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A bus driver has lost a disability discrimination claim after being dismissed following complaints about her farting at work.

UCD Sutherland School of Law has released a special series of SSRN Working Papers honouring alumnus, the late Professor Conor Gearty, who passed away in September 2025. Professor Gearty graduated from UCD with a BCL degree in 1978 thereafter qualifying as a solicitor and attending the University of

Last week we were tragically reminded of the risk posed to society and innocent people by drug debt intimidation and it is clear that the funding to counter this drugs intimidation is inadequate, according to Independent MEP for Ireland South, Michael McNamara. 

Browne Jacobson will provide legal support to public sector bodies working in partnership with the private sector on construction projects after being awarded a place on Pagabo’s major framework. The UK and Ireland law firm has been appointed to Lot 2 (Development Legal Providers) of the Natio

Councillor Maurice Dockrell BL has called for a zero-tolerance approach from An Garda Síochána to illegal car dumping and anti-social behaviour in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

A&O Shearman has raised £66,090 for the Northern Ireland Hospice and Children's Hospice following a successful two-year partnership, surpassing its original fundraising target by almost 50 per cent. The firm's people in Belfast exceeded the original £45,000 target through fundraising

Gardaí and Revenue now value a kilo of herbal cannabis at €14,000, not €20,000. The change was never announced, but it moves the line for the most serious drug possession offence, writes Brian Cusack. On 5 October, The Irish Times reported that An Garda Síochána had "o

Phoenix Law have announced that their client, Hafez Alrayyes, a Gaza student awarded a fully funded scholarship to study Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, has had his Irish study visa refusal overturned following a legal challenge. A spokesperson for Phoenix Law said: “Despite the devasta

The President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has told solicitors that resolutions passed by members at the Special General Meeting (SGM) due to take place on Monday are merely advisory and do not bind the Council.

An Australian currency trader who was sacked for working overseas without permission has won an unfair dismissal case – but was denied compensation.

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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has today announced the 21 civil society organisations to be awarded a total of €350,000 in funding for projects under its Human Rights and Equality Grants Scheme 2026-2027. Projects were awarded for general grants up to €22,000 and fo

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has welcomed the attestation of 207 new Gardaí at the Garda College in Templemore.

Former DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for historical sex offences, including one count of rape, committed against two women when they were children. The sentence has been welcomed by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre who said that it “sends a resoundi

Former DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for child sex offences, including one count of rape, committed against two women when they were children.  Sitting at Newry Crown Court Judge Ramsey said in his sentencing remarks that Mr Donaldson’s convi