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The Irish Law Times (ISSN 1649-4164) is a refereed professional law journal for practising and academic lawyers.First established in 1865 (as the Irish Law Times and Solicitors Journal), and re-established in the 1980s by Round Hall Press as the Irish Law Times, [1] it is published in 20 editions each year by Thomson Reuters.
A, B and C v Ireland is a landmark 2010 case of the European Court of Human Rights on the right to privacy under Article 8.The court rejected the argument that article 8 conferred a right to abortion, but found that Ireland had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to provide an accessible and effective procedure by which a woman can have established whether she qualifies ...
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The Irish language is set to be used in court in Northern Ireland due to the repeal of a law that is almost 300 years old. A proposal to allow the use of Irish in court was contained in the New ...
Abortion law continued to be an issue of heated political debate. In 2016-17 the Irish government convened a Citizens' Assembly to advise about the Eighth Amendment. A speech by John Waters at the 2017 Renua conference resulted in Kitty Holland suing him for libel, and in 2024 being awarded €35,000 damages plus costs. [73]
This law gave parental leave to all couples (opposite sex, same sex, married, civil partnered, cohabiting) who have a child by natural means or who are having a child under donor conceived child. Adoption leave is 24 weeks leave from work paid through social welfare in order to allow a prospective parent bond with their newly adopted child. [99]
A June 2013 Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll of 1,000 voters in face-to-face interviews in all constituencies found that 75% were in favour of the government's proposed legislation (the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013), with 14% opposed and 11% choosing "Don't know". Furthermore, 89% felt that abortion should be allowed when the woman ...
The Law Reform Commission published a report in 2005 examining the operation of public inquiries and recommending changes. [2] A commission of investigation is a different form of inquiry, with evidence generally given in private; provided by the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 to address scandals relating to medical care and child abuse ...