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Ireland's director of public prosecutions, Catherine Pierse, has set out the latest three-year strategy for her office, which this year marks its 50th anniversary. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has grown from an office of just four legal officers in 1975 to almost 300 staf

An expert in substance use is calling for a change in legislation around drug use in the UK. The call from Catriona Matheson, professor in substance use at the University of Stirling, was part of her evidence to an inquiry into Scotland’s pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility, which opened in

Entries for the Law Society of Ireland's Justice Media Awards 2025 are now open. This year's awards ceremony will take place at Blackhall Place on Thursday 19 June 2025. 

A&L Goodbody LLP has won the Company of the Year Award at the National Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2025 in Dublin.

Philip Lee partner Anna Hickey has been appointed to lead the M&A activities of the firm's climate finance team.

A judge has reversed the £32.5 million sale of a London mansion whose owner failed to disclose it was infested with moths. New owners and residents Iya Patarkatsishvili and Yevhen Hunyak said they began to encounter dozens of moths every day, including on their towels and toothbrushes and in t

Arthur Cox lawyer Deirdre Cummins has been appointed as chairperson of the Pensions Council. The Pensions Council, An Chomhairle Pinsean, advises the minister for social protection on matters relating to policy on pensions.

Barrister Richard J.J. McDonnell SC has passed away. Mr McDonnell died "peacefully but unexpectedly" on Saturday 8 February 2025, according to a notice published by his family on rip.ie.

Boyle-based Roe Solicitors has relocated to the Spool Factory Office Suites and Rooms on St Patrick Street. The boutique Co Roscommon law firm, led by principal Gordon Roe, specialises in the areas of conveyancing, wills and probate.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has signed a joint declaration on AI alongside data protection authorities from the UK, Australia, South Korea and France. The two-page document reaffirms the authorities' commitment to implementing data governance that promotes innovative and privacy-

Two Travellers who were "shooed" out of a council office when attempting to register the birth of their child have settled a race discrimination claim against Mid Ulster District Council for £15,000. Caroline Joyce and Noel Cawley were supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people after joining the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Lina Ishaq, 52, was found guilty of enslaving three Yazidi women and six Yazidi children in Raqqa between 2014 a

The relentless gang violence in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas has resulted in a brutal attack on childhood in Haiti, Amnesty International said in a new report. “I’m a child, why did this happen to me?”: Gangs’ assault on childhood in Haiti, documents how children are

A new advocacy service for victims of sexual and domestic abuse in Northern Ireland is to be launched later this year. ASSIST NI will provide an adult service for victims who are aged 18 and above, and a separate service for children and young people who are 17 years of age and below, who are engagi

Mafia bosses have been recorded telling new recruits to watch The Godfather out of despair with their unfamiliarity with their code of honour. Police in Sicily revealed the content of private conversations between alleged members of Cosa Nostra after apprehending nearly 150 suspects in dawn raids on