Lawyers unhappy with proposed ‘one flat fee’ for District Court criminal legal aid cases

Minister for Justice says payment plan will mean ‘great efficiencies’ and fewer adjournments

25th, February 2026, 07:10pm

Minister for Justice faces backlash from solicitors over District Court fee proposal

Minister for Justice says payment plan will mean ‘great efficiencies’ and fewer adjournments

25th, February 2026, 07:10pm

Two judges nominated for appointment to Supreme Court

Judges Niamh Hyland and Brian O’Moore to be promoted from the Court of Appeal

25th, February 2026, 07:00pm

Postmortems being run on ‘wing and prayer’, with delays for grieving families

Incoming president of Coroners Society of Ireland says pathologists’ fee has not increased in 20 years

25th, February 2026, 07:00pm

Woman arrested by police in Northern Ireland investigating disappearance and murder of Lisa Dorrian

Co Down woman (25) was last seen alive in February 2005

25th, February 2026, 06:59pm

PSNI and MI5 unlawfully obtained phone data of prominent Northern Ireland journalist, tribunal hears

Vincent Kearney was wrongly referred to as a ‘suspect’ in a criminal investigation, and the PSNI complied a detailed profile of intelligence material on him

25th, February 2026, 06:31pm

Storm drain where Noah Donohoe’s body was found ‘could be easily opened’, inquest told

Jury inquest into the death of Noah (14) in Belfast in June 2020 is now in its fifth week

25th, February 2026, 06:20pm

Met Éireann to introduce new locally based weather warning system

Polygon-based process will divide the country into sub-county zones

25th, February 2026, 06:16pm

Met Éireann to replace countrywide weather warnings with new local system

Polygon-based process will divide the country into sub-county zones

25th, February 2026, 06:16pm

Yungblud festival goes international, but not everyone's convinced

The third instalment is taking place in the Czech Republic after being held in Milton Keynes.

25th, February 2026, 06:16pm