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Barristers should not be identified with their clients, the Bar Council has reaffirmed following criticism aimed at presidential candidate Catherine Connolly. In a statement published on the Fine Gael website this afternoon, Galway councillor Frank Fahy said Ms Connolly "needs to fully account for h
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A&L Goodbody LLP has appointed Trevor Glavey as a partner in the firm's tax practice. Mr Glavey brings over a decade of experience advising companies in all industries with respect to all aspects of Irish corporate tax.
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Arthur Cox Northern Ireland has welcomed six new trainee solicitors: Olivia Berry, Ava Cleary-McGuffin, Beth Hillis, Ryan Irvine, Caleb Moore and Ciara O’Hagan. The new trainees will work alongside partners across each of the firm’s core practice areas, including corporate, finance, disp
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Solicitor Carol Sinnott has been elected as chairperson of the Irish Immigration Lawyers Association (IILA). Ms Sinnott is the principal of Sinnott Solicitors, a firm specialising in asylum and immigration law based in Dublin and Cork.
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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been appointed to the advisory board of a new US-based press freedom organisation. The Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club was launched in November 2024 and provides critical services to journalists, including emergency assistance, immigration and legal suppo
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Lewis Silkin has appointed four new legal directors in its Belfast office, with James Stewart, Caroline McNally and Mark Ward joining the firm alongside an internal promotion for Kevin Gallagher. Mr Stewart joins Lewis Silkin to lead the data, privacy and cyber team in Belfast.
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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has appointed 10 new members to its disability advisory committee. The disability advisory committee (DAC) is a statutory advisory committee established to support the watchdog's function of monitoring Ireland’s implementation of the UN Convention
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Northern Ireland's justice minister, Naomi Long, has condemned a "mob" of masked protesters who staged a demonstration outside of her home yesterday evening. Around 40 protesters are said to have gathered outside the home Mrs Long shares with her husband, Alliance Party colleague and Belfast council
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Northern Ireland's police ombudsman, Marie Anderson, will not be prosecuted following a police investigation into alleged misconduct. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) today said prosecutors had concluded there was no reasonable prospect of conviction for any offence, having reviewed a file submi
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Arthur Cox Northern Ireland has welcomed six new trainee solicitors: Olivia Berry, Ava Cleary-McGuffin, Beth Hillis, Ryan Irvine, Caleb Moore and Ciara O’Hagan. The new trainees will work alongside partners across each of the firm’s core practice areas, including corporate, finance, disp
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Northern Ireland's justice and health ministers have been pressed to set out a clear timetable for the implementation of capacity law reforms passed by MLAs nearly a decade ago. Part 5 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, which provides for lasting powers of attorney covering care, tr
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New resources have been launched to help children and families better understand and prepare for appearing before a youth court in Northern Ireland. The resources include a child-friendly video of what they can expect, and ‘virtual courtroom tours’ which show what the main courts look li
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Dr Eoin O'Dell reminds Senator Michael McDowell, following his rebuke of social media platforms for online defamation, that he still has an opportunity to do something about it. Last week, in his column in The Irish Times, Michael McDowell took social media platforms to task for shirking their respo
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The post-Brexit Conservative government rolled back the frontiers of liberal democracy, research led by the University of Stirling has argued. The research paper, Democratic backsliding and public administration: the experience of the UK, was published in the journal Policy Studies.
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Dr Amanda Byer, Dr Ciara Molloy and Dr Aoife McPartland have been appointed as faculty members at UCD Sutherland School of Law. Dr Byer has joined the university as assistant professor in international law and global justice as part of the Ad Astra Fellows programme, a UCD initiative to recruit 50 e
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A first-year law student at Dublin City University (DCU) has won an essay competition held to mark the 50th anniversary of the Law Reform Commission. Ella Santoro won first place in the competition with an essay arguing in favour of an increase in the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Irelan
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Demand for restorative justice in Ireland has nearly doubled in a year, according to new research. The Probation Service and six community-based organisations which offer restorative justice in cases where adults are convicted of an offence received a total of 842 referrals in 2024, up from 447 in 2
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The view from Andrew McGahey’s home office south of Navan in Co Meath is an idyllic one. The vista of tranquillity that takes in the Hill of Tara and the River Boyne ends here, though — the EMEA managing partner of Kennedys Law LLP is responsible for seven offices, where daily life is di
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The quest for knowledge has advanced beyond imagination in the millennia since Plato and Aristotle first proposed their theories of epistemology. For legal firms at the leading edge of meeting today’s exacting demands, ‘knowledge’ now involves a multitude of practical applications,
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A solicitor who was forced out of her home by a relentless campaign of criminal harassment has urged legal professionals to break the “taboo” of speaking out about abuse. Emma Lyons, who runs a family and criminal law practice in west Belfast, joined the Law Society of Northern Ireland&r
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It’s certainly been an eventful summer for partner Darragh Mackin at Belfast solicitors Phoenix Law. Many of the firm’s cases have been in the public eye, and probably none so much as the discrimination case successfully brought by Irish language rap group Kneecap against the UK governme
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Paddy Kelly’s energetic leadership of the Children’s Law Centre (CLC) in Northern Ireland has seen it assume a pivotal role in advancing the rights and best interests of children and young people. When Ms Kelly, its founder and CEO, steps down at the end of this month, the most important
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