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Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP will donate up to €50,000 in support of UNICEF's "Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine" campaign, which aims to deliver two billion Covid-19 vaccines to the most vulnerable and at-risk populations around the world. The initiative ties the vaccination of M

Crisis appointments for victims and survivors of recent sexual violence tripled at Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) last summer as Covid-19 restrictions eased, according to its annual report for 2020. Demand for assessment appointments, for those who had suffered rape or sexual assault in the more d

Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan and the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC MP have marked the opening of the new legal year in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland businesses which have fallen into rent arrears will be protected from eviction until March 2022 following an extension of Covid-19 laws. The special provision in section 83 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, which was first applied at the end of March 2022, has been extended again until M

A new support scheme for businesses with reduced turnover as a result of Covid-19 restrictions has opened for registration. Under the business resumption support scheme (BRSS), qualifying business will be able to apply to Revenue for a cash payment, representing an advance credit for trading expense

Certain Irish Sea border checks to be introduced under the Northern Ireland Protocol have been postponed further by unilateral decision of the UK government.

The mayor of Rome has reported a neighbouring regional government to criminal prosecutors over its alleged failure to prevent wild boar invading the capital city.

The UK government's proposed amnesty for killings and serious crimes related to the Troubles is even more far-reaching than the widely-criticised amnesty introduced by Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet, according to a new analysis. A team of legacy experts based within Queen's University Bel

An independent community law centre is launching a series of free environmental justice advice clinics to mark the UN International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. The clinics, launched by the Coolock-based Centre for Environmental Justice within Community Law & Mediation (CLM), will focus on a

LK Shields has announced the appointment of Daniel Faulkner and Colin Gannon as associate solicitors. Mr Faulkner has joined the firm's corporate and commercial team, advising in the areas of corporate law, M&A, corporate structuring/restructuring and energy and natural resources.

US employment and immigration law firm Ogletree Deakins is set to expand into Northern Ireland with the establishment of a legal support centre in Belfast. Around 78 jobs will be created over the next three years with support from Invest Northern Ireland, which has offered £312,000 in financia

A prominent lawyer has warned employers to take care around mandatory retirement ages after a nurse was awarded €85,000 in compensation after being forced to retire at the age of 66. Richard Grogan, partner at Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors in Dublin, told The Times that the "days o

A&L Goodbody has announced the appointment of seven associates in its Belfast office.

The introduction of multi-party litigation in Ireland should form part of the national action plan against racism, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The human rights watchdog said multi-party litigation would allow victims of rights violations and discrimination to collectivel

A medical committee's decision to refuse a kidney donation from a convicted criminal has been overturned by a court on the basis there is no such thing as a "criminal kidney". A judge in the southern Indian state of Kerala said the organ transplant authorisation committee should not have examined th