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A civil liberties group has announced plans to submit a legal complaint over the Public Services Card (PSC) on behalf of more than 1,000 people. Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) said its new #no2psc campaign, launched yesterday, represented the first "mass action" legal campaign in Ireland.

One of Ireland’s most successful former barristers has launched a new specialist legal firm with offices in Belfast, Derry, Dublin and London. Kearney Law Group, specialising in the areas of Criminal Law, Personal Injury and Medical and Dental Negligence, officially opened its doors on Friday

Four young Irish musicians have joined Eversheds Sutherland's Accelerator Academy, benefiting from a two-year programme of professional development, including financial assistance to support travel to masterclasses and competitions.

The Provincial of the Oblate Fathers of Ireland has been granted an order dismissing personal injury proceedings brought against him, in which a man who alleged he had suffered sexual abuse by an Oblate priest in the 1950s sought to hold him vicariously liable for the priests actions. Dismissing the

The Crown Prosecution Service is "in denial" about declining rape prosecutions and convictions, the victims' watchdog has told The Times. Recent figures from the CPS show that while recorded rapes have increased over the past six years to 58,657 in 2018, charges, prosecutions and convictions for the

Social media giants including Facebook and Twitter are likely to face significant fines for misuse of personal data, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has warned. Ms Dixon made the comments at the Secure Computing Forum at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), the Irish Independent reports.

Mr Justice Michael Peart will chair the Kildare Solicitors Bar Association (KSBA) conference later this month, ahead of his retirement from the Court of Appeal bench in October. The annual one-day conference at the K Club in Straffan on Friday 27 September will offer seven hours of CPD.

The Abhaile scheme to help people in home mortgage arrears will be extended for a further three years, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty have announced. The scheme was set up in 2016 and has so far provided financial advice and negotiation support to ove

Lacey Solicitors, with offices in Belfast, Dublin and Derry/Londonderry, has announced the appointment of Colleen Ward as a solicitor following the end of her training contract with the firm. Ms Ward joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2017 after her graduation from Queen's University Belfast,

Scottish legal academics are developing a board game to help the public negotiate the complex legal world of marriage.

A court has ruled by a majority that the rectum is "inherently personal and private" after limiting how police can perform body cavity searches. Guntallwon Brown was arrested in 2015 after he sold an undercover officer crack cocaine then hid a bag of the substance in his backside.

Google has agreed to pay a record $170 million file and to make changes to protect children's privacy on YouTube after regulators said the site illegally collected personal information from children in order to target them with adverts, the New York Times reports. Critics, however, have said the fin

The Government is considering plans to bring the Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, to court in order to pave the way for its continued use of the controversial Public Services Card (PSC), according to reports. The data protection watchdog announced last month that it had found there is no l

Sinead Morgan, senior associate in the employment team at DWF in Dublin, sets out the key legal considerations for any company offering remote working to its employees. Remote working, flexible working or homeworking? Whatever term you choose to use the desire for, and drive towards remote working i

Irish Legal News recently caught up with the Lord Mayor of Belfast, John Finucane, to talk about his experience as a solicitor and advocate, and his hopes for the future of the city of Belfast. Mr Finucane read Law with History at the University of Dundee and completed his Legal Practice Course in N