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The Children’s Rights Alliance has noted with interest the multi-billion-dollar settlement reached by Meta in another landmark lawsuit involving 29 US States over the platform’s failure to adequately protect children and young people using its services. Speaking in response to the settle

O’Flynn Exhams LLP Solicitors has announced the appointment of two new lawyers to its team. Sarah O’Keeffe has been appointed as senior associate to the firm’s banking and commercial real estate department. She has 18 years experience in a wide range of property and banking transac

Police in India recovered jewellery worth around ₹400,000 (£3,087) (€3600) after CCTV footage showed that the suspected thief was a stray dog.

Meta will restrict how children use Instagram and Facebook during school hours and at night as part of an $18bn (£13.2bn) (€15.5bn) settlement over claims that it deliberately made its apps addictive for teenagers.

An expert witness in a US case has been left red faced as his Chat GPT conversations were exposed.

Employees from RDJ took part in the Dublin City Triathlon, which was held in Phoenix Park on Saturday 22 August.  RDJ is the headline sponsor of this annual event for the third year in a row reflecting their commitment to health and wellbeing initiatives

Coimisiún na Meán has announced €4.4 million in funding to support public interest journalism in Ireland under the News Reporting Scheme, as further funding to support local democracy and court reporting is expected later this year.

Northern Ireland secretary, Sir Chris Bryant, met with the chair of the Parades Commission, Professor Evelyn Collins, yesterday in the wake of the High Court decision that described decision making processes at the Commission as “sloppy”.  During their discussion, the Secretary of S

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan is travelling to Germany today to attend a summit on hybrid threats and how EU member states can adequately respond. Ireland currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, and Mr O’Callaghan is attending the Baltic Sea Security Summi

The Bar of Northern Ireland has partnered with local digital agency, Eyekiller, to produce a new website which includes a searchable barrister directory.

Former chief executive of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has said that she will “vehemently contest” her conviction on charges of deleting or attempting to delete an email to prevent disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Ms Anne Donaghy, 56, became chief executi

Two men named Dan Sullivan are competing in Alaska’s Senate race, but only one has secured the endorsement of another politician – who is also named Dan Sullivan.

Judge Garrett Simons giving judgment in the case of Ennis, Irwin and O’Hanlon v. Governor of Cloverhill Prison has stated that his colleague Judge Michael Twomey ‘misread’ previous jurisprudence in finding that the alleged unlawful detentions had been caused by the conduct of

Ireland has the opportunity to transform its economy, reduce dependence on overseas investors and raise an initial €1 billion to back indigenous SMEs, without material Exchequer cost, according to the Irish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (IVCA) in its pre-budget submission

Pinsent Masons has promoted three lawyers in its construction and infrastructure practice in Belfast reflecting the growth in its integrated projects and construction offering across Ireland and the UK. Jennifer Lee has been promoted to legal director and Meghan Kirk to managing senior associate wit