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The Law Society of Ireland’s Centre for Justice and Law Reform Summer School has brought together leading international figures in law, diplomacy, security and politics to examine whether the rules-based international order can survive an age of disruption. This year’s Summer School, ent

The website 4chan has again mocked UK regulator Ofcom after it renewed demands for payment of its £520,000 Online Safety Act fine, with the platform’s lawyer responding by sending another AI-generated hamster. US lawyer Preston Byrne, who represents 4chan, said on X that Ofcom had s

Jersey is set to legalise assisted dying after its new law received royal assent. The draft Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law, approved by the States Assembly earlier this year, was granted royal assent yesterday and will come into force once it is registered by the Royal Court in the coming days.

The Metropolitan Police has agreed to pay Graham Linehan, the creator of Father Ted, £25,000 after apologising for his arrest over gender-critical posts on social media. Scotland Yard acknowledged “shortcomings in the investigation, the arrest and the imposition of bail conditions”

Criticism of a football referee’s impartiality can fall within the protection of freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In de Carvalho Marques and Others v Portugal, the court considered six applications

Amnesty International has called for police action in response to the display of an effigy of a mosque on top of a bonfire in Moygashel, Co. Tyrone. The display and the recent proliferation of racist banners elsewhere "send a chilling message to migrant families and minority ethnic communities at a

The PSNI and the Ministry of Defence have settled a civil case brought by eight survivors of a loyalist gun attack on a Co Down pub in 1992, in a deal understood to be worth several million pounds. The case arose from the UVF attack on the Thierafurth Inn in Kilcoo during a darts tournament, in whic

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Turkey intensifies crackdown on public life in run-up to Nato summit in Ankara

Dozens of solicitors have resigned from Ireland’s criminal legal aid panel after the Government introduced a flat-fee payment system for district court cases. The Courts Service said 55 solicitors had left the panel since justice minister Jim O’Callaghan’s new €520 fixed fee f

Addleshaw Goddard and Simmons & Simmons have reported double-digit revenue growth, pushing average pay for their full equity partners above the £1 million mark. Addleshaw Goddard, the UK’s eleventh highest-grossing law firm, increased annual revenue by 17 per cent to £644m. Pro

United Airlines has been forced to defend its claim that a “window seat” does not necessarily need to have a window after a judge rejected its attempt to dismiss a passenger lawsuit. The airline argued that the term referred only to a seat’s position next to the cabin wall, rather

The Irish Refugee Council has warned that Ireland’s asylum system is becoming increasingly restrictive, with longer delays, rising deportation orders and continued failures to provide accommodation for some people seeking protection. The warning came as the organisation published its annual As

Catherine Ardagh is to attend the upcoming Ireland for Law NYC Business Mission, alongside recently appointed chair of Ireland for Law, former Taoiseach Enda Kenny.  The mission will promote Ireland as a global hub for international legal services, and takes place from 8th to 10th September 202

As the fiftieth anniversary of the murders of Mervyn and Rosaleen McDonald approaches, their son, Seamus, continues his legal challenge in pursuit of truth, accountability and answers concerning the role played by the State in their deaths. On 9 July 1976, Mervyn and Rosaleen were murdered in their

P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Caitlin Quinn as a legal executive within the firm's  human rights and public law department. Commenting on the appointment, Enda McGarrity, director and head of human rights and public law at P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors, said: