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Irish barrister Patrick O'Connor QC has been recognised for his commitment to pro bono work with a prestigious award. Mr O'Connor, who hails from Co Clare and now practises with Doughty Street Chambers in London, was presented with the Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pro Bo

Dr Louise Crowley, senior lecturer at University College Cork School of Law, writes on the case for reform of Ireland's divorce laws. Divorce was introduced in Ireland in 1996 following the tightly contested referendum which was passed by a small margin, with just 9,114 votes separating the voting e

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC paid tribute to the late John Maurice Kelly, author of Kelly: The Irish Constitution, at a launch event for the textbook's fifth edition.

Two people who came to Ireland as refugees but subsequently naturalised as Irish citizens should not have been denied access to the family reunification scheme, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The Commission has appeared before the Court of Appeal as amicus curiae in the 'MA

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is facing resourcing challenges because tech giants such as Google and Facebook are based in the State, the Sunday Business Post reports. A note prepared for Communications Minister Denis Naughten earlier this year warns that Ireland is acting as a "de facto

Lawyers will hear about the history of lawyers' clothing at an Irish Women Lawyers' Association (IWLA) event in the Distillery Building tomorrow. The "Lawful Attire" event will hear from Hilary O'Kelly, lecturer in visual culture at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD).

Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, has called for Ireland to show international leadership in tackling the rise of online hate speech. Her call coincides with the commission's event, "A More Social Media", which today brings together international expe

An Irish football club has apologised after it falsely reported the death of one of its players in order to postpone a match. Dublin club Ballybrack FC told the Leinster Senior League that Fernando Nuno La-Fuente had been killed in a road traffic accident, when he had in fact returned to his native

A 68-year-old man who was knocked off his bicycle when he attempted to enter an access road from a pedestrian pathway has had his claim for personal injuries dismissed. Concluding that the real and proximate cause of the accident was the man's use of the pedestrian pathway as a cycleway and his fail

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of Conor McCrory as an associate solicitor in the firm's employment and immigration law department. Mr McCrory, a dual-qualified solicitor in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, joins the firm after 10 years practising in London.

Specialist insurance industry law firm Horwich Farrelly has welcomed its appointment to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Wider Public Sector Legal Services Framework. The three-year appointment will see the firm, which expanded into Northern Ireland with the opening of a Belfast office this year,

Draft legislation to allow Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on violence against women by early 2019 has been approved by the Government. The Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018 will allow for individuals who commit particular offences abroad will be liable to be prosecute

A rape trial has collapsed due to an allegedly prejudicial newspaper report which linked the case to the ongoing debate around the fairness of rape trials. The trial involved a man accused of raping a woman he met on a night out in 2015. It had run for six days and was at the closing stages, with th

Lawyers for a suspected drugs trafficker are seeking leave to appeal an order for his extradition to Poland made despite "generalised and systemic" violations to the independence of the Polish judiciary. Polish authorities are seeking the surrender of Artur Celmer, 31, who is wanted to face trial in

Gerry Liston, solicitor and legal officer for Sadaka (The Ireland Palestine Alliance) and the Global Legal Action Network, writes on the legality of the Occupied Territories Bill ahead of its return to the Seanad tomorrow. On July 12th, the Irish flag flew outside the City Hall in Ramallah, Palestin