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Limerick native Rachael Leahy has been appointed as company secretary and head of legal for the Shannon Group, the umbrella organisation for Shannon Airport Authority, Shannon Heritage, IASC and Shannon Commercial Properties. Ms Leahy joined the Shannon Group in November 2014 as head of legal with r

Legislative plans to establish a "robust regulatory framework" to deal with the spread of harmful online content have been set out by the Government. Communications Minister Richard Bruton today published the general scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, which he would be the first

Over 100 new apprentice solicitors have been welcomed by the Law Society of Northern Ireland this week.

McCann FitzGerald has congratulated its newly-qualified solicitors on the beginning of their careers with the firm.

Mason Hayes & Curran partner Deirdre Munnelly and associate Aisling Pierce examine a recent judgment criticising lawyers who refer their clients for specialist medical evaluation in the absence of a referral from the client’s primary treating doctor. On appeal to the High Court, two person

Families bereaved and injured in IRA bombings allegedly using Libyan-supplied Semtex have launched civil claims aimed at the State of Libya. Belfast firm KRW Law is acting for a number of families affected by fatal explosions in Belfast, Enniskillen, Derry, Newry and London between 1987 and 1994.

Jason O'Sullivan, solicitor and public affairs consultant at J.O.S Solicitors, comments on the tax on food supplements introduced in Ireland this month. The current bed shortage crisis escalating daily throughout Irish hospitals is unprecedented and unlikely to abate any time soon, despite questiona

Stricter new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations have come into force across the UK with effect from today. The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 update the UK's AML regime to incorporate international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an

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A man has named 17 of his cats as co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit against animal welfare authorities. Damon Fields has been told he can only keep five of the 17 cats after a neighbour filed a complaint about the smell.

Construction lawyer Killian Dorney has rejoined specialist law firm Beale & Co as a partner in the firm's Dublin office. Mr Dorney, who worked with the firm earlier in his career, rejoins from A&L Goodbody, where he spent the last year-and-a-half as a construction associate.

The introduction of domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) in Northern Ireland has moved forward with the launch of a recruitment process for three independent chairs. The DHR process was introduced in England and Wales in 2011 under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crimes and Victims Act 2004 and its

RTÉ has said it will appeal the determination of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in favour of a former employee it forced to retire at 65. The WRC yesterday ordered the broadcaster to pay €100,000 in compensation to former TV producer-director Anne Roper after she suffered discr

Arthur Cox has topped the league table of Irish M&A legal advisers by both deal value and volume for 2019. The firm advised on 34 transactions valued at over $107 billion in US dollars, according to the Mergermarket report.

A landmark case concerning the circumstances in which a border poll will be held in Northern Ireland will be heard by the Court of Appeal in Belfast today. Victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord is appealing the High Court's June 2018 ruling that the Northern Ireland Secretary does not have to ma