The government has promised to fast-track the registration process for EU citizens who want to stay in the UK after Brexit, with decisions on applications to remain in the country reduced from six months to "a matter of days".more
Children are being routinely assaulted by border guards and bearing the brunt of the escalating political spat between Italy and France, it has been claimed.more
Three high-profile Polish judges have complained of a "state-led campaign of intimidation and harassment" against them, as Poland's ruling party tightens its grip on the judiciary.more
Men who were convicted for being gay before it was decriminalised in 1993 will receive an apology from the government today. It comes ahead of a reception at Dublin Castle on Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of decriminalisation.more
A High Court judge has criticised a social worker who took a child away from his mother because she refused to give him an ice cream. The social worker said the woman was failing to meet her son's "emotional needs", and also highlighted how she did not allow him to get his hair to be cut "in the way that he liked".more
A number of seizures were made by Revenue officers at Irish ports yesterday, with a sum of cash, alcohol and cigarettes seized. At Rosslare, officers seized 17,000 in cash after stopping and searching a van that had arrived from Cherbourg.more
Scotland has passed a bill which will pardon gay and bi-sexual men for historical convictions of homosexuality. The Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) Bill will also pardon men who received convictions of same-sex sexual activity.more
The European Commission asked for a formal hearing of Poland at the meeting of the EU Council in connection with the reform of the judiciary and the procedure of Article 7 of the EU Treaty to Poland. This is another step in the Art. 7 procedure towards Poland - EU sources say.more
The Government's under mounting pressure to reform Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws - after Supreme Court justices said that in some cases they were incompatible with human rights legislation. The court dismissed a legal challenge by campaigners - but said the ban needed "radical reconsideration".more
Yesterday's verdict of the Supreme Administrative Court leaves no doubt: if according to the order of the donors or the testator we buy a flat, a car or even a telephone, the tax office will not get a penny from it - Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports.more
A Polish dancer who had only been in the UK for three months when she was caught illegally posing as a dentist in Hornchurch has been fined £1,320.more
The injured person is entitled to compensation corresponding to the costs of professional vehicle repair. Even if he repaired his car himself - we read in the Wednesday "Rzeczpospolita".more
A court case over gay marriage has turned into a broader battle over the balance of powers between the European Union and its national governments.more
The doctor who accidentally decapitated a baby inside his mother's womb has been cleared of serious misconduct and can return to work, a tribunal has ruled.more
A 17-year-old schoolgirl who was injured when her below-waist-length hair became trapped in the wheels of a go-kart has been awarded damages against a holiday centre. The Circuit Civil Court in Dublin was told that lumps of Alannah Reddin's treasured locks had to be sheared off in order to release her from the go-kart's rear wheels.more
David Lewis, who runs a café in Zurich, was denied the red passport because he didn't know which canton the melted Swiss cheese speciality came from.more
Saudi Arabia has issued its first driver's licenses to 10 women ahead of June 24, when the Kingdom's due to end the world's only ban on women drivers.more
The Financial Conduct Authority believes the cost of many forms of "high-cost" credit is too high and that borrowers are being "harmed" as a result. The FCA has decided it needs to act to protect consumers. Radical change is being proposed but the problem is it's still some way off. The cavalry is coming, just very slowly.more
Mace spray, a knuckle duster and suspected hormones were among items found by Revenue after a raid on a house this morning. Officers carried out a search under warrant of a home on the north side of Cork city on Thursday.more
