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Technical discussions have concluded on an agreement which will allow for closer co-operation between the UK and EU's competition authorities. The proposed agreement will be a 'supplementing agreement' to the post-Brexit EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which explicitly foresaw the possi

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The High Court has quashed a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for 55 residential units in a backland/greenfield site off St Patrick's Road in Limerick. Michelle Hayes of Limerick firm Hayes Solicitors represented local residents in a legal challenge to the proposed de

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A Russian court has slapped Google with a fine of around $20 decillion – thousands of times more than the entire world's GDP. The preposterous penalty arises from a years-long court case brought by Russian TV channels which have been banned from YouTube since 2020, partly as a result of US san

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The Irish government has joined international condemnation of Israeli legislation targeting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Irish Legal News last week interviewed Philippa Greer, the head of UNRWA's field legal office in Gaza, who spoke abo

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Planned coronial reforms should include the provision of legal aid for families and reform of the jury system at inquests, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. The Department of Justice last week published a report following a public consultation on reform of the Coroner Service an

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Prison sentences have been imposed on a group of people who interrupted a live inquest in England and attempted to kidnap the coroner as part of a bizarre political plot. Mark Kishon Christopher, leader of the so-called 'Federal Postal Court Judges', was yesterday sentenced to seven years' imprisonm

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One of the world's largest banks is suing customers who believed they had discovered an "infinite money glitch". Thousands of people may have taken advantage of the so-called glitch, which was actually a form of cheque fraud which briefly became a viral sensation on TikTok and other social media pla

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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is to see its budget grow to €72 million. The €11 million boost in Budget 2025 brings the office's budget to a record high, having increased by 40 per cent in five years.

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