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The EU AI Act is to become law following its final approval by the Council of the European Union yesterday. The first of its kind in the world, the flagship legislation aims to set a global standard for AI regulation. Its risk-based approach sees AI systems subject to different levels of regulation

Ireland will join Spain and Norway in recognising the State of Palestine next week, the government has announced. Ministers say the move follows months of consultation with like-minded countries across Europe and the Middle East and is intended to contribute towards achieving a two-state solution to

Ireland's new independent examiner of security legislation will not be equipped to challenge a "culture of secrecy and resistance to scrutiny", a former member of the Commission on the Future of Policing has said. Professor Donncha O'Connell told a conference at Maynooth University that legislation

Arthur Cox has named Jarlaith Brady and Thomas Walsh as the recipients of the 2024 Niamh Burke Memorial Bursary. Established in memory of late Arthur Cox partner Niamh Burke, the bursary fosters and supports study and research in the field of renewable energy through an annual award of €10,000

Benjamin Bestgen reflects on arguments for and against the legalisation of assisted dying. In recent weeks, the Isle of Man and Jersey have moved closer to enacting assisted dying laws. Scotland also proposed a bill for debate. The Netherlands, a country with almost three decades of practical a

Law student Alannah Murray criticises the State's record on vindicating disabled children's right to education. The only positive obligation on the State is to provide free primary education, per the decision in TD v. Minister for Education, as outlined in Article 42.4 of the Constitution. It was re

The University of Galway's Professor Roja Fazaeli has been appointed as deputy chairperson of international human rights organisation Front Line Defenders. Professor Fazaeli was appointed last summer as established professor of law and Islamic studies at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Universi

Julian Assange has won leave to make a fresh UK appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets after arguing he may not be able to rely on his right to free speech in a US trial. Two judges in the High Court granted him leave to appeal on the basis he could be discri

A law student has spoken of developing an addiction to cheese so debilitating that she had no choice but to spend around $12,000 on a two-week stint in rehab. Adela Cojab told the New York Post that she would "literally just eat a block of cheese with my hands" almost every day, because it was "the

Former UK home secretary Suella Braverman acted unlawfully when she used so-called 'Henry VIII powers' to restrict protest rights, the High Court in London has ruled. Secondary legislation which significant lowered the threshold on protest crackdowns to anything that caused "more than minor" disrupt

Northern Ireland victims of the infected blood scandal are set to receive compensation through a UK government scheme following the publication of a damning inquiry report. The Infected Blood Inquiry yesterday concluded that the infection of around 30,000 people across the UK with hepatitis and HIV

Plans for the "biggest review of wildlife legislation for a generation" have been set out by the government. Members of the public will soon be invited to participate in a public consultation on updates to wildlife legislation, including the Wildlife Act 1976, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, the

A&L Goodbody lawyer Conor Campbell has been re-elected as a director of Cycling Ireland. Mr Campbell, a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's London office, has served on the board since 2021, latterly as its vice-president.

A family lawyer seeking election to the European Parliament has criticised plans to move divorce, judicial separation and cohabitation proceedings to the District Court. Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, a practising barrister who is running as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Ireland South co

Arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders are among those being sought by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a landmark statement today, Karim Khan KC confirmed that he is applying to the court for arrest warrants for Netanyahu an