‘No one achieved anything but destruction’ in Gaza cityGazans hunker down in devastated city despite ceasefireMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:00
Palestinian factions in West Bank declare ‘day of rage’Calls for continuing protests after three killedSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Gaza death toll rises to more than 800More than 160,000 displaced people being housed in shelters run by UNSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Israel rejects US ceasefire proposalUS official says Netanyahu told Kerry Israel would initiate 12-hour pause in hostilitiesSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Israel’s insider criticsAvner Gvaryahu is a former Israeli soldier who has become a campaigner against his country’s policies. In the city of Hebron he demonstrates what he regards as the folly of Israel’s military occupation of the West BankSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
‘Israel is starting to spread its fingertips; if we have an intifada we’ll cut their fingers’Thhe support of young Palestinians for uprising is not equalled by that of their eldersFri Jul 25 2014 - 01:00
Strike on UN-run shelter in Gaza kills 15Ban Ki-moon ‘appalled’ at attack, before two more deaths in West Bank last nightFri Jul 25 2014 - 01:00
Abbas aligns himself with Hamas in tactical movePresident Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah proposes reworked ceasefire planThu Jul 24 2014 - 01:00
In the Galilee, Gaza war sets off reaction among Israeli ArabsCurrent violence put spotlight on Israel’s main minority, writes Ruadhan Mac Cormaic in HaifaWed Jul 23 2014 - 01:00
Gaza city and Ashkelon: cities divided by more than a borderIn the closest Israeli city to Gaza, residents support the invasionTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00
Gaza life and death play out to beat of Israeli firepowerIsraeli ground offensive puts ordinary Gazans in front line of conflictMon Jul 21 2014 - 12:57
Worst day of conflict in Gaza as 62 Palestinians dieUN convenes emergency Security Council meeting to discuss crisisMon Jul 21 2014 - 01:00
A first-hand account of the beginning of a ground invasionUnable to sleep with the din of explosions, journalist Ruadhán Mac Cormaic sat and watched an extraordinary scene unfoldSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:01
‘We are not a military building, we are not a strategic building. We are a hospital’Paralysed patients are carried to safety after a 10-minute attack warningSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
‘The Israelis don’t care about anybody’The longer diplomacy stalls, the higher the chances that Israel and Hamas will be drawn into a deadly, drawn-out war, with civilians – and increasingly children – its greatest victimsSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
Ceasefire a chance to see damage and buy suppliesThe streets filled as people stocked up. But then explosions started up againFri Jul 18 2014 - 12:51
‘Bombardments. Fear. Leave your house, you can die’Upset and angry, bereaved survivors of destroyed homes shelter in a school, writes Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, in Gaza CityThu Jul 17 2014 - 01:01
Short ceasefire after four children killed in Israeli attackRuadhán Mac Cormaic in Gaza City:Diplomatic efforts show no signs of a breakthroughThu Jul 17 2014 - 01:00
Lifting the lid on the District CourtA new book offers a critical appraisal of Ireland’s busiest courtroomsMon Jul 14 2014 - 01:15
Merger of five workplace dispute bodies moves a step closerSTANDFIRST Government cites need for better services and €2 million savingsWed Jul 09 2014 - 08:04
EU data protection authorities to agree approach to ‘right to be forgotten’ appealsIrish Times and RTÉ not aware of link deletionsTue Jul 08 2014 - 01:01
149 lawyers applied for single District Court vacancyReport shows women better represented among applicants for lower courtsMon Jul 07 2014 - 01:04
Human rights activist Mary Lawlor receives French honourFrancophile ‘symbolises commitment of Irish and French governments to defence of human rights’Fri Jul 04 2014 - 09:25
Document sets out role of clinicians in abortionReview panel will be indemnified by State against cost of defending legal actionsFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00
Guidelines seek to help doctors while minimising undue distress to womenWhile the Act is tightly prescriptive on its key aspects, it is silent on some of the detailFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00
Poor design blamed for GSOC’s lack of ‘oversight’Former senior official says watchdog was ‘precluded’ from effective investigationsThu Jul 03 2014 - 07:17
Court of Appeal Bill passed by CabinetMove paves the way for major shake-up of superior courts systemWed Jul 02 2014 - 01:00
European Court of Human Rights upholds French veil banCase brought by Muslim woman who claimed her religious freedom was violated by lawTue Jul 01 2014 - 12:19
Fitzgerald to 'move swiftly' to speed up asylum claims processIntegration report finds African immigrants more likely to be unemployed and poorMon Jun 30 2014 - 18:02
Senior GSOC official tenders resignationFF TD says Oireachtas justice committee told by Ray Leonard GSOC ‘was not fit for purpose’Mon Jun 30 2014 - 01:02
Fitzgerald to ‘consider’ plans to speed up white collar casesFilling accounting posts ‘critical’ for director of corporate enforcementMon Jun 30 2014 - 01:00
Legal reform Bill being reworked, Fitzgerald tells solicitorsMinister in talks with lawyers’ groups on ‘avoiding any unintended consequences and outcomes’Fri Jun 27 2014 - 11:10
Ombudsman warns surrogacy law could leave children statelessEmily Logan advises Government to clarify plans on commercial surrogacy practicesTue Jun 24 2014 - 19:37
Solicitors criticise plans to close Dublin courtsClosures will result in ‘substantially’ fewer gardaí on normal dutiesTue Jun 24 2014 - 17:52
Judicial appointments board ‘gave discretion back to politicians’Summer school told that process ‘changed dramatically’ in early 2000sMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
Court closures threaten ‘fabric of justice system’ - Law SocietyProposals to shut Dublin District Courts being consideredMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
High Court facing 4½-year asylum case backlog, conference hearsMore than 1,000 cases waiting to be heardSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
High Court ruling opens way to bigger victory for activistsFacebook privacy case: Judge admits gaping hole in US data protectionThu Jun 19 2014 - 10:19
High Court refers Facebook privacy case to EuropePrivacy campaigner took case following claims social network passed information to NSAThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:04
Cabinet chooses High Court judge Peter Charleton for Supreme Court postVacancy created by retirement of Nial FennellyTue Jun 17 2014 - 19:03
Asylum delays causing undue hardship, says rights bodyThorough, independent inquiry into Magdalen laundries ‘still outstanding’Mon Jun 16 2014 - 11:01
Maureen Gaffney: Ireland’s boom and bust ‘was mania combined with anxiety’The psychologist says Irish people’s optimism – our belief that things will work out if we persist – has helped us through the recessionSat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Government to choose new Supreme Court judgeVacancy created by retirement of Mr Justice Nial FennellyTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Issues raised by barristers’ report will feed into disciplinary regimeThought should be given to balance between fairness and transparencyMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
Barristers fined €50,000 last yearOne member of law library was advised by tribunal ‘as to future conduct’Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
Dublin’s District Courts face ‘root and branch’ changeCourts in Dún Laoghaire, Tallaght, Swords and Balbriggan to close under new proposalsWed Jun 04 2014 - 14:10
McAreavey investigation has ‘ground to a halt’, say families27-year-old killed while on honeymoon in Mauritius in January 2011Tue Jun 03 2014 - 16:25
Solicitors settle medical cases 'for much less than initial demands'Some lawyers ‘implacably opposed’ to mediation says head of state agencyTue Jun 03 2014 - 06:44
European Commission urges Dublin to enact contentious legal reform Bill in fullDepartment preparing changes to legislationTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:02
High Court president urges women to apply for senior judicial postsNew appeals court will be ‘unprecedented in Irish judicial life’Mon Jun 02 2014 - 01:04
