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A woman had to be rescued by police from an outhouse toilet after she climbed into it to retrieve her Apple Watch. The woman dropped the watch at a boat launch event in Bagley Township, Michigan, police said, and lowered herself inside the toilet.

Staff at Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin took part in celebrations last week to mark the firm's 130th year in business. The celebration at The National, Belfast last Friday night saw special prizes on offer to team members from The Bullitt, The Clayton Hotel, The Merchant Hotel, The Spir

Leading Irish art publisher Hanna Fine Art has just revealed details of its latest legal art print. The edition is a montage of original paintings of Irish courthouses by artist Conor Rafferty.

Barrister and Mental Health Tribunal chairperson Meg Burke has been appointed as an adjunct professor at University College Cork School of Law. Ms Burke graduated from UCC in 2005 and went on to complete the barrister-at-law degree at the King's Inns, calling to the Bar in 2006.

An Garda Síochána will conduct a review of security around Leinster House following a number of arrests at a violent far-right protest yesterday, justice minister Helen McEntee has said. As the Oireachtas returned from recess yesterday, protesters blocked entrances, erected a mock gall

A journalist recently tested the limits of baby naming in Australia by calling her son "Methamphetamine Rules". Kirsten Drysdale submitted the name to the New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages registry as part of national broadcaster ABC's new show What the FAQ.

Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has appointed three new trainee solicitors, bringing the total number of trainees at its Belfast office to seven. Kate Adair, Paul Kerr and Annabel Barton, who were previously paralegals with the firm, will now be studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies

Lawyers have been invited to "speak truth to power" at a conference called by the Law Society of Northern Ireland in response to the UK government's controversial new legacy law. Sir Declan Morgan, the former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland who has been appointed to lead the new Independent C

A new documentary exploring the 1970s court case which paved the way for the legalisation of contraception in the State is to be broadcast on TG4 next week. May and Séamus McGee approached a solicitor in 1972 to raise concerns about a banned contraceptive. At the time, women could obtain the

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard LLP has recruited partner Jeanne-Marie Moriarty to lead a new financial services and regulation practice in Dublin. The new team will advise clients on all aspects of financial regulation such as retail/consumer financial services, payments and financial mark

A first-of-its-kind judicial review being heard in Northern Ireland's High Court today aims to force the Department of Infrastructure to resume carrying out exhaust emissions tests on diesel cars for the first time in nearly two decades. Hundreds of thousands of diesel cars have never received a leg

Small- and medium-sized transactions dominated both the Irish and UK M&A markets in the first half of the year as rising financing costs discouraged larger deals, according to a new report from Philip Lee. Philip Lee has published the fifth edition of its cross-border deal insight guide, produce

Anne-Marie Linehan, partner at J.W. O'Donovan Solicitors, has been appointed to the board of Cork Chamber. Ms Linehan, who has been an active member within the Chamber for a number of years, was co-opted onto the board alongside two others following the business body's recent AGM.

Energy lawyer Alan Bissett has been reappointed to the board of Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners (LPHC) for a second term. Mr Bissett is a senior utilities lawyer and has advised on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters at Belfast and London firms. He is dual-qualified as a soli