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The UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) is expected to rule by the end of the year on a case brought by Northern Ireland journalists alleging unlawful police surveillance. Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested in 2018 following the release of No Stone Unturned, their documentary about

Indignant chicken owners crashed a new online portal for registering their animals after signing up roast chickens and ready meals in protest. New rules require chicken owners in England and Wales to register any chickens they have which are kept outdoors, with penalties of up to six months' impriso

Ryanair is facing a Data Protection Commission (DPC) inquiry into its customer verification process, which includes the use of facial recognition technology. The DPC has received a number of complaints regarding the budget airline's practice of requesting additional ID verification from customers wh

Solicitor Conor Robinson has been elected as president of County Wexford Chamber. Mr Robinson is a partner in Wilson Robinson Solicitors LLP, Wexford and Gorey, specialising in corporate and commercial law.

Human rights campaigners have expressed concern after the European Commission proposed a 12-month delay to a landmark new anti-deforestation law. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), adopted last year, aims to ensure that certain goods on the EU market will no longer contribute to deforestation a

Environmental disputes were put under the spotlight at an event held yesterday as part of Dublin International Disputes Week 2024. The panel discussion, entitled "Comprehensive Resolution of Environmental Disputes – Is a Multi-Dimensional Approach Required?", was hosted at The Bar of Ireland&r

William Fry welcomed former Munster and Ireland rugby player Alan Quinlan to its offices for a special event aimed at tackling mental health stigma. The lunchtime talk on Wednesday was organised ahead of World Mental Health Day next Thursday 10 October.

The Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) at Trinity College Dublin has appointed Robert McTernaghan BL as assistant director for Northern Ireland. Mr McTernaghan practises in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and is currently vice-chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Immigration Bar Asso

The Bar of Ireland has said it will consult its members on next steps after an eight per cent increase in legal aid fees fell "short of what criminal practitioners had been expecting". The increase, which follows an unprecedented withdrawal of services by barristers over three days this summer, will

Philip Lee lawyer Maeve Delargy has been recognised with an award for her role in establishing a network for women working in the Irish solar industry. Ms Delargy, a senior associate in Philip Lee's planning and environmental team, won the Empowering Diversity in Solar award at the first-ever Irish

Ireland has failed to properly transpose EU rules on combating racism and xenophobia, the European Commission has said. The Commission yesterday sent a letter of formal notice to Ireland for only partially transposing the Council Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia (Council Framewo

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A police officer's gun was allegedly sucked onto an MRI machine during a botched raid carried out after police mistook a medical facility for an illegal cannabis farm. Police in Los Angeles raided NoHo Diagnostic Center last October, apparently believing that the medical imaging centre was a front f

Irish soldiers are no longer providing a 24/7 armed guard at Portlaoise Prison for the first time in more than 50 years. The Defence Forces were deployed to the prison at the height of the Troubles in the 1970s in order to prevent IRA prisoners from escaping.

The Irish prison system is "creaking at the seams" and promises of new prison places will not adequately address the crisis, penal experts have warned. The prisons budget has been increased by 18 per cent to €525 million in Budget 2025, which the government said will increase prison capacity an