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Cork law firms James Riordan and Partners Solicitors (JRAP) and Barry M. O'Meara & Son Solicitors have announced a merger.

Maria McDonald BL A day-long conference co-hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), The Bar of Ireland and the Law Society of Ireland will today discuss best practice in the implementation of the EU Victims' Directive.

Three of Northern Ireland's leading loyalist paramilitary groups have issued a joint statement backing "the rule of law". A statement was read out this morning on behalf of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) to mark nearly 20 years since th

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has launched legal proceedings against the Information Commissioner after it ordered the release of letters concerning lawyers' fees. The DPP does not believe that letters to the DPP from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform should be published un

Ms Justice Susan Denham The inaugural Hibernian Law Medal will be bestowed upon Ms Justice Susan Denham and top judges from the UK and Canada at a ceremony next month.

A letter signed by dozens of legal professionals and printed by The Irish Times seeks to "clarify some of the likely legal consequences" of a vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment. The letter has been signed by 61 people, among them senior academics in law and medicine, solicitors and barristers.

Brexit has highlighted the stark divide between how existing devolution arrangements are interpreted in Westminster and Whitehall, and how they are interpreted in Cardiff and Edinburgh and has largely silenced Belfast’s voice in discussions of devolution after Brexit, according to constitutional e

Brian McCloskey Matheson has advised a UK-based private equity fund on its acquisition of an Irish logistics business.

Franz Friedrich "Fritz" Grünbaum Two artworks belonging to an Austrian-Jewish songwriter that were confiscated by the Nazis have been returned to his heirs, CNN reports.

Staff and management at Cork law firm Comyn Kelleher Tobin have raised €1,500 for the Cork University Hospital Charity.

The UCD Student Legal Service (UCD SLS) has presented a cheque for over €6,000 to St Vincent de Paul.

A man who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for deception involving a vulnerable woman who was swindled out of €90,000 has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. Finding that the sentencing judge had not erred in fixing a headline sentence of 4.5 years where the maximum sent

Matheson has announced the appointment of seven new partners across a range of departments, bringing its partner count to 84.

More than 1,600 cases have been brought before the Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU for the second year in a row. A total of 1,656 cases were brought before the two courts in 2017 and 1,594 cases were closed.

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik Draft legislation to compel Irish companies to publish their gender pay gap should be implemented in the wake of similar legislation in the UK, Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has said.