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Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has named the 10 services formally designated as video-sharing platform services to be bound by new online safety rules. After a designation process which was completed in December 2023, the designated services are Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Udemy,

Well-known Omagh solicitor Paul Colhoun has joined Northern Ireland firm The Law Group.

The European Commission has said it is examining whether Microsoft's investment in OpenAI is reviewable under EU merger rules as part of greater scrutiny of competition in the AI industry. The Commission today launched two calls for contributions on competition in virtual worlds and generative AI an

Northern Ireland's High Court has dismissed a "scandalous, frivolous and vexatious" defamation claim brought against Belfast journalist and author Malachi O'Doherty by Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) welcomed yesterday's decision as "extremely signifi

Fiona Gallagher was re-elected as president of the Sligo Solicitors Bar Association at its recent AGM at The Glasshouse.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Brian Duffy to its Dublin office as counsel in its tax team. Mr Duffy joins from William Fry where he spent over 20 years’ advising domestic and multinational corporations on complex tax matters and successfully navigating tax regulati

A couple who speak French as their first language have been trapped in a Kafkaesque struggle to prove their language ability to French authorities. Vincent and Martine Lenoir, from the French-speaking Wallonia region of Belgium, spoke to CNN about their difficulties in securing French citizenship de

Lawyers are being sought for research into the legal framework governing previous sexual history evidence in serious sexual offences trials. Dr Sinéad Ring of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology is in the recruitment phase of the research and looking for lawyer participants.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the government will not back South Africa's case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The top UN court will this week hear an application from South Africa alleging that Israel is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention and seeking measures inclu

Planned reforms to the enforcement of child maintenance orders have been welcomed as a potential "game-changer" for parents. The Department of Justice today published a 26-page report setting out 26 recommendations for improvements to the current system of enforcement of child maintenance orders, wh

Researchers are seeking to survey parents who have experience of the Irish family law system in situations of domestic violence and abuse. The research study, being undertaken by Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with Women's Aid, is said to be the first study which specifically seeks both adu

Australia has made it a criminal offence to perform a Nazi salute or publicly display Nazi hate symbols, punishable with up to a year's imprisonment. The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Act 2023, which came into force today, also criminalises glor

A retired policeman who pursued an alleged shoplifter who had avoided punishment has himself been fined. Norman Brennan, 64, said the criminal justice system was “broken” after a man he followed for two miles was arrested before being let off, while Mr Brennan was fined by the council fo

Callan Tansey Solicitors has appointed Scarlett Griffin O'Sullivan as a senior associate and head of the firm's Limerick office. The appointment marks Ms O'Sullivan's return to the firm where she originally trained as a solicitor in the mid-2000s.

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has appointed three new partners, a senior associate and four associates. Billy Brick, Laura Melody-Moran and Zoë Mollaghan have been promoted to partner, while Deirdre Walsh has been promoted to senior associate.