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Irish business group ISME will pay €75,000 to Limerick solicitor Gerard O'Neill as part of a settlement ending defamation proceedings he launched two years ago. Mr O'Neill, founder and principal of O’Neill & Co Solicitors, launched proceedings in the High Court in July 2020 after ISME

Legal advice and legal representation should be provided to people struggling with consumer debt, legal rights group FLAC has said. The fourth and final paper in FLAC's "Pillar to Post" series on consumer debt issues is due to be published this evening.

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has grown its headcount by 20 per cent since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the firm has announced. Despite the impact of the pandemic on businesses across the world, the firm added staff across all teams, including legal adviso

Lawyers Against Homelessness has raised more than €220,000 in support of the Capuchin Day Centre, organisers said following their ninth CPD event. Yesterday's event — the latest in a series of fundraising CPD events hosted since late 2017 — focused on personal injury and employment

In a landmark judgment this week, the European Court of Justice put in doubt public access to information about company ownership. The court ruled on Tuesday that the unfettered right of public access to the personal information of the individuals who ultimately own or control companies incorporated

Facebook owner Meta has been fined €265 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL), data controller of the Facebook social media network, has also been made subject to a range of corrective measures.

Youth justice minister James Browne has invited proposals from community and youth service organisations to establish new youth diversion projects (YDPs) in South Monaghan, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, South and East Co. Wicklow and West Cork. YDPs work with young people at risk of crime and anti-social b

Facebook owner Meta is set to be told it cannot force users of its services to agree to personalised ads in what privacy campaigners have said will be a "huge blow to Meta's profits in the EU". The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) yesterday said it had adopted three binding decisions addressing

The late Supreme Court judge, Séamus Henchy, was born in County Clare 105 years ago this week to Patrick and Margaret Henchy who ran a shop in Corofin.

A senior Irish lawyer has criticised a European court ruling restricting access to information about company ownership on privacy grounds as "a gift to money launderers and their credulous allies". Paul Egan SC, a senior consultant at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP and chair of the government's Compan

Four new members, including a solicitor and a legal academic, have been appointed to the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland. Ciaran McQuillan and Diane Nixon have been appointed as legal commissioners, while Deepak Anand and Dr Kate Geraghty have been appointed as psychology commissioners.

The Law Reform Commission has published a consultation paper on the liability of clubs, societies and other unincorporated associations. The new consultation paper, which forms part of the body's fifth programme of law reform, examines issues relating to civil and criminal liability, including matte

Rapper 50 Cent has taken legal action against a plastic surgeon allegedly using his image to promote penis enhancement surgery. The lawsuit centres on a photo of the rapper with Angela Kogan, who runs Perfection Plastic Surgery & Med Spa in Florida, the Miami Herald reports.

Ireland's data protection watchdog has launched an inquiry into media reports of a Twitter data breach affecting millions of users. In a statement issued just before Christmas, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) said it had launched an own-volition inquiry pursuant to section 110 of the Data Prote

The Maples Group has announced a new sponsorship deal with the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) to support the development and expansion of the museum's innovative learning programmes for students at all levels in Ireland. Under the new partnership, Maples will become the main sponsor of MoLI's '