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More than 40 prosecutors have been sacked in the Trump administration's purge of the US Justice Department, including the daughter of the former FBI director who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election. The sacking of federal prosecutors for political reasons is unprecedented in the U

An Irish TikToker is being sued by the manufacturer of the children's toys she uses to tell soap opera-style stories involving sex and drugs. More than 2.5 million people follow @sylvaniandrama on TikTok, where Thea Von Engelbrechten posts short stories illustrated with Sylvanian Families felt figur

Taylor Wessing has reported global revenue of €619 million, a 10.1 per cent increase on the previous year. Adam Griffiths, partner and head of Taylor Wessing's Dublin office, welcomed "a great year for Taylor Wessing Ireland".

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN-backed team focusing on human rights in Palestinian areas announce resignations

Ireland should not give into "fearmongering" about legislative plans to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements, Amnesty International has said. The Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill will ban the importation of goods to Ireland from illegal Israeli settle

The European Commission has published its general-purpose AI code of practice, aimed at helping businesses to comply with their obligations under the EU AI Act. The voluntary tool, prepared by independent experts in a multi-stakeholder process, consists of three chapters on transparency, copyright,

Proposed new equality legislation should also ban discrimination on the grounds of socio-economic status and gender identity, FLAC has said. The legal rights group appeared before the joint Oireachtas equality committee yesterday morning as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme

Journalists are set to begin attending and reporting from family court hearings in Northern Ireland this October under a planned pilot scheme. Greater transparency in the family courts was one of the issues to be examined by a judicial working group established by the lady chief justice in September

William Fry has successfully acted for Tesco Ireland in its defence of a judicial review challenge to the grant of planning permission for a new Tesco store, drive-thru café and petrol station in Co Cavan. The case, which sought to overturn the planning permission and challenge the valid

Belfast law firm Edwards Solicitors has moved to spacious new offices in the Cathedral Quarter. The practice, which is approaching its 65th birthday, has taken 5,200 sq feet over two floors in the former Church House building in Donegall Street to accommodate 47 solicitors and staff.

A bumbling group of drug dealers who allegedly plotted to deliberately get arrested in order to benefit from bail conditions have been foiled. Singaporean police believe that the group of five Chinese nationals deliberately got caught offering bribes to officials in order to prolong their stay in th

A dozen countries have committed to taking action against Israeli violations of international law following a two-day conference which brought together representatives of 30 states, including Ireland.

Three new EU infringement proceedings have been opened against Ireland. Ireland has been accused of breaching EU rules governing the licensing of property services providers, customs data transmission and the protection of the EU budget from fraud.

Ulster University's Centre for Legal Technology (CLT) has announced a new research and innovation partnership with Lawri AI, a Northern Ireland-based legal technology startup. The collaboration, led by CLT's director John Keers BL, will explore how AI and automation can improve the efficiency, accur

No additional funding has so far been allocated to the nine public bodies set to receive additional powers to enforce the EU AI Act, a survey has found. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) said it approached the nine organisations ahead of them receiving new enforcement powers in August 202