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Daryl D’Art examines the defamation proceedings brought by Enoch Burke against Mediahuis Ireland Limited, examining them in the wider context of Burke’s dispute over freedom of conscience and his refusal to comply with a court order.

From ancient sages to contemporary leaders, there is broad agreement that judgement is an indispensable quality a person must possess for making good decisions. Even the staunchest AI advocates, who explain all the things which AI already can or will soon do better than humans, emphasise that human

Last month, 120 years to the day after Alfred Dreyfus was finally exonerated by a French court, a statue was unveiled outside the court that cleared him and President Macron announced that July 12 will be an annual national day of commemoration of Dreyfus and the injustice that was inflicted upon h

Ireland’s role as one of the world’s leading aircraft leasing hubs dates to 1975, when the billionaire businessman Tony Ryan founded Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) in 1975. Ryan, of course, was also one of the co-founders of Ryanair in 1984. His venture created a pool of experienced aviati

The High Court decision in Loua v South Dublin County Council; Loua v Cavan Developments Limited and Ors is important, but not because it creates a general exception to the rule of non-feasance for every footpath damaged by tree roots writes Dalippe Lalloo.  The judgment is narrower, more

From Guatemala, a Central American country whose recent past is marked by war and volatility, comes a highly readable history of coercive adoptions and forced disappearance of children.

Geoff Andrews’ Radicals traces the working-class traditions, educational movements and moral values that shaped modern Britain and the Labour Party. This thoughtful review praises the book’s erudition and sense of loss, while questioning its limited attention to nationalism and regional

Irish Legal News presents the latest in a series of articles facilitating dialogue between criminal justice policy, practice and research. Here, Kelly Razey, a PhD Student at Queen’s University Belfast, discusses her recent research on how children in Oberstown understand and experience

The ‘Lived Realities’ Project is seeking survivors who have had experience of the offence trial process, writes Professor Susan Leahy.

As the AI boom begins to wobble with vast valuations of non-profitmaking companies now being questioned, Robert Shiels, enjoys a timely study of the world’s first global crash. Over the course of the 1850s and 1860s, during the first era of globalization, the world experienced an unprecedented

The UK Government has announced it will change assessment criteria related to public sector procurement to place a greater emphasis on the creation of jobs and investment in local areas, writes Peter Ware. Businesses bidding for government contracts – a market worth £90bn annually &ndash

France, the UK and the European Commission are taking increasingly divergent approaches to age assurance and children's access to social media, creating a complex compliance landscape for digital businesses operating across Europe. Rachel Hayes and Laura Casey examine the latest developments and con

Please note a preliminary point: the title of this book refers to ‘RAF Terror’. The list of abbreviations in the book does not assist the reader with the relevant meaning of ‘RAF’. There is only a brief mention of the full name of the organisation well into the book. &nb

Artificial intelligence tools can produce fluent and apparently authoritative answers to legal questions within seconds. That fluency can make an incorrect answer unusually persuasive, writes Dalippe Lalloo. As part of a controlled review, I tested 32 Irish personal-injury queries across ChatGPT, Ge

Writing for Irish Legal News today, former taoiseach and chairperson of Ireland for Law, Enda Kenny, highlights how Ireland’s legal system offers a stable alternative amid global decline in the rule of law. The steady decline in the rule of law globally is a sobering reminder of how quickly ou