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Gillian Triggs, the assistant high commissioner for protection in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is to deliver the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's annual human rights lecture. Ms Triggs, a British-Australian human rights lawyer who previously served as presid

Four new youth diversion projects (YDPs) in Monaghan, Wicklow, Cork and Mayo are to receive funding of at least €1.5 million this year, the government has announced. YDPs work with young people at risk of crime and anti-social behaviour to divert them away from criminal behaviour and towards be

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has been shortlisted in the category of 'best long-term partnership' in the Business to Arts Awards 2023. The awards celebrate arts sponsorship, commissioning, philanthropy, staff engagement programmes, corporate social responsibility, access programmes and creative comm

Solicitor Edwina Hilton has joined the committee of the Young Irish Georgians, part of the Irish Georgian Society which works to protect, preserve and promote the art and architecture of Ireland. Ms Hilton read Law with French at Trinity College Dublin and recently qualified as a solicitor. She is a

China is "dismantling" the principle of 'one country, two systems' and eroding Hong Kong's autonomy, democratic principles and fundamental freedoms, the EU has said in a new report. The European Commission and the high representative have adopted the 25th annual report to the European Parliament and

Nearly 500 employment equality complaints were received by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in the first half of 2023, with disability, gender and race making up the bulk of complaints. Figures published by the WRC show that it received 466 employment equality complaints and 222 equal status

Irish sports law expert Professor Jack Anderson has been appointed by World Boxing, the new international federation established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement, as its first ethics chief. Professor Anderson has more than 25 years' experience in legal practice and sport

An Garda Síochána has set out plans to use an additional €10 million in funding to increase high-visibility policing in Dublin. The additional overtime funding will provide for an increased deployment of the Garda National Public Order Unit in the city centre, with €2 million

An Edinburgh doctor who was given an interim suspension by the General Medical Council after being detained regarding allegations of terrorist activity in Northern Ireland has had his suspension extended following a successful petition by the GMC to the Outer House of the Court of Session. The respo

The owners of a popular 50-acre sunflower field have begged visitors to stop stripping off to take risqué photographs among the flowers. Stoke Fruit Farm in the south of England said there had been at least six incidents of "naked photography taking place" since the end of July, CNN reports.

Two Irish tech businesses have been chosen by international law firm Addleshaw Goddard to take part in its 2023 AG Elevate mentoring scheme. Irish businesses EpiCapture, which develops novel epigenetic tests that detect and monitor a range of cancers, and SymPhysis Medical, a business aimed at enhan

Construction and procurement law specialist firm Quigg Golden has appointed Dermot Durack as an associate director. Mr Durack is a chartered quantity surveyor, arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator. He is one of now three Quigg Golden employees who are members of the Construction Contracts Adjudicati

International arbitration lawyer John Gaffney has been recognised as a winner of an International Bar Association (IBA) writing competition. Mr Gaffney was named by the IBA's Arb40 subcommittee as the only Irish winner of its "common heritage of the international arbitration community" competition f

Only 23 per cent of the British public support the UK's departure from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a poll has revealed. The poll, conducted by think tank More in Common, suggests that 49 per cent of respondents want the UK to continue its membership in the ECHR.

The Irish government considered relying on the HIV/AIDS epidemic to defend the criminalisation of homosexuality in a landmark European court case in the 1980s, newly-released papers reveal. Senator David Norris took the State to the European Court of Human Rights, which eventually ruled that the cri