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The Special Criminal Court is to be replaced with a new permanent non-jury court after the government announced it would side with the majority of the review group which reported two years ago. Two reports were published in 2023 after a review group chaired by retired Court of Appeal judge Mr Justic

Google is facing a £25 billion legal claim in the UK over allegations it abused its dominant position in the online search advertising market. The tech giant is accused of making agreements with mobile device manufacturers to make Google Search the default search engine on devices, which has p

The establishment of a Sentencing Council for Northern Ireland would increase public confidence in the criminal justice system, the Ulster Unionist Party's justice spokesperson has told Irish Legal News. Doug Beattie, who sits on Stormont's justice committee, said the establishment of a dedicated bo

A self-declared nation off the western coast of Africa is seeking to be annexed by Argentina. The so-called Republic of Annobón declared independence from Equatorial Guinea in 2022, though has been unsuccessful in securing international recognition.

Over 1,000 legal professionals, their families and friends took part in the annual Calcutta Run in Dublin on Saturday. The Irish legal sector's largest ESG event aimed this year to raise €350,000 for its charity partners, The Hope Foundation and Dublin Simon Community.

Belfast lawyer Sabrina Lawlor has been appointed as the Northern Ireland representative on the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) executive committee. Ms Lawlor, regional manager of personal injury and senior lawyer at Thompsons Solicitors Northern Ireland, brings a wealth of experience t

Lawyers representing pro-Palestinian protesters accused of criminal damage at a Belfast supermarket have sought to have their trials heard by a jury. Carlin Solicitors is representing several individuals who are being prosecuted in the Magistrates' Court in connection with separate incidents at a Sa

Planning permissions which have expired or are set to expire because of delays caused by judicial review proceedings are to be retrospectively extended through new legislation. The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025 is being drafted as a priority with the intention of having it enacted b

Over 240 amendments to the landmark Mental Health Bill 2024 are to be proposed by the government. The government will seek to move the amendments, many of which are technical in nature, at committee stage in the Dáil in the coming weeks.

Legislation governing arbitration is to be amended to allow Ireland to ratify the EU's trade deal with Canada. The Supreme Court ruled in November 2022 that the EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) could only be ratified if changes were made to the Arbitration Act 2010.

Four major online porn platforms including Pornhub are facing EU investigations over their alleged failure to prevent children from accessing adult content. The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected breaches of the Digital

Lorcan Staines SC has been appointed to lead a review of bail laws as part of the government's response to the killing of law graduate Shane O'Farrell in 2011. Mr O'Farrell, who completed his LLB at University College Dublin and his LLM at Trinity College Dublin, was struck and killed by a motorist

A photographer was arrested at the swanky opening of his New York City exhibition after police said his photos were evidence of criminal trespassing. A dizzying photo of the famous Empire State Building, taken from the skyscraper's spire, was the damning evidence against 29-year-old Isaac Wright, Th

Ireland's children's ombudsman has said the full and direct incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Irish law is "the most important thing we can do to protect and safeguard the rights of all children in Ireland". Dr Niall Muldoon called for incorporation as a

Ireland should opt-in to EU measures on justice and home affairs "by default", exercising its right to opt-out only where "concrete and well-defined national interests are at stake", a government review has said. The government today said it accepted the recommendations of a review undertaken by the