Former minister for justice Dermot Ahern will chair a round-table arbitration forum on the 2010 Arbitration Act. It will be led by John Tackaberry QC (former worldwide president Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) and John Gordon SC, under Chatham House...

They included former Tanaisti Mary Coughlan and Mary Harney, former ministers Dick Roche, Mary Hanafin, Dermot Ahern and Martin Mansergh.Several of Mr Ahern's closest aides from his Drumcondra constituency -- including Des Richardson, former TD Cyprian...

Maybe a little shame? Oh come on, even a sense of regret?But no, not a bit of it.In fact, it turns out that the man who was once referred

GOVERNMENT departments here, not the EU-IMF-ECB, wrote the terms in the memorandum of understanding on the legal profession, according to the minister for justice who was in office when the agreement was signed. Dermot Ahern told Parchment, the magazine

JUST eight people have been charged under tough new anti-gang laws.Justice Minister Alan Shatter, who promised a crackdown on gangland crime while he was in Opposition, revealed the figure in the Dail.Since the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 came

For example, Brian Cowen brought EU figures to Tullamore, Co Offaly; Charlie McCreevy took them to Punchestown, Co Kildare; and Dermot Ahern brought them to Dundalk, Co Louth. The "decentralisation" of meetings was seen by some as a political stunt,...