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Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has been recognised with three Deals of the Year awards at the Finance Dublin 2026 Awards for work with clients Goodbody Stockbrokers and DunPort Capital Management. The accolades highlight AG’s strength in delivering complex, cross-border M&A and financing transact

MSM Law has announced the appointment of Conor Padraig Moylan as solicitor within the firm's criminal law department. Mr Moylan joins the firm with significant experience representing clients across the island of Ireland and has appeared at every level of the criminal courts in Belfast, Dublin and L

Two people were arrested after police discovered suspected narcotics inside a bag labelled “definitely not a bag full of drugs”. A detective with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office in the US state of Kentucky was investigating a suspicious vehicle parked in an employee area of a lo

Chief State Solicitor, Maria Browne, had the pleasure of welcoming this year's interns to the Chief State Solicitor's Office as part of the Legal Access Internship Scheme. 

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP has congratulated its second group of newly qualified solicitors for 2026. Now admitted to the Roll of Solicitors by the Law Society of Ireland, the four are:

Ahead of this week’s annual Oireachtas vote to continue the use of emergency powers and the non-jury Special Criminal Court, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has launched a new short animated film, developed in collaboration with animation students in the Institute of Art, Design

A small town in Quebec has become the first municipality in Canada to formally recognise trees as living beings with rights of their own. The council of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, west of Montreal, unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that trees are entitled to protection, including rights to life, n

An AI-powered law firm has secured its first courtroom victory, in what is believed to be a world first for a regulated legal practice operating through artificial intelligence. Garfield AI, which became the first AI law firm authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in May 2025, successfull

A court has held that Scotland's prison service guidance permitting trans women to be accommodated in the female prison estate is unlawful because it conflicts with a statutory requirement for separate accommodation for male and female prisoners. Allowing a petition for judicial review brought by ca

The IIEA will host a fireside chat on Thursday in Dublin with United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Alice Edwards, and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, entitled The Resurgence of Torture: New Realities in International Relations.  The conversation will draw on Dr Edwards’ expertise as

Enforce, the tech accountability unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), has appointed Louise Hooper as AI expert. Ms Hooper was a barrister at London’s Garden Court Chambers for over two decades.

The business community turned out in force for the launch of new corporate and commercial law firm Daly McCormick, filling the Tyrone Suite at the Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown, for the firm’s inaugural Built for Business Breakfast.

The Central Bank of Ireland has launched a public consultation seeking views on its approach to regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and on its approach to consultation with stakeholders. The consultation forms part of the Central Bank’s ongoing work to deliver a more effective and efficient reg

A number of rape convictions are being reviewed after a police detective was suspended over allegations that he used AI to generate evidence and case documents in a way designed to secure desired outcomes. The officer, from Derbyshire Police, has been removed from frontline duties and is the subject

A US police department has retired a security robot less than a year after deploying it in a public parking garage after it failed to make any arrests or issue a single citation. Police in Dublin, Ohio, introduced the Knightscope K5 robot, known as “DubBot”, to patrol the Rock Cress Park