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The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sir Chris Bryant, has announced that The Right Honourable Sir John O'Hara KC will lead the independent review into the decision-making processes and organisational governance of the Parades Commission.  The independent judge-led review has been comm

Carson McDowell has welcomed seven trainee solicitors to its training programme, bringing the total number of trainees across the first and second years to eighteen. Five of the trainees, Erin Barnes, James Maguire, Lauren Jones, Matthew Halliday and Seamus Gilsenan, are new to Carson McDowell, whil

Judge Nicolas Guillou of the International Criminal Court has been awarded the Medal of Excellence by the Centre for Justice and Law Reform at the Law Society of Ireland. Judge Guillou was placed on the US sanctions list in 2025. The medal was presented at a special event at the Law Society of Irela

A Texas police department has been ordered to disband after state officials found it failed to meet minimum standards and could not show it provided a public benefit.

With trade across the island reaching a record €17.24 bn (£14.6 bn), InterTradeIreland is bringing businesses together this autumn to explore the opportunities available to SMEs looking to grow through cross-border trade. As part of Trade Connects 2026, two free events will take place at

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) has published its first report, Rory O’Kelly: Investigation into the events of 4 March 1977 which finds that Mr O’Kelly, 59, was murdered by the Provisional IRA because of his employment with the Office o

The charity committee of the Bar of Northern Ireland have launched its inaugural “Voices for Good” Public Speaking Competition and invite school-aged students from Primary 5 through to A Level age to participate. The competition provides an opportunity for young people to speak inside a

The Oireachtas Justice Committee is to refer striking solicitors to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) on the grounds that the ongoing withdrawal of services by criminal legal aid solicitors may be in breach of competition law.

Half of Ireland’s large employers are expected to require employees to attend the office for a fixed number of days by 2027, as businesses move away from unrestricted flexibility towards a more structured hybrid working model, according to new research from William Fry LLP (William Fry).

Tughans advised Woodside Tankfreight, part of the Woodside Group, on its acquisition of the Montgomery Tank Services business, a strategically significant transaction that further expands Woodside’s specialist transport operations across the UK and Ireland.

Cleaver Fulton Rankin is celebrating both a senior leadership appointment and the continued development of emerging legal talent, with Joanne Graham named head of HR and three newly qualified solicitors—Laura Gooding, Imogen Kelly and Thomas Moorehead—successfully completing their traini

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) calls for urgent action to ensure children are recognised as victims and raises serious concerns over indications State may not commence statutory National Referral Mechanism.

Bird & Bird has appointed Pearse Walsh as legal director in their Irish office. Joining from a large Irish law firm, Mr Walsh brings 10 years’ experience advising domestic and multinational corporate clients across a broad range of tax matters, including income tax, corporation tax, R&

Matheson, in association with Trinity College Dublin (TCD), is pleased to announce that TCD law student, Ellias Taye, has been awarded the 2026 Matheson Cara Scholarship. Named in memory of the late Cara O'Hagan, a former partner at Matheson, the scholarship aims to support students who may face bar

A woman is due to stand trial after allegedly telling a neighbour’s guest to “get the f*** off my lawn” while standing on her own property.