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The 48 victims of the 1981 Stardust nightclub fire were unlawfully killed, an inquest has concluded. The 12-person jury handed down their verdict yesterday afternoon, ruling that the fire began as the result of an electrical fault.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is consulting on fees for the recovery, storage and disposal of vehicles. The eight-week consultation seeks views on a possible 28 per cent uplift on the level of fees where a vehicle is removed due to being driven uninsured; being driven without due care and

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP won three national awards at the 2024 Managing IP EMEA Awards. Shortlisted in five out of six available categories, the team was named Ireland Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year, Ireland Copyright Firm of the Year and Ireland IP Transactions & Advisory Firm of th

The disAbility Legal Network (DLN) is hosting a webinar on visual impairments in employment and the legal sector in collaboration with Eversheds Sutherland. The free event, taking place next Thursday 25 April, 2pm-3pm, will hear from two employment integration officers in Vision Ireland, Martina Mel

McCann FitzGerald LLP has signed Ireland's Women in Finance Charter, an industry-led and government-backed initiative aimed at increasing participation of women at all levels of business in financial services in Ireland. Signatories are required to commit their organisations to improving the number

Landmark reforms are being brought forward to the system by which deaths and births are registered. The Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024 will allow families to register the birth or death of a loved one online for the first time, and will also allow an interim death certificate

An alcohol charity has lost a UK trade mark battle over the term "Dry January". Alcohol Change UK (ACUK), previously known as Alcohol Research UK, registered the trade mark in 2014 but decided in 2022 to extend it into areas including drinks marketing.

Works to repair and replace damaged stone capitals in the Four Courts is progressing.

Politicians and legal academics have signed an open letter opposing government plans to expand prisons and calling for evidence-based alternatives. Senator Lynn Ruane, Labour leader Ivana Bacik and the Social Democrats' Garry Gannon are among signatories to the letter, which was featured in The Iris

Five-year-olds will be taught about "the evils of communism" under a new law enacted in Florida. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appeared with a sign reading "ANTI-COMMUNIST EDUCATION" as he signed the bill requiring the topic to be taught at all school grades from kindergarten onwards, USA Today r

A report on PSNI surveillance has found up to 18 incidents that involve lawyers and journalists, The Irish News reports. The report was presented to members of the Policing Board last week – six months after it was first requested.

University of Galway School of Law, Ireland, and Symbiosis Law School of Pune, India, have renewed their existing partnership at a signing ceremony held at Symbiosis’s campus on 12th April 2024. Dean of University of Galway School of Law, Professor Martin Hogg, visited Symbiosis Law School for

The parliamentary fight over the UK government's Rwanda bill is to continue into next week after peers voted to demand changes to the bill.

Six out of ten school leaders say the complexities of legal compliance around data protection and privacy is their biggest challenge, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has found. The firm, which hosts Ireland’s largest dedicated education law team, polled more than 400 educators at its rece

DWF has been reappointed to BT Group's legal panel, marking another milestone in its partnership with the multinational telecommunications company. The legal panel will be in place for the next three years and is comprised of 11 firms - a reduction from the previous 15. DWF and the other 10 firms wi