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Irish human rights activist Brian Dooley has been recognised with the University of Oslo's annual human rights award. Mr Dooley, a senior advisor to Washington DC-based NGO Human Rights First, was named winner in September and this month travelled to Oslo to collect the award.

Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services are to benefit from €3.2 million in government funding. Cuan, the national agency for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV), has allocated the funds to 67 services following a targeted funding call.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has relocated its Dublin headquarters to Harcourt Centre. In a statement, the firm said the move was in response to growing demand for cyber, aviation, professional indemnity, BI/DSU and casualty services from insurer and reinsurer clients in both local and internation

Donald Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC in defamation proceedings now filed with a court in Florida.

Workers in China have been caught tricking a facial recognition system for clocking in by printing out and wearing crude masks of their colleagues. Staff members employed at a residents' committee in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou allegedly used the novel technique to skip work until they were

Media mogul Jimmy Lai's conviction for sedition and conspiracy is "a stain on a once enviable Hong Kong legal system", his lawyers have said. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC leads the international legal team presenting Mr Lai, convicted today under the controversial National Security Law (NSL) imposed on

The use of restrictive practices in Irish mental health centres has fallen to a record low following the introduction of new human rights-based rules. A report published by the Mental Health Commission (MHC) shows that there were 2,836 episodes of restrictive practices in 2024, down by 18 per cent o

Retired barrister Edmund Carrol has been appointed as chairperson of the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC). Mr Carrol has taken over the role from Séamus Neely and will serve until 31 October 2028.

Mid-west firm MHP Sellors Solicitors has strengthened its partnership and litigation teams with the appointment of Kate McInerney as partner and the addition of Claire Benson as solicitor. Ms McInerney, a native of Cratloe and long-time Quin resident, has progressed through a series of key litigatio

Matheson's collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) on a neurodivergent-friendly music camp has been recognised with an award. The firm won the Disability Advocacy Programme of the Year, Ireland award at the Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact Awards 2025.

Northern Ireland's justice minister, Naomi Long, has responded harshly to criminal barristers' strike plans, branding demands for legal aid fee increases "unrealistic and unaffordable". The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) last week confirmed plans to withdraw from all Crown Court cases early next mon

A lawyer who woke up handcuffed with $75,000 in debt is suing a Las Vegas casino for allowing him to gamble while incapacitated. Tax attorney Michael Duke Thomson, 64, claims he cannot remember racking up the astronomical bill in the Aria Resort & Casino, The Independent reports.

A delegation of senior Ukrainian judges recently met with government and judicial figures north and south of the border as part of a high-level judicial exchange. Organised by Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) in partnership with the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) and the Irish Depa

Irish business leaders are entering 2026 with cautious optimism, but pressing concerns over housing, AI adoption, and global uncertainty are shaping strategic priorities, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has found. The business law firm today published the findings of its third annual business a

Gardaí will be enabled to use biometric recognition technologies, including facial images, to investigate serious criminal offences under newly published draft legislation. The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 provides for the retrospective use of bi