Commissioner for Victims and Survivors Joe McVey has called for the needs and experiences of victims and survivors to remain central to the development of legacy legislation, warning that arrangements which fail to reflect their needs risk prolonging uncertainty and undermining confidence in efforts

McDowell KC, Turlough Madden and Paul Conway were sworn into office as High Court Judge and District Judges respectively by the Lady Chief Justice on Monday 2 November 2026. David McDowell KC was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2003 having been called to the Bar of England and Wales by Midd

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (the Commission) has launched an appeal for witnesses to come forward in relation to its investigation into the death of Michael Kay. Michael was a married father of one son, and he worked as an RUC Reserve Constable. He was kill

There have been no pardons for historical gay sex offences in the eight years since the scheme was introduced in Northern Ireland according to a report by the BBC.

Dr Kevin Costello, associate professor of law at UCD Sutherland School of Law, has been elected as an honorary bencher by The Honorable Society of King's Inns. He dined for the first time as a bencher last Thursday evening. He was joined at the event by a number of colleagues from UCD School of Law

The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has welcomed a Labour Court recommendation which it says vindicates the trade unions’ insistence that serious negotiations must now take place on precarious employment and working conditions across higher education. The recommendation concerns

The DCU Law Review is calling for submissions for its inaugural issue on the topic of ‘Law, Society and the Disjuncture Between’. Founded by final year law students and editors in chief, Regina Chow and Darragh McDonald, the Review is the first student-led review at the university since

Matheson and University College Cork (UCC) recently welcomed a record 90 students to the fourth annual Matheson and UCC Hackathon, held at UCC on Tuesday 13 October 2026. The event, which forms part of the UCC and Matheson Innovation Partnership, brings together students from across a range of disci

Julie Galbraith, chief business officer and general counsel at Irish insurance broker, Arachas, recently took part in Rory’s Miles 2 Mayo walking nine marathons over nine days and covering 235 miles across Ireland in aid of Cancer Fund for Children. She spoke to Irish Legal News about taking o

The numbers show that data security incidents have ascended ineluctably during the past five years. And according to the UK’S Cyber Security Breaches Survey, cybersecurity is not necessarily getting worse just because a greater percentage of companies are being attacked, but rather the attacks

Naoise Nunn tells Emma Hutchinson how Kilkenny Law Festival aims to make the law more accessible, entertaining and relevant to the public. Next weekend will see the Kilkenny Law Festival fill venues across the beautiful city of Kilkenny from Friday to Sunday. Unlike a traditional legal conference, t

Ireland’s role as one of the world’s leading aircraft leasing hubs dates to 1975, when the billionaire businessman Tony Ryan founded Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) in 1975. Ryan, of course, was also one of the co-founders of Ryanair in 1984. His venture created a pool of experienced aviati