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Under new proposals set to be announced in the coming weeks, prison officers will be authorised to use synthetic pepper spray for the first time in response to violence and disorder within jails, The Irish Times reports. The incapacitant spray, which produces a heat effect similar to that of chilli

Lawyers in London have been urged to resign from a law firm after it made a deal with Donald Trump. A former lawyer at A&O Shearman, Olivier Fréget, called on his ex-colleagues not to each be an “accomplice” in Trump’s crackdown on the legal sector as the firm came to an

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to be the first country to use AI to write laws. The Gulf country's ruler announced federal and local laws will be written by AI, as well as judicial rulings, executive procedures and public services.

A bus driver with 29 years of service has lost a retirement package worth €74,000 because he stole €6 in passenger fares. The man was sacked by Kyoto City in Japan after he was caught stealing the paltry sum of ¥1,000 in 2022.

A law firm is bringing more than 30 personal injury cases against the State on behalf of people who allege they were injured by the Covid-19 vaccine. Liam Moloney, a partner at Moloney & Co Solicitors in Naas, Co Kildare, said that while he supports all national vaccination schemes, in a “

Minister for enterprise, tourism and employment Peter Burke has secured Cabinet approval to publish the General Scheme of the new Short Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill.  The legislation will introduce a register for all Short Term Lets (STLs) in Ireland, which will be implemented and manag

Long-standing Drogheda law firms McKeever Taylor and Tallan Solicitors have merged to form McKeever Tallan LLP.

Ireland's new national strategy against disinformation fails to include any concrete action to tackle "dangerous" social media algorithms, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has warned. The government last week published its national counter disinformation strategy, drawn up by a working g

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has launched a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, centred around having a sustained, positive impact on society. The 'MMW Impact' programme covers ongoing outreach in the areas of community, charity, environment and culture.

Former Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) chairperson Dr Don Thornhill has been appointed to chair its new education and training committee. The LSRA has appointed seven members to the new committee, which this month began its work towards implementing structural reforms to the system of edu

Businesses will have to file much less paperwork when the EU's landmark deforestation law comes into force than originally envisaged.

The European Commission has proposed that 16 countries should be considered "safe countries of origin" for the purposes of asylum claims across the EU. The first-ever EU list of safe countries of origin would include Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as all EU

An Irish woman has lodged an application before the European Court of Human Rights over Portuguese authorities' alleged failure to properly investigate her rape. Christian Brückner, a convicted sex offender currently imprisoned in Germany for similar offences, was acquitted by a German court la

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has finalised the text of a proposed new treaty aimed at strengthening global collaboration on prevention, preparedness and response to future pandemic threats. An intergovernmental negotiating body established in December 2021, at the height of the Covid-19 pande

The UK's privacy regulator has imposed a £60,000 fine on an English law firm following a cyber attack that led to highly sensitive and confidential personal information being published on the dark web. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found that Merseyside-based DPP Law Ltd had