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The Cabinet is to finalise the wording of the divorce referendum, to be held in May. Voters will be asked to amend article 41.3.2 of the Constitution to remove the minimum living apart period for spouses seeking a divorce, and replace article 41.3.3 with a provision allowing the Oireachtas to legisl

Lawyers have been reprimanded for using a transgender client's birth name when advising them on a discrimination claim. A leaked document from the Legal Ombudsman shows that a law firm was forced to compensate the client after it used her birth name in correspondence that provided advice on the clai

The UK is in significant violation of the provisions of a European employment charter as a result of offering an inadequate minimum wage and failing to provide workers with legal guarantees to ensure they are remunerated for overtime. A report on the European Social Charter by the European Committee

An army rifleman was reprimanded after going on a killing spree – in a virtual battlefield. In the computer game which soldiers are required to train on, he shot dead a comrade and destroyed vehicles in order to kill others.

The mother of a 28-year-old man who died in a police cell at Lisburn PSNI station has lost an appeal against the decision to dismiss her application for judicial review. In her application, the woman claimed that the reinstatement and redeployment of the PSNI officer who was the custody sergeant on

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Orla O'Connor as its next chairperson, marking the first time that a woman has held the law firm's top post.

Solicitor Rea Walshe has been appointed interim CEO of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) following the exit of John Delaney. Ms Walshe, a qualified solicitor who studied law at University College Cork (UCC), joined the FAI in 2014 and was named COO in February.

Mr Justice John Murray joined other leading legal figures to discuss the impact of Brexit on Ireland at an event marking the launch of a new moot appeal court at the University of Limerick (UL). The new court, sponsored by A&L Goodbody, will be used by UL School of Law students to run mock tribu

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has welcomed new figures showing a rise in recorded fraud offences as evidence of the success of the Government's anti-fraud strategy. Mr Flanagan today welcomed the publication of the Central Statistics Office's (CSO) crime statistics for 2018, which continue to be

Eversheds Sutherland acted as the legal adviser on Ireland's first social housing public private partnership (PPP) project. The international law firm advised the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), acting as agent for the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government and Dublin City C

Defamation lawyer Paul Tweed has warned that Facebook faces a wave of lawsuits from celebrities whose likenesses are being used without permission in adverts on the social media platform. Mr Tweed is representing RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan in a High Court case against Facebook over adve

A teenager who hit the director of Oberstown Children's Detention Campus on the head with a metal bar and smashed up the centre has been jailed for four years. Michael Ward, 19, pleaded guilty to criminal damage, assault causing harm and assault while attempting to commit theft at Oberstown Children

Denise Kirwan, partner at Comyn Kelleher Tobin, addressed the Irish Play Therapy Association's (IPTA) annual general meeting in Cork on Sunday.

Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors will continue its sponsorship of Cycling Ulster's racing kit for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. The firm's name is emblazoned across the new kit, supplied by manufacturer partner Pactimo.

A man accused of "butchering" a tree near his property has been ordered to pay £21,000 under proceeds of crime legislation. Samuel Wilson, 40, added £21,000 to the value of his home by illegally chopping back a tree that was subject to a preservation order, The Times reports.