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France is seeing a growing crackdown on bare-chested tourists, with up to 20 seaside towns now imposing fines on people who walk through town centres in swimwear. While topless sunbathing remains legal on most French beaches, resorts from Deauville on the Channel coast to Narbonne on the Mediterrane
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Traditional legal systems around the world are increasingly ill-equipped to cope with the fast-moving impact of climate change on communities, new research warns. Courts and authorities who control planning and local services must follow rigid rules which are based around people’s rights and e
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Half of women working in legal services say their current working pattern is unsustainable for their long-term health, while 67 per cent have considered moving job or taking a career break due to health and wellbeing issues. New research from the Next 100 Years project, supported by LawCare, RPC and
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Addleshaw Goddard has been named leading international law firm in Ireland at the 2026 LEAP Irish Law Awards.
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Lavelle Partners LLP have been recognised as Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year at the 2026 Irish Law Awards.
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Gateley has announced a trio of promotions and a new appointment in its Belfast office, including the promotion of a new partner and director. Commercial dispute resolution lawyer Jonathan Jackson has been promoted to partner at Gateley Legal, whilst Stacey Ferguson becomes director at Gateley Capit
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Criminal court proceedings across Ireland face disruption this week after solicitors withdrew legal aid services in protest at planned changes to how they are paid. Solicitors involved in criminal legal aid work are expected to halt services on bail cases from today until Friday in the District Cour
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Ireland has called for greater international cooperation to tackle money laundering, terrorist financing and the proceeds of crime, as ministers from across Europe met in Strasbourg to discuss growing financial crime threats. Catherine Ardagh, the minister of state for international law, law reform
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The European Parliament has voted by a broad majority to introduce a ban on AI “nudifier” tools, proposed by Independent MEP Michael McNamara. The ban, which will come into effect on 2 December of this year, will outlaw AI systems designed to generate fake nude or intimate images of real
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A Moroccan court has fined a football supporter 10,000 dirhams (about €2,300; £2,000) after he repeatedly called a club president a “donkey” in Facebook posts criticising his management of the team. The court in Kenitra ruled that the term amounted to an insult under Moroccan
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in partnership with the School of Law in Trinity College Dublin will today mark the organisation’s 50th anniversary with a conference considering the current risks to fundamental freedoms and democracy. With democracy under increasing threat at home
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Sweeney McGann LLP Solicitors has been named Overall Winner – Law Firm of the Year at the 2026 LEAP Irish Law Awards, one of the highest honours in the Irish legal profession.
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Experienced immigration solicitor Eimear Nugent has announced the opening of her new practice, Nugent Solicitors, based in Swords, North County Dublin. Ms Nugent brings more than a decade of specialist experience in immigration and citizenship law to her new firm, which will continue to provide expe
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A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of Emma-Jane Flannery as its new head of employment law in its Belfast office. Ms Flannery joins ALG after four years as in-house senior legal counsel at a major glob
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P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors, has announced the expansion of its corporate/commercial team with the appointment of legal executive Orla Murphy. Ms Murphy brings strong academic credentials to the team, having obtained her LLB from Cardiff University. She also studied international business, equipp
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