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Customs officials have confiscated giraffe faeces from a traveller who said she planned to make a necklace from the droppings. The small box of ball-shaped droppings was declared by a woman returning from Kenya to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in the US.

Co Longford-based E. C. Gearty & Company Solicitors has appointed Lisa Duffy as a partner in the firm. Ms Duffy joined the firm in 2019 and is part of its wills, probate and conveyancing department, dealing with estate planning, estate administration, enduring powers of attorney and all property

The scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools run by religious orders has been granted a six-month extension to the deadline for its report. Mary O'Toole SC was appointed in March to lead the scoping inquiry, which was originally due to report to the minister for educa

Jon Boutcher, the former Bedfordshire Police chief constable leading Operation Kenova, is to be appointed as interim chief constable of the PSNI, according to reports. Mr Boutcher is the head of the long-running investigation into the alleged activities of the Provisional IRA informer codenamed "Sta

Sligo Solicitors Bar Association welcomed over 120 solicitors to the association's inaugural CPD day at the Sligo Park Hotel last Friday.

Yesterday's UK Supreme Court ruling on underpayments to PSNI officers and staff will have significant implications for employers in Northern Ireland, lawyers at Lewis Silkin have said. Thousands of PSNI officers are set to receive up to £30 million in backdated holiday pay after judges ruled t

Employment lawyers Orla Sheils and Sarah Havlin are among four new board members appointed to Northern Ireland's Labour Relations Agency (LRA). The LRA is a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for the Economy, offering impartial advice to both employees and employers. It has re

The Scotsman has published an obituary of Alan Edward Boyle, who passed away on 14 September at the age of 70. "Professor Alan Boyle was among the most influential international lawyers of his generation. Perhaps best known for his pioneering work on international environmental law, Alan’s int

Post Office investigation and prosecution policy documents were not sufficient to ensure compliance with key legislation, a criminal prosecutions expert has told the Horizon inquiry. The first part of an expert report by Duncan Atkinson KC, who was instructed by Sir Wyn Williams to independent analy

Lawyers who successfully sued Tesla's board of directors over excessive compensation are to seek more than $10,000 per hour in costs. A dozen Tesla board members agreed to repay $735 million as part of a settlement following the 2020 lawsuit brought by Tesla shareholders, as well as to forgo compens

A new partnership between Trinity College Dublin and Matheson is to support Trinity Law School in the teaching and research of EU law. The collaboration will support the appointment of a new assistant professor in EU law, award a PhD scholarship in EU law, and create a new Trinity Matheson EU semina

Eversheds Sutherland partner Marie McGinley has been appointed to the firm's new global AI leadership team. Ms McGinley, head of intellectual property, technology and data protection in the firm's Dublin office, will work alongside Nasser Ali Khasawneh, the firm's new global head of AI, and other se

A new standard for LGBTI rights in Europe, drafted under the oversight of Irish human rights lawyer Michael Farrell, has been adopted by the Council of Europe's body for combating racism and intolerance. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) will rely on the non-binding recom

Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) saw a 10 per cent increase in requests for legal assistance and a dramatic 250 per cent increase in clients seeking to access emergency homelessness accommodation last year, according to its latest annual report. The independent law centre, which provides free legal

Family justice expert Anthony Douglas CBE has been appointed to help progress preparations for the planned guardian ad litem (GAL) national service. Mr Douglas is the former chief executive of Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, which represents children in family co