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Barrister Laura L. Keogh, author of Data Protection Compliance: A Guide to GDPR and Irish Data Protection Law, writes for Irish Legal News on the Public Services Card (PSC) - which contains an individual's name, signature, PPS number, card number and facial image - and its compatibility with the EU

New inheritance law reforms to prevent people who kill their partners from profiting will be brought to the Oireachtas within weeks. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan confirmed that new legislation will be introduced in the Dáil to address concerns raised in respect of the deaths of Celine Ca

Robert J. Rock, managing partner of Tully Rinckey's New York office, has qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in order to work with Tully Rinckey Ireland. Mr Rock has completed the extensive process of qualifying as a solicitor in Ireland and will now work with the firm's Dublin office.

Senior solicitors, barristers and a Court of Appeal judge are set to deliver bite-sized updates on the law at a fundraising event for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People later this month. Attendees at the next Lawyers Against Homelessness (LAH) CPD event will hear from 12 speakers, including

A new public consultation is seeking input to a Government strategy to protect individuals, businesses and Ireland's national security from cyber-attacks. Communications Minister Richard Bruton launched the consultation on the new National Cyber Security Strategy this morning.

A charity fundraising CPD event has smashed its own records after raising over €22,000 for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People. The latest Lawyers Against Homelessness (LAH) CPD event heard from 12 speakers, including Ms Justice Mary Irvine, on topics including taxation, commercial law,

A woman who was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on the grounds of her sex has settled with her former employer for an undisclosed sum. Suzanne Keenan, associate director and head of employment at MKB Law, acted for client Winnie Van Der Merwe in her claim against UHY Hacker Young Fitch

The Department of Justice has announced the appointment of Caroline Conway as Northern Ireland's new independent reviewer of criminal record certificates. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK to provide screening of criminal record information through an independent reviewer, who can review c

O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors has announced the promotion of Dionne Darragh to director and Christopher Bullock to associate solicitor at the Belfast-based firm. Ms Darragh, who joined the firm in 2006, has been appointed director in the personal injury litigation department. She specialises in specia

Police forces in England and Wales will be required to offer free sanitary products to female detainees under new plans announced by the Home Office today. The changes will also require police forces to make arrangements for all detainees to speak in private to a member of custody staff of the same

A former teacher awaiting prosecution for historic sexual offences against one of his pupils has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court in which he argued that his prosecution under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 was unconstitutional. By a narrow majority, Mr Justice Donal O’D

A powerful sketch by Nelson Mandela, The Cell Door, Robben Island, has been sold at Bonhams' modern and contemporary African art sale, in New York for $112,575. The wax pastel crayon work, which the South African revolutionary and president created in 2002, was one of the few that the statesman kept

A solicitor who refused to return a mother and daughter's passports because of a dispute over €1,500 has been told she must hand them over. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, said it was "disproportionate and wholly unreasonable" to withhold the documents over such a "miniscul

Dublin solicitor Ciaran Kirwan has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA). Mr Kirwan, managing partner of Margetson and Greene Solicitors, has been a director of the IABA since 2015.

Dublin firm Richard Grogan & Associates has announced the appointment of Natasha Hand as an associate solicitor. Ms Hand will be working primarily in the area of employment law and personal injury work.