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A training programme for Fiosrú staff has welcomed its second cohort of students at the University of Limerick. The two-year postgraduate programme has been developed by UL School of Law in conjunction with Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, to support its staff learning and d

Belfast firm KRW LAW has been included by the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) among the small number of law firms nominated to provide legal assistance to victims of the infected blood scandal who are applying for compensation. The scheme will help to process applications for all victim

Co Mayo firm J.V. Geary Solicitors LLP has appointed Patricia Lally as a partner. Ms Lally joins managing partner John Geary and fellow partner Ita Feeney in the leadership of the Castlebar-based firm amid growing demand for its legal services across the West of Ireland and beyond.

A school has been ordered to reinstate a teacher fired for reading a book about butts to his pupils. Mississippi teacher Toby Price was sacked in 2022 after choosing I Need A New Butt! by New Zealand author Dawn McMillan for Read Across America Day.

Northern Ireland's justice minister has called for UK government action to deal with websites facilitating the sale of sexual services. Buying sex is a crime in Northern Ireland, unlike in other parts of the UK, but experts say most such transactions are now organised online.

Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has upheld decisions not to prosecute eight former British soldiers in relation to allegations of giving false evidence relating to the events of Bloody Sunday. Families of eight victims of the 1972 massacre requested formal reviews of the decision

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has issued new guidance to help restaurant owners and other traders decide how best to collect tips with new technologies. The guidance draws on new research which found that Irish consumers may have mistakenly paid almost €500,000 on ti

Stuart Nevin, director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, offers an overview of emerging trends in Northern Ireland’s real estate market. Property market forecasting is inherently uncertain. While 2025 may best be described as a “momentum-building” year for Northern Ireland, marked by stabl

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has donated £10,000 to Autism NI following a busy year of fundraising initiatives for the charity. The law firm has donated £40,000 to local causes over the last three years, through its annual charity partnership programme and other community su

The University College Dublin Law Review has launched a call for submissions for its upcoming Volume XXVI. The student-run, peer-reviewed annual legal journal welcomes contributions on a broad range of contemporary legal issues, in particular articles pertaining to Irish and European law — tho

William Fry partners Jason Milne and Michelle Martin welcome legal clarity on anonymous requests for access to environmental information. On 15 January 2026, the Court of Justice issued judgment in C-129/24 Coillte Cuideachta Ghníomhaíochta Ainmnithe following a request for a prelimina

Businesses can now freely exchange data between the EU and Brazil following the adoption of mutual adequacy decisions under data protection laws. The adoption of the mutual adequacy decisions by the European Commission and Brazil follows an opinion by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and th

Philip Lee LLP has promoted Elaine Whelan, Michael Cahill, Tamara Mitchell and Keelin Gavagan to partner and Kate McNamara to of counsel. The latest round of promotions brings the firm's total number of partners to more than 50 for the first time.

Intellectual property firm Murgitroyd has strengthened its senior leadership team with three appointments. The firm has appointed Camilla Jagger as its chief operating officer, David Goldsby as its chief technology officer and Russell Flanders as its commercial director.

France’s National Assembly has approved a bill that would bar under-15s from accessing social media, a move backed by President Emmanuel Macron. Parliamentarians in the lower house voted 116–23 late on Monday to approve the core provisions of the legislation, which would prevent young te