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Dr Ciarán Seoighe has been appointed as director general of Forensic Science Ireland, which this year marks its 50th anniversary. Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan yesterday announced the appointment, which takes effect on 6 October 2025.

A tourist hotspot has announced a new tax on dogs, to be paid both by local residents and visitors. Bolzano, in northern Italy, will ask local residents to pay an annual tax of €100 per dog, while tourists will have to cough up €1.50 per dog per day of their visit.

A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has appointed Keavy Ryan as chair of the partnership. Ms Ryan will succeed ALG's current chair, Séamus Ó Cróinín, on 1 October.

Human rights organisations have repeated a call for a public inquiry into allegations of spying on journalists and lawyers in Northern Ireland following the conclusion of an independent review into the PSNI. In a report running to more than 200 pages, Angus McCullough KC concluded that there is "no

Two dozen people have been deported from Ireland to Pakistan in the fourth deportation charter flight of the year. Last night's flight from Dublin Airport was the fourth charter operation carried out in 2025, following two flights to Georgia and one to Nigeria.

DWF has strengthened its Belfast team with 19 new appointments, including a new partner, two directors, three newly-qualified solicitors, seven trainee solicitors, and six additional legal professionals.

The view from Andrew McGahey’s home office south of Navan in Co Meath is an idyllic one. The vista of tranquillity that takes in the Hill of Tara and the River Boyne ends here, though — the EMEA managing partner of Kennedys Law LLP is responsible for seven offices, where daily life is di

The UK and Irish governments have jointly appointed an independent expert to consider whether there should be formal engagement with paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland to help disband them. Fleur Ravensbergen, an independent conflict resolution and negotiation practitioner and a lecturer in con

Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed regulatory lawyer Anna Lundy as of counsel in its life sciences and product regulatory team. The of counsel role is reserved for senior lawyers with deep expertise, who support clients on specialised and complex matters.

Global law firm Dentons has appointed experienced commercial litigator Brian Clarke as a partner in Dublin. Formerly a partner at Maples Group, Mr Clarke is a financial services specialist with extensive experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, banking and finance disputes, recovery and

North Korean authorities have cracked down on the phrase "I love you" as evidence of a "decadent lifestyle". According to Daily NK, factory officials in Hamhung, North Korea's second largest city, publicly condemned a love letter which was discovered in a young worker's bag during a routine ins

Rights organisations could fall back on the UK-EU international dispute settlement procedure to defend human rights in Northern Ireland if the UK government wins in a major UK Supreme Court case, according to a new report. The report, published by Social Change Initiative (SCI) in partnership with t

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland has launched a public consultation on its next corporate plan. The 12-week consultation will help to develop the board's corporate plan for 2026–29, which will set out the strategic direction of the organisation over the next three years.

A convicted rapist prevented from voting in the UK's 2019 general election did not suffer a breach of his rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Hora v. the United Kingdom, the court unanimously held that there had been no

Squire Patton Boggs has hired senior employment lawyer Lisa Shannon to lead and establish its labour and employment practice in Ireland. Ms Shannon’s work involves acting for a wide range of domestic and international companies with respect to workplace disputes, disciplinary matters, day-to-d