Proposals on judicial appointments 'make sense'
The Director General Law Society of Ireland has said government proposals concerning judicial appointments make sense and will mean a move towards a more diverse judiciary.
Ken Murphy said there is nothing wrong with the judiciary, but it could be made better.
The Government is proposing a new judicial appointments commission with a majority of lay members, including a lay chair, which would reduce the role of government in appointments.
Mr Murphy said he is unapologetically in favour of more solicitors being appointed as judges because of the unique skill set and experience they would bring.
Legal row in US over parents wanting to name child 'Allah'
A civil rights group is suing the US state of Georgia because it will not let a couple give their toddler daughter "Allah" as her last name.
Parents Elizabeth Handy and Bilal Walk want to name their 22-month-old daughter ZalyKha Graceful Lorraina Allah.
But state officials at the Department of Public Health said that under Georgia law, the child's last name should either be Handy, Walk or a combination of the two, according to the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.
The Georgia branch of the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the state on 23 March. "Government has no business telling parents what they can and cannot name their children," said ACLU of Georgia Executive Director, Andrea Young.
'Remains' found on raised Sewol ferry are animal bones
Bone fragments recovered from the wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry are from an animal and not human remains, the maritime ministry has said.
"According to test results by the National Forensic Service, they have been confirmed to be seven animal bone fragments," the ministry said, correcting an earlier statement.
The wreck was brought to the surface last week, nearly three years after it went down killing more than 300 people, and placed onto a semi-submersible ship that will finally bring it to shore.
Almost all the victims were schoolchildren and nine bodies were still unaccounted for, raising the prospect that they could be trapped inside the vessel.
