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The National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA) has been formally established ahead of the introduction of MyFutureFund next year.

President Michael D. Higgins has been honoured by the Law Society for his exceptional contribution to advancing justice, promoting thoughtful legal reform, and cultivating a society grounded in fairness, inclusion, and equality. The inaugural Medal of Excellence was presented to President Higgins on

Provisional IRA intelligence chief turned Dublin criminal defence solicitor Kieran Conway has passed away. Mr Conway, who ran his own legal practice in recent years, passed away in June, but his death was not reported in the Irish or UK press at the time.

New legislation dealing with the legacy of the Troubles has been formally introduced to the Westminster parliament by the UK government. The new Northern Ireland Troubles Bill will make good on a promise to "repeal and replace" the previous government's controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (

Chinese officials have seized tens of thousands of maps for supposedly mislabelling Taiwan. Around 60,000 maps were seized by customs officers in China's eastern province of Shandong, according to the BBC. 

A developer has launched legal action against the government over a collapsed deal to convert two Dublin buildings into international protection accommodation centres. Lonadale Ltd alleges that the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration reneged on agreements reached with the Department of

Landmark legislation transposing the controversial EU Pact on Migration and Asylum into Irish law is to be scrutinised in the Oireachtas this afternoon. The Oireachtas joint committee on justice, home affairs and migration will meet from 3pm to 5.30pm today for pre-legislative scrutiny of the genera

The UK Supreme Court has today begun the first of three days of hearings in a significant appeal in a case concerning controversial legislation on the legacy of the Troubles. The Labour government has committed to repealing and replacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act

A trainee lawyer from Germany was recently hosted in Dublin for four weeks by corporate law firm BHSM LLP.

The Mental Health Commission (MHC) has launched a public consultation to help inform the development of the first national standards for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the history of the State. The development of CAMHS standards will support greater quality and consistency in

Barrister and Employers Federation Northern Ireland managing director Peter Bloch has passed away. Mr Bloch died unexpectedly on Thursday 9 October, according to a notice published by FuneralTimes.

A charter flight has removed 23 people to Romania following criminal convictions in Ireland. Removal orders were enforced yesterday afternoon against 23 men, aged between 22 and 49 years, all of whom had received custodial sentences for a range of offences, the government said.

A tourist who stole a large chunk of an ancient Greek column in the 1960s has returned it more than half a century later. Greece's Ministry of Culture yesterday announced the repatriation of the fragment of a limestone Ionic capital from the Leonidaion, which accommodated athletes during the ancient

Global law firm Clyde & Co has promoted Bernadette Raleigh to partner and head of casualty in Ireland. Ms Raleigh joined the firm in 2017 and has over 14 years' experience advising insurers and corporate policyholders on public and employers’ liability, product liability and motor-related

Lawyers and judges are facing "violence, death threats and rape threats" as part of a "rising tide of intimidation", bars and law societies across the UK have warned in a joint statement. The Bar of Northern Ireland and the Law Society of Northern Ireland have co-signed the statement alongside the B