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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.
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, 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 ...
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 ...
Vincent Sweeney v Governor of Loughlan House Open Centre and Others [2014] 2 ILRM 401; [2014] IESC 42; [2014] 2 IR 732, was an Irish Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the sentenced served in the administrating state should be of the same legal nature as the sentence imposed by the sentencing state.
In late 1983 the Eighth Amendment had passed, to ensure that abortion would not be introduced by the judiciary, in a similar manner to the US case of Roe v. Wade (1973). The X case resulted in three proposed amendments to the Irish constitution on the issue of abortion, which were submitted to three referendums all held on 25 November 1992.
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[25] [26] The Irish Farmers' Association advised farmers to support the bill to reduce delays in litigation. [27] [28] Michael Williams wrote in The Irish Times that the Court of Appeal was no substitute for a more fundamental reform of the Irish judicial system, which he said was unlikely as it would challenge the vested interests of lawyers. [29]