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Two Irish lawyers have set sail towards Gaza alongside a flotilla which is seeking to break Israel's blockade and bring humanitarian aid directly to starving Palestinians.

Carson McDowell has welcomed 11 new trainees, bringing its total trainee cohort to a record 21 — more than any other Northern Ireland-headquartered law firm.

Projects providing support services to children, young people and their families staying in international protection accommodation are to benefit from €1.75 million in funding. The additional funding will go to children and young people's services committees (CYPSCs), which bring together

A lawyer who shares his name with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform for repeatedly deactivating his account. In eight years, Mark Steven Zuckerberg, a bankruptcy lawyer in Indianapolis, has seen his official Facebook page suspended five times and his personal profil

Survivors and victims of domestic abuse are to be exempted from immigration registration fees. Regulations signed into effect by the minister of state for migration, Colm Brophy, will waive the €300 fee in order to remove a financial barrier to leaving an abusive relationship.

Global law firm Kennedys has promoted five lawyers in Belfast and three in Dublin as part of a global promotions round. Insurance lawyers Barnabus Shearer and Alexander Redpath have been promoted to legal director in Belfast.

Solicitor Shane Wallace has been inaugurated as president of the Irish Tax Institute. Mr Wallace is a tax and legal partner at Deloitte Ireland, with expertise in international tax, tax structuring, mergers and acquisitions, capital taxes and real estate taxes.

Demand for restorative justice in Ireland has nearly doubled in a year, according to new research. The Probation Service and six community-based organisations which offer restorative justice in cases where adults are convicted of an offence received a total of 842 referrals in 2024, up from 447 in 2

Prison expansion "will not solve" the overcrowding crisis, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has stressed after figures showed the Irish prison population reaching a record high. The Irish Prison Service yesterday revealed that more than 200 prisoners were sleeping on mattresses on cell floors at

Northern Ireland schools have once again been invited to organise virtual Q&A sessions with a UK Supreme Court justice. Ask a Justice returns for the 2025/26 academic year, giving schools across the UK the opportunity to virtually swap their classrooms for courtrooms.

Diamond Heron Solicitors has welcomed Lorraine Keown as a solicitor in the Belfast-based firm's litigation team. Ms Keown, who has 15 years' experience as a solicitor, will work on both plaintiff and defence cases.

A new therapy dog has joined a service helping children and young people as they prepare to attend courts across Northern Ireland. Sebastian, a two-year-old St Bernard x Bernese Mountain Dog and certified therapy dog, supports children and young people as part of the NSPCC Young Witness Service.

The Law Society of Ireland has urged the government to invest in the State's "underfunded and overstretched" justice system in next month's budget. The solicitors' body is calling for greater investment in courts infrastructure, legal aid and family law services to ensure fair and equal access to ju

Hundreds of US military lawyers are set to be made into immigration judges as the Trump administration seeks to fast-track mass deportations. The Department of Defense (DOD) — which is set to be rebranded as the Department of War — is seeking to identify up to 600 attorneys to serve as t

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