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Cork solicitor Bill Holohan is stepping down from his positions in the Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) and the Irish Maritime Law Association (IMLA). Mr Holohan, senior partner at Holohan Lane, has served on the MII council for four years and the IMLA executive committee for 36 years.

Chief Superintendent Johanna O'Leary has been appointed to lead a new An Garda Síochána unit aimed at stamping out corruption inside the police force. The new unit, announced by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in May, will investigate allegations including drug use and associations with

House prices in Northern Ireland were 3.5 per cent up on the previous year in the second quarter of 2019, new statistics reveal. The NI House Price Index, calculated by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, recorded a 0.8 per cent increase in house prices on the previous quarter.

A backlog of hundreds of unidentified files in a Tusla office, including urgent cases involving convicted sex offenders, was the fault of "organisational failure", according to a damning report seen by The Irish Times. The newspaper has seen a copy of a report which was furnished to Government in Ma

The Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal is accepting submissions from undergraduate students at Trinity College Dublin for the first time under a partnership agreement with Trinity College Law Review. The agreement marks the first time that the OUULJ, launched in 2012, will be accepting subm

Fieldfisher solicitor Maria Curran and trainee Hugh O'Neill consider how protections for borrowers facing possession proceedings have been increased. The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Act 2019 was signed into law last month by President Michael D. Higgins and is due to commence before

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland is seeking the public’s views on how to help shape the future of probation services in Northern Ireland. The consultation, now open until October, is part of the development of PBNI's Corporate Plan for 2020-23, which will set out the strategic directio

The anonymous blogger known as the Secret Barrister has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of "conning the public" on criminal justice. In a lengthy blog post, the lawyer responded to Mr Johnson's recent high-profile announcement of a review of sentencing policy, investment of £2.5 billion i

A gay lawyer in Tunisia is standing for election as the country's president. Mounir Baatour, 48, who leads a group called Shams, which seeks decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country, has officially applied for a place on the ballot ahead of the election on September 15.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on Edinburgh Fringe authorities to allow a giant inflatable vagina to fly over the famous festival. The 19-foot blimp named "Fanny" has allegedly been blocked by Fringe organisers and the local authority from taking to the skies over the largest art

A man whose employment was terminated after a dispute arose over paternity leave has been awarded nearly €8,000 in the Workplace Relations Commission. The man had been informed that he was entitled to a period of paid leave, but after approaching his manager, his request for paid leave was decl

Belfast-based KRW Law has announced the appointment of Colin O'Neill as a senior solicitor. Mr O'Neill, from Clonoe in Co Tyrone, joins the firm's expanding legacy litigation and reputational management departments.

Legislation to establish a new national Guardian ad litem service and introduce a presumption in favour of appointing a Guardian ad litem for all children in child care proceedings has been published. The Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019 is aimed at addressing significant inadequacies in existing Gu

The Oireachtas committee on justice and equality has issued a call for written submissions on the issues of online harassment, harmful communications and related offences. The committee is examining the nature and extent of the problems of cyber bullying, harassment, stalking, revenge porn and other

Tributes have been paid to the late barrister Philip Mooney QC, who passed away on Friday and was buried yesterday. Mr Mooney was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1965, having studied at Trinity College Dublin. He took silk in 1983.