O’Leary was previously first female president of European Court of Human Rights

The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.

A group of leading Irish academics write that the mass refusal of visas to Palestinian students makes a mockery of the Taoiseach’s speech to the UN General Assembly

Records from the Department of Justice show how they made it harder for immigration officials to waive the rules in exceptional humanitarian circumstances.

Four Gazan students have taken up their cases in the courts following the denial of their visas, despite having university places and scholarship funding to come to Ireland.

Revised payment structure provides a flat €520 solicitor fee irrespective of the number of clients or appearances

Judge Tomoko Akane, president International Criminal Court (ICC) addressed a ceremony for the opening of the legal year at the Four Courts in Dublin this morning. She spoke of the importance of the ru...

Minister urged to enter talks before High Court decision next week on challenge to new payment model

Never has one sporting moment inspired so much literary output so quickly

Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable

Study also reveals defence bids to cross-examine complainants over social media use, including dating apps

Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.

With the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s death approaching next year, Music for Galway’s 45th International Concert Season is inspired by classical music’s German revolutionary.

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

Is é nádúr an chluiche go mbíonn teannas áirithe idir an aicme pholaitiúil agus na meáin ach rud eile é aire na meán a bheith chomh glórach sin faoi na meáin phoiblí

On September 2, 1939, the day after Germany invaded Poland, the Oireachtas had declared that a national emergency existed. Thirty-seven years later the Oireachtas finally revoked it, only to declare a...

Data supplied by Minister for Justice show 75% of cases dealt with in one appearance under new system and 99% within five dates

You can be familiar with what war does — to people, to buildings — and believe you have seen the worst. Then one day you are on a helicopter with the Jordanian military and you land inside the Gaza St...

Striking solicitors accuse Jim O’Callaghan, the justice minister, of skewing court figures to suggest they are returning to work

Striking solicitors accuse Jim O’Callaghan, the justice minister, of skewing court figures to suggest they are returning to work

Staff at the University of Galway are set to begin industrial action next month following an overwhelming vote by members of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT ) in favour of action up ...

Our research shows that blaming defence solicitors for the ills of the criminal justice system, including adjournments and delays, seems to be grossly unfair, writes professor Marie Keenan

British-Irish trade unionist Mick Lynch has urged the Ireland footballers to “make the right choice” ahead of their upcoming double-header of Nations League fixtures against Israel.

Matt Carthy says seeking competition watchdog’s views on legal aid dispute is a diversion

It is sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump

Kieran McCarthy, Director of KMC Homes in Cork, and Hannah Daly, Professor of Sustainable Energy at University College Cork, discuss the decision by Energy minister Darragh O'Brien to bring a boiler s...

The inland waterway sits between some of Connacht’s tallest mountains

Our research shows that blaming defence solicitors for the ills of the criminal justice system, including adjournments and delays, seems to be grossly unfair, writes professor Marie Keenan

Opposition parties call on Minister for Justice to attend Oireachtas committee to discuss ongoing feud with solicitors

Law Society and Bar Council urge Minister for Justice to move to break impasse

Apartment living was historically seen as ‘unnatural’ in Ireland. But attitudes won’t change until standards do

Nicolas Guillou said the European project was in grave danger if tariff fears outweighed the importance of fighting crimes against humanity

Solicitors tell senior judges the Minister for Justice has ‘failed to engage’ meaningfully over legal aid payments

The research has seen 23 artificial reefs placed on the deep seabed off the south-west Porcupine Bank.

I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g...

President Catherine Connolly fears the founding principles of the United Nations are being “completely ignored” as wars are being “waged” all over the world.  Ms Connolly was speaking as she delivere...

It can be seen around athletics tracks and soccer fields, in GAA dressing rooms and in the gyms and pools of Ireland. In these shared spaces, people from different parts of the world (and their childr...

On 16 September Clare FM broadcast a new documentary examining the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of Mr Justice Séamus Henchy, one of the most influential and respected judges in modern...