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Patricia Rooney Belfast-based commercial firm Tughans has announced the promotion of Patricia Rooney to partner within its employment team.

The Courts Service of Ireland is considering plans to relocate Tralee Courthouse from Ashe Street to the site of the former Denny Bacon Factory at the Island of Geese, The Kerryman reports. The Courts Service has reportedly given up on previous plans to move the court to a purpose-built complex at t

Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland has a huge problem with racism, Amnesty International said today, following the publication of new figures showing high levels of intolerance towards people from minority ethnic communities.

Legislation to allow for legal access to abortion in Ireland cannot be introduced until legal challenges to the result of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment are resolved, The Irish Times reports. Three separate applications for judicial review are due to be heard by the High Court in Dublin on T

Lee Murphy Eversheds Sutherland Ireland advised Investec Bank Plc, as ESM advisor, bookrunner and financial advisor, on the €75 million IPO of Yew Grove REIT.

Thorbjørn Jagland The Council of Europe has launched a new interactive website highlighting the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights across the continent.

The Bar of Northern Ireland have named mental health charity AWARE as the Bar's chosen charity for 2018/19.

Jeremy Wright QC The Crown Prosecution Service's "appalling" failings have been a blight on England and Wales' justice system for too long, Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC has said.

A federal judge has rejected the US government's motion to dismiss a case brought by a US citizen challenging his inclusion on a "kill list". Bilal Abdul Kareem, who believes he has been targeted for assassination by his own government, has won the right to challenge his presumed inclusion on the ki

A woman who claimed that the father of her child had remained untraceable since causing a crash in which she was injured in 2011 has had her claim against the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland dismissed in the High Court. Describing the facts of the case as somewhat unusual, Mr Justice Anthony Barr w

The head of Irish law firm Matheson has warned businesses to make contingency plans for all Brexit options as delays in the political process increase the risk of a hard Brexit. Managing partner Michael Jackson spoke at a Brexit summit hosted by the Financial Times in London yesterday, alongside Eur

The Government has announced it will appeal to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights over the court's refusal to revise its 1978 judgment on the "Hooded Men". In March, the ECtHR dismissed the Government's application to revise the Ireland v United Kingdom ruling, which found that

A plumbing business has had its appeal against a decision of an employment tribunal unanimously dismissed after justices in the Supreme Court endorsed the decision of the tribunal, namely that the respondent was, inter alia, a worker in terms of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The Respondent, Gary S

Tanya Ward The Children's Rights Alliance has welcome calls by the Ombudsman for Children to establish an independent inspectorate of Direct Provision centres that house asylum seeker families.

The Government has approved plans for a referendum on removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. The required Constitution Amendment Bill will now be drafted by the Department of Justice to allow a referendum to take place in October.