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Plans to restrict judicial reviews in the name of speeding up infrastructure delivery will impact cases concerning social welfare, social housing and education, FLAC has highlighted. Eilis Barry, chief executive of FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres), appeared before the joint Oireachtas committee on j

A ban on withholding of retention payments, a cap on payment terms and mandatory interest on late payments are part of landmark measures introduced by the UK government to tackle late payments to small businesses.

A review of the role and functions of the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) is now under way. The review will seek to determine the future role of the OPR; how to best align plan review, examination, and training functions within the Irish planning system; the optimal use of resources to achiev

A&L Goodbody has returned as title sponsor of Dublin's largest corporate 5K run, the 2026 ALG5K Corporate Team Challenge. The annual event in the Docklands, delivered in partnership with Athletics Ireland, takes place this year on Tuesday 8 September 2026.

An annual fundraising event in memory of Jane Anne Rothwell BL has raised €9,880 for the Irish Cancer Society. The Cork Bar has raised tens of thousands of euros at its Daffodil Day events since Ms Rothwell passed away in 2018.

Presidential pardons will no longer be considered for offences which took place prior to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922 under a new approach proposed by the government. In recent years, four posthumous pardons have been granted in relation to convictions which pre-date the foundation o

A woman who slapped googly eyes on a divisive sculpture has been convicted of marking graffiti and ordered to pay compensation. Amelia Vanderhorst, 20, filmed herself making the humorous additions to the Cast in Blue sculpture in the southern Australian city of Mount Gambier while high on MDMA and d

Lawyer and former government minister Alex White SC has been appointed as chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC). Mr White's appointment for a five-year term was confirmed yesterday alongside the reappointment of Professor Peter Thorne, Dr Cara Augustenborg and Jillian Mahon as ordinary

A "security gap" around the use of air passenger information for law enforcement and counter-terrorism purposes is to be closed under legislative amendments proposed by the government. The government yesterday agreed to introduce amendments to the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions

The controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal will be provisionally applied from May 2026, the EU has announced. The deal with the South American trading bloc will create the world’s biggest free trade zone with a combined population of over 700 million people.

An eel fisherman is seeking to bring a judicial review against Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) over pollution in Lough Neagh. Declan Conlon, whose family has fished in the lough for generations, alleges that DAERA continues to rely on inadequate pl

Students from Trinity College Dublin have won the 11th annual Irish Red Cross Corn Adomnáin international humanitarian law (IHL) competition. Daragh Dunne, Conor O'Dempsey and Conor Metcalfe emerged as winners of the national competition for law students, held in Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rat

A statutory compensation scheme for victims of violent crimes has been proposed by the Law Reform Commission. A new report published yesterday details the proposed statutory basis for a compensation scheme for victims of crimes of violence and for an independent body to assess and determine claims f

The Supreme Court has begun two days of hearings in a case concerning the human rights of asylum seekers who were left without accommodation. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission commenced the proceedings against the State in December 2023, using its power to bring legal proceedings in its

An inflation-based increase in the limits for payments and awards to workers in relation to certain employment rights will take effect in Northern Ireland next month. From 6 April, the limit on the compensatory award for unfair dismissal will rise from £118,455 to £123,785, while the max