News

1-15 of 23244 Articles
Clock icon 1 minute

DWF has announced seven promotions in Belfast, including a more senior role for construction partner David McNeice and a promotion to partnership for insurance lawyer Louise Trimble. Real estate lawyer Amanda Byrnes has been promoted to director and dispute resolution lawyer David Humphreys has been

Clock icon 3 minutes

The Northern Ireland Assembly has again voted in favour of a "progressive smoking ban" despite continued uncertainty over its compatibility with post-Brexit rules. MLAs yesterday passed a legislative consent motion backing Northern Ireland's inclusion in the UK government's Tobacco and Vapes Bill, w

m&a
Clock icon 4 minutes

William Fry has struck an optimistic note on outlook for Ireland's M&A market after new figures showed deal value reached €27.5 billion in 2024, an increase of 115 per cent on the previous year. The firm yesterday published its M&A Review 2024, which records 499 transactions in the Iris

Clock icon 1 minute

Nearly a quarter of a million Danes have backed a call for Denmark to purchase California from the US. The joke online petition is a response to Donald Trump's repeated — and rebuffed — demands to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

Clock icon 2 minutes

Rebecca Coen has been appointed as director of enforcement and AML at the new Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. A qualified barrister, she was previously director of criminal enforcement at the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA), Ireland's company law enforcement agency.

Clock icon 2 minutes

The UCD Law Review is now accepting submissions for its 25th volume. The student-run peer-reviewed legal journal welcomes contributions on a broad range of contemporary legal issues, in particular articles pertaining to Irish and European law, though articles relating to wider concepts of internatio

Clock icon 2 minutes

William Fry has been advising the US National Football League (NFL) on its historic plans to bring the first-ever regular season game to Ireland. The Pittsburgh Steelers — whose president, Art Rooney II, has family links to Newry, Co Down — are set to take the field at Croke Park in 2025

Clock icon 3 minutes

A new default speed limit of 60 km/h for rural local roads was introduced in Ireland on Friday, replacing the previous default 80 km/h limit. The change, which came into effect on Friday 7 February 2025, was made in response to the finding of the Department of Transport's speed limit review.

Clock icon 2 minutes

Law Society of Ireland director general Mark Garrett has been appointed to the board of directors of Community Law & Mediation. Mr Garrett has served as the Law Society's director general since January 2022, having previously worked as Eamon Gilmore's chief of staff — during his tenure as

Clock icon 1 minute

Aoife Gallagher-Watson has been appointed as director in employment law at EY Law Ireland. A specialist in the areas of employment and work health and safety law, Ms Gallagher-Watson has over 15 years' experience working in-house and with top-tier law employment teams in Ireland and overseas.

1-15 of 23244 Articles
Intership icon

Latest Jobs

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions