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A long-promised referendum to remove references to "woman's place in the home" from the Constitution will take place this November, the government has announced. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and children, equality, disability, integration and youth minister Roderic O'Gorman made the announcement today to

New UK government plans to deport asylum seekers who arrive irregularly and exclude them from modern slavery and human rights protections have been sharply criticised by lawyers and human rights campaigners. Home Secretary Suella Braverman KC yesterday introduced the Illegal Migration Bill, which pr

UCD's alumni community will tomorrow mark International Women's Day with a webinar recalling the long road to the introduction of Ireland's gender recognition law in 2015. Dr Joe McGrath, vice-principal for equality, diversity and inclusion at UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, will host a conv

Co Down law firm Fisher & Fisher is celebrating after reaching the "momentous milestone" of 125 years in business, with a range of celebration events planned across 2023. The firm has offices in Newry, Newcastle, Kilkeel, Rathfriland, Belfast and Donaghadee, and is one of the longest-established

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. International audit, accounting, outsourcing, compliance and advisory group Azets has entered the Irish market with the acquisition of Baker Tilly Ireland, which has rebranded as Azets Ireland.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed punitive fines of over €1 billion last year, more than two-thirds of all fines issued across the European Union. The watchdog's 2022 annual report also details multiple reprimands and/or compliance orders supervised and enforced following the c

The High Court has set aside the grant of leave to bring judicial review proceedings after the applicant had provided a “grossly misleading” account of his complaint against a Circuit Court judge. The applicant had issued the proceedings after the Circuit Court had made certain orders in

Parents who seek attention on social media by posting images of their children could be thwarted under a bill being considered in France. The draft private member’s bill seeks to address an increasing number of 'influencers' who garner views by recording the lives of their children.

The Israeli government is facing escalating opposition to its controversial judicial reforms, with thousands of people taking into the streets in protest and the country's elite fighter jet pilots joining a strike demanding the proposals are withdrawn. The bill currently being considered by the Knes

Colombia has held a court hearing entirely in the Metaverse, complete with an audience of virtual spectators. The administrative court of Magdalena used the virtual reality (VR) platform created by Facebook owner Meta to conduct a hearing in a civil case brought against the Colombian Ministry of Def

No prosecution will be taken in respect of threats made against journalist Patricia Devlin and her baby, Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said. The PSNI re-investigated the online threats, which purported to be from neo-Nazi terror group Combat 18, after the Police Ombudsman u

Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden, professor of law and criminal justice at Queen's University Belfast, has been conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. The Academy is the representative body for social sciences in the UK and, as such, links with the government, produces its own policy

Stuart Nevin, principal associate in the Belfast office of Shoosmiths, analyses the trends in Northern Ireland's real estate market.

UK government plans to impose minimum service levels on public services during strike action are likely to be incompatible with human rights law in their current form, Westminster's joint committee on human rights has found. In a report published following legislative scrutiny of the Strikes (Minimu

Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB) did not have grounds to reject medical evidence involving injuries at work for two former constables. The court found that the medical evidence determination, not the Board’s, was final.