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Ireland is engaging in military-related trade with Israel despite the government's condemnation of Israeli forces' conduct in Gaza, according to new research. Tanya Lalor, a PhD researcher in international law, yesterday presented the findings of her research on the trade of 'dual-use' goods, which

Ireland's chief justice hosted a meeting of some of the EU's most senior judges at Dublin's Farmleigh House yesterday.

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has enjoyed an 11 per cent increase in profits to £2.1 million in the most recent financial year. The firm saw turnover grow from £6.9m to £7.8m in the year to 31 October 2023, with profit increasing over the same period fr

An octogenarian who allegedly spent close to a decade menacing his neighbourhood with a catapult has been apprehended. Prince King, 81, is accused by police in southern California of being a "serial slingshot shooter", NBC News reports.

Limerick student Brian Daly has been awarded the Holmes O'Malley Sexton UL Law Scholarship for the second time. Mr Daly, a high-achieving Law and Accounting student at the University of Limerick, received the same scholarship in 2021 during his first year. His continued commitment to his studies has

Trainee solicitors at the Law Society of Ireland are climbing Kilimanjaro in aid of Ballymun Community Law Centre. Matthew Mulrooney, Eoghan Davis, Sophie Walsh, Fearghal Ryan, Oliver Dunne, Daniel Donoghue, Dylan Byrne and Hamzza Khosa will climb Kilimanjaro this August in a bid to raise €10,0

Ireland has missed a deadline to implement new EU rules aimed at decarbonising road freight transport. The European Commission is sending a letter of formal notice to 16 member states, including Ireland, who have failed to communicate the full transposition into national law of the amended Eurovigne

Seán Hurley BL examines a recent EU court ruling involving TikTok owner Bytedance. Bytedance Ltd, the multinational company behind the social media app TikTok, recently sought and was denied interim relief to suspend the European Commission’s decision designating it as a gatekeeper unde

The High Court has quashed a drug driving conviction where the Circuit Court found by implication that the arresting garda had formed the requisite opinion that the applicant had committed an offence under s. 4(1A) of the Road Traffic Act 2010. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Marg

At the beginning of this month, 285 people seeking international protection were moved from a makeshift campsite outside the International Protection Office (IPO) in Dublin’s Mount Street. Weeks later, 55 asylum seekers set up camp along the Grand Canal just hours after another tent clearance.

Over 1,600 walkers and runners took part in this year's Calcutta Run to raise funds for The Hope Foundation and Dublin Simon Community. Since 1999, the legal profession's annual fundraiser has raised more than €5.3 million in support of homelessness services in Ireland and Kolkata (formerly Cal

Legislation quashing the wrongful convictions of postmasters and subpostmasters in Northern Ireland has come into force. The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 received royal assent on Friday, meaning all convictions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have now been overturned providi

Legislation establishing an Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has been approved by UK MPs in one of their final acts before the coming general election. The approval of the Victims and Prisoners Bill comes days after the Infected Blood Inquiry concluded that the infection of around 30,000

A&L Goodbody's captive alternative legal services provider ALG Solutions has been recognised with an award at the ALM Law.com International Legal Innovation & Technology Awards. The firm was presented with the 'Future of Legal Services Innovation' award at the 10th annual awards ceremony in

Pro-Palestinian protesters at New York University (NYU) are being ordered to watch an episode of The Simpsons as punishment. Lisa Gets an "A", a 1998 episode of the long-running cartoon sitcom, forms part of a course on "morality and ethics" which suspended students have been told they must complete