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A&L Goodbody's Belfast office has announced a two-year extension to its partnership as an official patron of the Irish FA's education and heritage centre. The firm said extension reinforces its commitment to celebrating Northern Ireland’s sporting history and promoting community engagement

Lawyers were among the thousands of people who took to the streets on Saturday for Dublin's annual Pride parade.

A credit union in Co Donegal has been fined more than €36,000 for breaches of anti-money laundering requirements, the Central Bank has announced. Swilly Mulroy Credit Union has admitted breaching the requirements of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 and th

Ireland's consumer watchdog has joined an international crackdown on mobile and online games which manipulate children as young as three into making purchases. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) was among 21 national consumer agencies which took part in an international sweep

Most bold moves have unintended consequences. Mandating mediation, or generally incentivising the use of mediation is a bold move but brings with it the risk of disputes that either aren’t suitable, or aren’t “ripe” for mediation finding their way to your desk. The latter pro

Philip Lee has appointed Finola Igoe, Jean-Anne Young, Aoife McBennett and Jessica Gorman as of counsel. Ms Igoe and Ms Young are members of the firm's projects and construction team, while Ms McBennett and Ms Gorman are members of the media and entertainment team.

LEAP, the market-leading cloud-based legal software provider, has launched LEAP Leads, providing law firms with direct access to high-quality, real-time legal enquiries from prospective clients actively seeking legal services.

A man who convinced thousands of followers that he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been imprisoned in Russia. Sergei Torop, a former traffic cop, founded the "Church of the Last Testament" in 1991 and recruited thousands of members in Siberia.

A retrospective extension to planning permissions which would otherwise expire as a result of delays caused by judicial reviews is set to be enacted this month. The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025 will be published this week following its announcement in May, with a view to its enactm

Mason Hayes & Curran has welcomed its second group of summer interns for 2025.

The Financial Services Bar Association (FSBA) put the focus on advocacy and strategy in financial services disputes at its recent annual conference.

An obituary for the late Northern Ireland prosecutor Ronald Appleton KC has been published by The Telegraph. Mr Appleton was a senior Crown prosecutor for 22 years until 1999, overseeing a number of high-profile Troubles cases.

Nearly a third of Irish financial services firm are not yet prepared to implement the Central Bank's revised Consumer Protection Code, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran suggests. The business law firm surveyed over 330 industry professionals at a recent webinar ahead of the revised code coming in

DWF has appointed Mary Smith, the president of the Insurance Institute of Dublin, as a new insurance partner in Ireland. Ms Smith joins the team with over 15 years’ experience in insurance and construction law and brings significant expertise in professional indemnity claims across Ireland and

A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a 75-year-old widow in 1967 in what is believed to be the longest-running cold case ever solved in the UK. Ryland Headley, aged 34 at the time, broke into the home of Louisa Dunne in Bristol in June 1967 and attacked her. Her body was