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
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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
The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) will welcome members to its 2025 AGM later this month. Solicitor and management consultant Norma O'Sullivan will deliver a presentation on leadership skills for lawyers which will qualify for one hour of CPD.
Global law firm Dentons has reported revenues of £306 million (around €353.8m) in the UK, Ireland and Middle East in its most recent financial year. Revenue in the UKIME region increased by nine per cent in the year ending 30 April 2025 in comparison with the previous year, when it record
The UK's voting age will be lowered to 16 before the next general election, the UK government has announced. New legislation will allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote while also changing the rules around voter ID, registration and political donations.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has secured a High Court order prohibiting works at a high-risk construction site in Kilcock, Co Kildare. Yesterday's order, under section 71 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, was granted with consent of the owner of the site on Bridge Street,
Legislation proposing to reform the compulsory purchase order (CPO) system has been introduced to the Dáil by a Fine Gael TD. The Compulsory Purchase Order Bill 2025, introduced by Dublin Bay South TD James Geoghegan, would seek to improve the CPO process with the introduction of statuto
Florida's attorney general has embraced a baseless conspiracy theory that deadly flooding in Texas was caused by deliberate "weather modification". James Uthmeier is the latest in a growing list of Republican officials alleging that "cloud seeding" and "chemtrails" are responsible for extreme weathe
The General Court of the European Union has upheld a decision by the European Parliament to seek to recover more than €300,000 from the late Jean-Marie Le Pen. Mr Le Pen, a former MEP who founded and led France's far-right Front National until 2011, brought the legal proceedings in 2024, seekin
The EU's decision not to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement will be remembered as "one of the most disgraceful moments in the EU's history", human rights campaigners have said. Ireland is among EU member states who pushed unsuccessfully for more concrete action to be taken at yesterday's me