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Philip Lee has launched a new financial services and investment funds offering through a strategic partnership with Aquest Advisory. The new practice will offer expert legal advice on a wide range of matters relevant to the financial services industry, including asset management, investment funds, f

The Department of Social Protection has been fined €550,000 for breaches of the GDPR relating to the requirement for public services card (PSC) applicants to provide their biometric data. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) today announced its final decision following the conclusion of an inqu

A group of French motorists are suing Tesla over the political activities of its CEO, Elon Musk, who they allege has turned their vehicles into symbols of far-right politics. Law firm GKA is representing 10 French clients with leases on Teslas who are seeking to have them terminated early by the Par

Former Labour Court chairman Kevin Foley has been appointed by the Department of Enterprise to lead a new advisory forum aimed at reducing the costs involving in running a business. The Cost of Business Advisory Forum, which brings together business owners, retailers, tourism operators, accounting p

A local newspaper has successfully defended a lawsuit brought by a father who complained that it had failed to cover his son's high school basketball games. Vermont man Robert Lafayette sued the Burlington Free Press and two of its journalists, alleging that its coverage of high school sports was no

Northern Ireland ministers have condemned racially-motivated violence in Ballymena after two teenagers were charged with a serious sexual assault. In a joint statement, all of the Northern Ireland Executive ministers today made an "urgent appeal for calm across society".

Rent pressure zones (RPZs) are to be extended across the State — but changes will see rent increases on new build apartments linked to inflation and rents allowed to be reset to "market value" at the start of new tenancies. Ministers yesterday said they would introduce new legislation in respo

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

Legal and tax advisory firm Orbitus has announced four appointments as part of the "first wave" of a major expansion. The firm has welcomed Eoin Casey as head of litigation and Carmel O’Shea Maloney as head of legal for Beam, the firm's online conveyancing product.

A new Criminal Justice International Cooperation Office is to be established to support Ireland's cooperation with law enforcement agencies across the European Union. The Criminal Justice (International Cooperation Office) Bill 2025 will establish the new office and set out its powers in line with t

New terrorist offences are to be created in order to tackle the "foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon", justice minister Jim O'Callaghan has announced. The three new offences are among the provisions in the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025, which aims to response to the ev

A statutory public inquiry into one of Ireland's most famous miscarriages of justice following the 1976 Sallins train robbery would serve "no obvious purpose", the government has said. The so-called 'Sallins Men' — Michael Barrett, Osgur Breatnach, John Fitzpatrick, Nicky Kelly, Brian McNally

Judges could soon give sentence discounts on the basis that Ireland's prisons are overcrowded, a leading expert in criminal law has suggested. Professor Tom O'Malley SC will speak about the prison overcrowding crisis next week at an event jointly hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL

A Twix advert has been banned in the UK for encouraging dangerous driving. The minute-long advert shows a race between two cars, one of which tumbles down a cliff and lands upside down on the other, becoming joined sunroof to sunroof.

Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity in north-east Nigeria are still being neglected by the country’s authorities, one year after Amnesty International’s report and launch of the #EmpowerOurGirls campaign. In June 2024, Amnesty International published 'Help us build our