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The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered new inquests for victims of the McGurk’s Bar massacre, which will likely be prevented from going ahead due to the UK government’s controversial new legacy law. Loyalist paramilitaries bombed the pub on 4 December 1971, killing 15 civi

Irish business leaders do not feel prepared for the cybersecurity challenges posed by artificial intelligence, a survey by Fieldfisher suggests. The firm's survey of corporate legal advisors and senior leaders found that 54 per cent believe Ireland's cybersecurity infrastructure is not secure agains

The UK government has granted greater powers for the National Crime Agency (NCA) and police to seize, freeze and destroy cryptoassets used by criminals, effective today.

Lawyers have been ordered to pay more than €45,000 in compensation over the past six months, a new report from the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) reveals. In its first complaints report for 2024 and ninth overall, the regulator said it received 637 complaints and closed 796 complain

A&L Goodbody and in-house lawyers marked Pro Bono Day yesterday at two events supporting the Irish Refugee Council and Social Entrepreneurs Ireland respectively. The In-House Pro Bono Network and ALG co-hosted the events, which included legal teams from AIB, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, BNY Mel

Former McCann FitzGerald partner Terence McCrann has been appointed to the board of governors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland. Mr McCrann, who retired last year and remains a consultant with the firm where he was a partner for three decades, is among three new appointees who will se

A police force has urged members of the public to stop calling in noise complaints about insects. Newberry County Sheriff's Office in the US state of South Carolina said it had received calls about "a noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar", which is in fact caused by cicad

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Global law firm DLA Piper has promoted Dublin lawyers Darach Connolly and William Marshall to partner. Mr Connolly, part of the firm's litigation and regulatory practice, joined DLA Piper Ireland in 2020 and focuses on EU and Irish competition law.

TikTok has said it will bring a constitutional challenge to new US legislation under which the video-sharing platform could be banned if it is not sold to a new owner. President Joe Biden has signed into law legislation which gives Chinese company ByteDance a 270-day deadline — with the possib

EU member states have been urged to take action to protect children from violence. The European Commission has adopted a new recommendation on developing and strengthening integrated child protection systems in the best interests of the child, fulfilling a commitment in the EU Strategy on the Rights

A man who was forced to retire at the age of 66 has settled a discrimination claim with assistance from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The man brought a claim under the Employment Equality Acts after his employer of more than a decade made him retire on reaching the age of 66. He ha

The UK government is "deliberately destabilising the entire concept of universal human rights", Amnesty International has said following the publication of its landmark annual report. The human rights organisation has accused the UK of weakening human rights protections nationally and internationall

Legislation providing compensation for court delays has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill creates creates a statutory right to the conclusion of court proceedings within a reasonable time. It provides for a declaration and, where appropriate, compensation in cases

Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors has promoted Jade O'Kane to partner in the firm's private client team. Ms O'Kane joined the Ireland-wide firm's Derry office in 2005 as a work experience student, later becoming a paralegal and then a trainee solicitor and senior associate.