Legal technology specialist Jude Copeland joins speaker line-up for Diversity Mark’s Annual Summit. Diversity Mark has announced a further addition to the speaker line-up for its 2026 Annual Summit, with Mr Copeland, a legal technology and AI specialist with expertise in AI governance and incl

More than £63 million has been lent to date to 400+ to community organisations across Northern Ireland by Community Finance Ireland (CFI), which this year celebrates 25 years supporting communities realise their ambitions. Over the past quarter-century, these loans have supported, and continue

P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors is pleased to announce the appointment of Aoibhinn Killeen to its real estate team, a strategic hire that positions the firm among the few law firms capable of delivering real estate advice across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Ms Killeen brings exp

The Law Society of Northern Ireland last week hosted the first of a new series of regional cluster events in Omagh, bringing local solicitors together to share knowledge, discuss common challenges and strengthen support networks for the effective running of their practices. The events are part of a

UCD Sutherland Law School last week welcomed Her Excellency María Teresa Lizaranzu Perinat, Spain's Ambassador to Ireland, to their stand at Higher Options in the RDS. Ambassador Lizaranzu Perinat was welcomed by Associate Dean, Dr Liam Thornton and director of student recruitment and recogni

Queen’s University human rights law professor Colin Harvey has been appointed vice-chair of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights scientific committee. Professor Harvey is a fellow of the Queen's Institute for Peace, Security and Justice, an associate fellow of the Institute of Iris

UCD Sutherland School of Law has appointed Dr Katie Nolan as lecturer and assistant professor in law and technology.

  Queens University Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden, UCD Professor Emeritus Marie Keenan and Dr James Gallen of Dublin City University have received the European Society of Criminology / Association Europeenne de Criminologie book prize for the book they co-authored Transforming Justice Res

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

When Majella Walsh was announced as the recipient of the Munster Regional Sole Practitioner of the Year award at the LEAP Irish Law Awards last month, she says her first reaction was one of some surprise. Those who know her professionally would not have been startled at the news. Noted by clients fo

Many parents have long had ambitions for their children to pursue careers in medicine or law, professions that are perceived as being synonymous with prestige, intellectual challenge and public service. John Magee, a partner at DLA Piper in Dublin, was seriously considering a career in medicine unti

For solicitors who started their career just before the financial crisis of 2008 struck, the timing was both daunting and defining. Newly qualified lawyers were entering a profession gripped by uncertainty in an Ireland faced by economic turbulence. However, there emerged from that singular event a