 - 14:10
Higgins urges greater role for cultureCulture and creativity should take centre stage in discussions on how to build more fulfilling and peaceful societies, President…Wed Feb 20 2013 - 00:00
Higgins hails 'genius' of Gray at Paris eventShe arrived in Paris as an independent-minded 24-year-old, drawn from her home in Co Wexford to the vibrancy of the belle époque…Tue Feb 19 2013 - 00:00
Higgins delivers major Paris speechEurope cannot address its problems unless it stops thinking of these are purely economic challenges that call for technocratic…Mon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
Meat firm has its licence suspendedA French meat processing company has had its licence suspended after the government accused it of knowingly selling horse meat…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Asda withdraws Greencore product with horse meatIrish food group Greencore became the latest company to become embroiled in the horse meat scandal when it confirmed it manufactured…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
France set to miss its deficit targetsFrance is braced for a new round of spending cuts after ministers admitted the government was likely to miss its deficit targets…Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
French MPs approve Bill to allow gay marriageFrance took a big step towards introducing gay marriage yesterday when the National Assembly approved a draft law to extend marriage…Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
French Bill set to pass after long and bitter debateAnalysis: Successful campaigns have served to prompt renewed opposition to gay rights in some countriesMon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Art collector claims to have found top part of Courbet's 'Origin of the World'It is one of the most famous images in art history, a painting deemed so scandalous that when it went on display at the Musée…Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Assassination plunges Tunisia into crisisThe Tunisian prime minister Hamadi Jebali declared last night that he would form a technocrat governmentThu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
France to begin pulling troops out of Mail next monthFrance has said it will begin pulling its troops out of Mali from next month, but continuing air raids and sporadic clashes with…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Hollande criticises UK attempt to dictate EU policyFrench president François Hollande has put himself firmly at odds with Germany and Britain on the eve of a key EU summit, reiterating…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Washington backs France on Mali plansThe United States has supported France’s call for a UN peacekeeping mission to be formed in Mali.Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Jubilant crowds welcome Hollande to TimbuktuFrench jets struck more targets in northern Mali yesterday after President François Hollande told cheering Malian crowds he would…Mon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
Five killed on day one of French intervention in Mali, says AmnestyAt least five civilians, including three children, were killed in an air strike by French-led forces on the first day of the …Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Real challenge is to secure lasting regional stabilityISSUE: With France at war in Mali, Algeria reeling from an unprecedented terrorist attack and 60 people dead after violent unrest…Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
France backs proposals for UN peacekeeping force for MaliFrance has put its weight behind the idea of sending a United Nations peacekeeping force into Mali.Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
French lose their heads over TV documentary about RobespierreIt’s not that France has no shortage of current concernsFri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
French gain control of airport in Mali townFrench troops took control of the airport of Mali’s northeastern town of Kidal yesterday, bringing them to within striking distance…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Family ejected from Paris museum because of 'their smell'France’s culture minister has described as “regrettable” an incident in which a poor family were thrown out of one of Paris’s…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
France to hand control of military operation in Mali to African forcesFrance has said it will move quickly to hand over control of its military operation in Mali, leaving it to African forces to …Wed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
War now entering an uncertain phaseAlmost three weeks into its military intervention in Mali, France is doing little to conceal its satisfaction with how events…Wed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
French parliament to debate gay marriage BillAfter months of bitter political wrangling and some of the biggest street protests of the past decade, France’s parliament will…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Fleeing rebels torch priceless ancient library in TimbuktuFrench-led forces retook control of the fabled desert town of Timbuktu yesterday amid reports that fleeing militants had destroyed…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
French forces welcomed to TimbuktuFrench-led forces seized control of the desert town of Timbuktu yesterday, meeting no resistance as they continued their advance…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Mali: not another AfghanistanAs tensions mount in Mali and Algeria, it’s feared that northwest Africa could become ‘Europe’s Afghanistan’Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Canadian 'co-ordinated' Algeria siegeA Canadian citizen led the four-day siege that ended with the killing of at least 37 foreign workers at a gas plant in the Sahara…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Paris and London try to defuse tensions over Algeria hostage crisisFrance and Britain have moved to ease diplomatic difficulties over the Algerian hostage crisis, defending their north African…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Algeria's oil and gas industries pillars of its economyAnalysis After an attack that struck at the heart of Algeria’s vital energy industry, the stakes have risen sharply for the …Sat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
