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Law

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Gangland Crime
Gangland criminals targeted: New law seeks to impose life imprisonment for conspiracy to murder
17 Sep 2020
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19
first glimpse
50/22 kicks, 22/50 kicks, and goal line drop-outs: Australia's new law trials
5 Jul 2020
12.4k
7
Law
Senators to begin High Court action to clarify if Seanad can legislate
24 Jun 2020
10.9k
Coronavirus
New law will empower minister to shut down pubs that refuse to close
20 Mar 2020
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71
Law
What does the 50:22 kick look like and how could it change rugby?
16 Mar 2020
47.7k
13
unregulated
Legal limbo to end for Dublin's horse-drawn carriage drivers as new law to sort out licence debacle
11 Dec 2019
15.9k
10
Bingo
Lobbyists big winners as government revises bingo bill after protests
5 Dec 2019
12.0k
18
Bingo
'No threat to bingo halls or bingo nights' under new law, says Taoiseach
4 Dec 2019
12.1k
31
Interview
Meet the frontman, turned lawyer, turned entrepreneur disrupting the legal business
29 Nov 2019
9.2k
2
lawful
Record number of solicitors from England and Wales registered in Ireland this year
29 Nov 2019
15.2k
22
Player Welfare
Best offers input as World Rugby outlaws dangerous 'axial loading' in scrums
15 Jul 2019
17.3k
4
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2001
Reform of Ireland's mental health laws delayed as heads of bill not expected until the end of the year
8 Jul 2019
8.7k
2
Vaccine
Italy is making parents prove their children are vaccinated before they can go to creche
12 Mar 2019
13.1k
60
Law
Opinion: Had Denis O'Brien's suit succeeded, our democratic system could have been undermined
David Kenny
5 Mar 2019
15.7k
1
Explainer
What are the new 'casual employment' laws that came into force today?
4 Mar 2019
57.0k
37
Opinion
Opinion: Long-awaited surrogacy laws still won't recognise many parents
Brian Tobin
4 Mar 2019
14.4k
15
notorious rbg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped change America - but her fight for gender equality hasn't been won
17 Feb 2019
16.1k
43
age limit
Hawaii is considering a law to ban cigarettes being sold to anyone under 100
5 Feb 2019
27.8k
48
Opinion
Opinion: The PSC could become the most expensive administrative error in the history of the State
Simon McGarr
21 Jan 2019
32.8k
41
On Yer Bike
Drivers who put cyclists at risk to be targeted, but it won't be mandatory to wear high-vis while on your bike
13 Jan 2019
26.4k
241
domestic violence act
Coercive control and psychological abuse now an offence under new law
2 Jan 2019
32.4k
54
Criminal Law
Opinion: Should judges hand down concurrent sentences in rape cases?
Ivana Bacik
27 Dec 2018
19.5k
42
Opinion
Should children born in Ireland to foreign parents be deported?
Anthony Moore
26 Oct 2018
43.4k
92
Retirement Age
Minister to amend law to allow Garda Commissioner work past the age of 60
16 Oct 2018
24.0k
11
Banned
Rough sleeping banned in Hungary as new homelessness law comes into force
15 Oct 2018
48.0k
81
Equality
Cabinet approves proposed law around highlighting gender pay gap in companies
26 Jun 2018
9.5k
75
lawful
Lacey the latest under fire as All Blacks scorch in for 7 tries against France
23 Jun 2018
20.0k
22
Legislation
UK companies could have to reveal pay gaps between employees and their bosses
11 Jun 2018
7.8k
10
Law and Order
'Dog's dinner' judges Bill is going to be passed by summer, says Ross
9 Jun 2018
12.7k
8
Will to change
'All eyes are on the UK government': Who'll be the first to make moves to change NI's abortion laws?
7 Jun 2018
9.4k
26
Court
Human rights campaigners lose Supreme Court appeal over Northern Irish abortion laws
7 Jun 2018
13.1k
43
Law and Order
Whatever is happening to that 'dog's dinner' of a Bill?
17 Apr 2018
13.2k
7
burden of proof
Would it work here? New law in Iceland means rape accused must prove they had explicit consent
8 Apr 2018
104k
Courts
Justice minister says he plans to abolish court poor box payments
2 Apr 2018
22.6k
43
Inheritance
'It has a big impact on loved ones': Probate delays leave families waiting months to resolve inheritance
24 Feb 2018
33.3k
33
Accountability
No more lying: A new bill that makes it a crime for bankers to lie to Central Bank won't be opposed
13 Feb 2018
9.4k
28
Drones
Drunk droning in the US state of New Jersey is now illegal
20 Jan 2018
12.3k
8
As it happened
'70% of Irish women who have abortions in the UK are in relationships and nearly half are already mothers'
22 Nov 2017
40.9k
214
As it happened
'In an ideal world abortion would never be needed, but we can't wish it away'
8 Nov 2017
31.1k
191
working 9 to 5
Failure to pay holiday pay and the minimum wage: 83 businesses brought to court this year over employment breaches
4 Nov 2017
18.0k
19
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