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Flynn O'Driscoll LLP has again been ranked as Ireland's most prolific M&A adviser, advising last year on the highest number of deals in Ireland's busiest year of M&A activity on record. Ireland bucked a global trend for declining deal activity with a total of 789 deals in 2023, marginally mo

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A man who started a relationship with the wife of a Chinese soldier has been sentenced to nearly a year in prison. Chinese law provides for penalties of up to three years' imprisonment for knowingly beginning a relationship with the spouse of a serving People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier.

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Barrister-at-law students at the King's Inns have won the 2024 National Negotiation Competition hosted by the Law Society of Ireland. The team of Catey Clarkson and Shane Molony, coached by Conor Duff BL, secured a second consecutive win for the King's Inns and will now go on to represent Ireland at

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An English judge faces jail after being convicted of involvement in a scheme to defraud almost £2 million from the legal aid system. Rasib Ghaffar, 54, a barrister and part-time immigration tribunal judge, conspired to inflate legal fees and work claimed for in 2011 and 2012 together with Gazi

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A special Oireachtas committee will be established by April to consider the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. The assembly published its final report in January, setting out 36 recommendations for a new Irish model to reduce the harm caused by i

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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has named the four films shortlisted for the 2024 ICCL Human Rights Film Award at the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF). The winning film will be decided by a four-strong jury comprised of writer Una Mullally; Dr Marie-Luce Paris, associate profes

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