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Justice minister Helen McEntee has announced details of additional funding for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) services for 2024. Approximately €3.8 million will made available through a targeted call to established DSGBV organisations operating services and supports specific

Trinity College Dublin School of Law has announced the award of the inaugural Maurice Abrahamson Bursary to three Trinity Access Junior Fresh students. The bursaries were awarded to:

Resolving the holiday claims in Northern Ireland stemming from a recent UK Supreme Court ruling could take up to 14 years, according to the president of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal. In a memo circulated to the tribunal's users group, president of the tribunals, Noel Kelly,

Pinsent Masons last week launched its new Industry Leaders of Tomorrow (ILOT) Ireland initiative in Dublin.

Outstanding legacy inquests in Northern Ireland which are affected by the controversial new legacy law and have not yet been allocated to a coroner will not be carried out, the presiding coroner has confirmed. In a statement on Friday, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys said there are "simply no resources

UCD Sutherland School of Law has welcomed Dagmar Schiek to the faculty as full professor of EU law and labour law. Professor Schiek joins UCD from University College Cork, where she held the Synnott Family Chair in EU law and directed the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence EU Integration and Citizens&

Ireland's human rights watchdog has said it is examining a Supreme Court decision on the extent to which non-citizens may rely on the rights guaranteed by the Constitution when subject to deportation orders. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission had been joined to the case of O v The Minist

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An £11 million boost to Northern Ireland's legal aid budget was announced today as more than 200 criminal barristers staged a day of strike action over lengthy payment delays. The Department of Justice announced the additional £10.9m in funding following talks with the Department of Fina

An ultra-marathon runner has been given a year-long ban after using a car to secure third place in a race. Scottish athlete Joasia Zakrzewski travelled by car for about two-and-a-half miles before finishing third in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race, the BBC reports.

John Fuller has been elected as president of the Southern Law Association (SLA). Mr Fuller, a partner in the corporate and commercial department of J.W. O'Donovan LLP in Cork, succeeds Emma Meagher Neville, who he supported as vice-president over the past year.

Eversheds Sutherland and University College Dublin this month welcomed financial services industry leaders, academics, lawyers and representatives of the Central Bank to a conference exploring the implications of the new individual accountability framework. Ciaran Walker, consultant in financial ser

ByrneWallace has appointed Orla Riddell as a partner in the firm's tax team. Ms Riddell is a dual-qualified solicitor and tax advisor specialising in corporation tax and works across a broad range of industry sectors. She has several years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of taxatio

Irish solicitor Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty and Northern Ireland barrister Orlagh Kelly have been recognised in a new report as "trailblazers in the law". The pair are among 23 women leaders named in the 2023 Women Who Will report published by Obelisk Support in partnership with Next 100 Years, the projec

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has launched a new unit which will "investigate, litigate and advocate" to protect human rights globally. The new unit, called Enforce, will respond to the "tech threat to democracy and human rights" by investigating technology and tech industry practices