Appointments

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O’Flynn Exhams LLP has welcomed Colm Manning back to the firm as a corporate/M&A and commercial partner. Mr Manning rejoins the Cork-based firm, having previously worked for it in 2014.

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Justin Kelly has been appointed as the next Garda commissioner, taking on the role for five years from September. Mr Kelly, currently An Garda Síochána's deputy commissioner for security, strategy and governance, will take over from Drew Harris.

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The Central Bank of Ireland has appointed Colm Kincaid as deputy governor for consumer and investor protection. Mr Kincaid, a qualified solicitor who practised with firms in London and Dublin prior to joining the Central Bank in 2004, will take up the senior leadership post from 1 August 2025.

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Philip Lee has promoted five new senior associates across the firm. The new senior associates are Kevin Keenan and Patrick Egan in the corporate and commercial team, Harry O'Malley in real estate, Margaret O'Leary in planning and environmental, and Daniel Hanrahan in competition.

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Beauchamps has appointed Oisín McLoughlin and David McMunn as partners in the firm's corporate, commercial and M&A group. Mr McLoughlin brings over 15 years' experience advising a broad range of international and domestic clients on corporate transactions and investments. His practice spa

Northern Ireland

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The Law Society of Northern Ireland has met with the justice minister, Naomi Long, as part of its campaign on solicitors' safety and is set to meet with the PSNI's chief constable tomorrow. Monday's meeting with Mrs Long was attended by the Law Society's president, Colin Mitchell, and chief executiv

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Warrenpoint-based Rosemary Connolly Solicitors has welcomed Kelly Armstrong as a solicitor in its growing practice. Ms Armstrong has extensive experience in civil litigation and brings a wealth of knowledge and a strong track record in personal injury litigation, medical negligence and civil injunct

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Prison authorities in Northern Ireland are set to review the pre-release testing process amid concerns that the system is abused by some prisoners. Under the pre-release testing process, prisoners are initially tested under the supervision of prison staff, progressing to periods of unaccompanied rel

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Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has renewed its support for Camp Aspire, a five-day retreat aimed at supporting children living in poverty across Northern Ireland. Hosted by Portadown-based charity Aspire NI, this year's camp at Crawfordsburn Scout Centre, on the outskirts of Belfast, will welcome mo

Universities

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been elected as an international fellow of the British Academy. She is one of 92 distinguished scholars announced on Friday to have been elected to the British Academy’s fellowship in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humaniti

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Mr Justice Bryan McMahon has been presented with the 2025 Hibernian Law Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the legal tradition in Ireland. Dr Jonathan O'Rourke, editor-in-chief of the Hibernian Law Journal, presented the medal to the retired High Court judge at an event in Blac

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Ulster University's Centre for Legal Technology (CLT) has announced a new research and innovation partnership with Lawri AI, a Northern Ireland-based legal technology startup. The collaboration, led by CLT's director John Keers BL, will explore how AI and automation can improve the efficiency, accur

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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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Ailish Finnerty has had only had some six weeks to become accustomed to her role as the new chair at Arthur Cox. She has, though, an air of calm assurance — the consequence of her history with the firm, one that stretches back to her becoming a trainee there after taking a BCL and LLM at UCC a

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Wherever there is an Irish diaspora — and where is there not? — there will be St Patrick’s Day celebrations. This was the case earlier this month at the Hyatt Regency hotel in London when the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) gathered for its third annual St Patrick’s D