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Larry Donnelly US President Donald Trump is either responsible for "a great betrayal of vulnerable voters" or "a fundamental misread of his mandate", NUI Galway law lecturer Larry Donnelly has said.

Belfast solicitors are set to raise cash for a mental health charity by playing golf. The Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) has launched its annual Golf Day, which this year will raise cash for Inspire wellbeing (formerly Niamh), one of the longest established mental health and learning disabili

Limerick firm HOMS Solicitors is supporting suicide and self-harm charity Pieta House at Darkness Into Light events across Ireland.

A man who fractured his knuckle after tripping on a footpath while jogging has been awarded €60,000 in damages after it was found in the High Court that South Dublin County Council breached the common duty of care it owed to the man by failing to repair the footpath. Included in the award made by

The international section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has met in Dublin for the first time.

Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has joined its counterparts in Scotland, England and Wales in urging the UK government to strengthen, not weaken, human rights through Brexit.

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has raised serious concerns over the safety of inmates and staff in prisons in England. The CPT's report following a UK visit last Spring notes prison violence spiralling out of

A choir of solicitors, barristers and judges will raise money in aid of Belfast's homeless at a concert next month.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has raised over £100,000 for local charities since it began its Charity of the Year initiative in 2012.

A 59-year-old man has been awarded €675,116.72 in damages by the High Court after an accident at work which caused him serious injuries. The defendant company accepted liability for the accident, but since it had created a non-physical job for the man to return to after he recovered from his accid

Wendy Lyon There is no justification for requiring a financial contribution towards legal aid from victims of domestic violence, a lawyer has said, after it emerged the cost of abolishing the contribution would be just €366,000.

Portlaoise court sittings should be moved out of the town centre as a matter of priority, a local councillor has said. Sinn Féin councillor Caroline Dwane-Stanley told local radio station Midlands 103 that court sittings were disrupting business in the town.

Dara Murphy Data Protection Minister Dara Murphy has said he believes EU data privacy concerns will continue to be recognised by US President Donald Trump, The Irish Times reports.

Two partners at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons have been named in Business First's Northern Ireland 40 Under 40 list.

Irish businesses are seriously under-prepared for the implementation of the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Independent reports. A survey by the newspaper found that four out of 10 businesses have not initiated GDPR plans and fewer than one in 10 have plans at an adv