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Northern Ireland firm Tughans has announced 16 appointments, including the promotion of Nadine Brennan to partner in the firm's dispute resolution practice.

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel passes first reading of bill proposing death penalty for people it deems terrorists

The High Court has made orders permitting HSE staff to terminate a minor’s pregnancy in light of her lack of capacity and the risk of serious harm to her life should the pregnancy continue. Delivering an ex tempore judgment for the High Court in October, Mr Justice David Barniville concluded:

Lewis Silkin has appointed Olivia O’Kane as a partner to lead its specialist media law practice in both Belfast and Dublin. Ms O'Kane has over two decades of experience specialising in media disputes related to a wide range of complex media areas.

There should be a "complete and unconditional ban" on the use of counselling records in sexual offence trials, the Oireachtas justice committee has recommended. The joint committee on justice, home affairs and migration yesterday published its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of

Ireland’s online safety commissioner, Niamh Hodnett, has been appointed to chair the Global Online Safety Regulators Network (GOSRN). Ms Hodnett was appointed as GOSRN's annual in-person meeting, which took place at Coimisiún na Meán's offices in Dublin yesterday.

A coffee shop chain in China has been forced to drop its communist-style branding following heavy criticism in state media. The "People's Coffee Shop" deliberately designed its shopfronts to resemble the masthead of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.

Discrimination cases against pubs, bars and other licensed venues should be heard in the Workplace Relations Commission instead of the District Court, a report has recommended. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission today published its review of section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003

William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, Leo Moore and Jordie Sattar examine an opinion which offers clarity on when data subject access requests may be deemed "excessive" under the GDPR. On 12 September 2025, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar (AG) provided an opinion in Case C-526/24 (Brillen Rottler) which

Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Kate Adair and Paul Kerr to its Belfast office. Ms Adair has joined the construction team and Mr Kerr has joined the commercial dispute resolution team following the pair's completion of their two-year training contracts with the

The Irish government has taken measures to support the disclosure of State materials to the UK's Omagh bombing inquiry. Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan yesterday announced two measures he has taken further to the memorandum of understanding agreed with the chairman of th

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody examines the WRC's new AI guidance for litigants. Last month, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) issued guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to prepare material for submission to the WRC.

Whitney Moore has appointed Sean Ryan as a partner in its corporate M&A and regulatory team and head of the firm's EU and competition group. Mr Ryan joins from Eversheds Sutherland, where he built a strong reputation for guiding clients through complex transactions and regulatory challenges.

Ireland's media regulator has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform, X. Coimisiún na Meán’s investigations team yesterday announced it will investigate whether X has contravened Article 20 of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), which relates to con

A fortune teller has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding around €40 million from clients. The 53-year-old woman, who also presented herself as a feng shui master, allegedly preyed on clients by predicting that there was a "billionaire" in their future.