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The Law Reform Commission has published an Irish language version of the revised Official Languages Act 2003. A consolidated Revised Act version of the 2003 Act — which has had more than 120 amendments — was published in English in 2022.

Matheson LLP has awarded the inaugural Matheson National College of Ireland Adrian Jordan Bursary to third-year IT student Seán Geaney. Mr Geaney, who is from Rush, Co Dublin, has recently begun his work placement with Matheson.

An innovative new online child maintenance calculator has been launched to help parents in coming to arrangements on child maintenance payments. The calculator was launched yesterday and can be accessed online at www.childmaintenancecalculator.ie.

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with drugs offences after telling a podcast he once took ecstasy decades ago. The controversial left-wing politician and leader of the MeRA25 party said he had tried ecstasy in Australia in 1989 but was discouraged from doing so again a

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Survivors of industrial schools are to be issued with certificates confirming they do not have a criminal record. The measure was announced by the justice, home affairs and migration minister, Jim O'Callaghan, shortly after an apology to survivors of institutional abuse which was made by Taoiseach M

A major review of regulations to identify and tackle barriers to infrastructure delivery has been announced by the government. The review is set to be undertaken by the new Regulatory Simplification Unit which has been established in the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Servi

Juries will be abolished in High Court defamation cases from next month, the government has confirmed. Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan yesterday signed a commencement order bringing most of the provisions of the Defamation (Amendment) Act 2026 into force from 1 March 202

Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne has been formally appointed as chairperson of the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO).

Artificial intelligence will be embedded across the English court system as part of a sweeping programme of reform aimed at delivering “faster and fairer justice for victims”, the UK's justice secretary David Lammy has said. Speaking at a Microsoft AI event at the Excel Centre in London,

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has expanded its banking and finance team with three new appointments. Nichola Coghlan has been appointed as legal director, alongside Andrew McClurg as associate and Hannah Roleston as solicitor.

Northern Ireland barrister Emma McIlveen has been appointed as an employment judge in Scotland. A specialist in employment and public law, Ms McIlveen is qualified in four jurisdictions, frequently acting in England and Wales and both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland.

Philip Lee LLP has promoted Catriona Walsh, Abisola Odunayo, Kevin Ryan and Max Bail to senior associate. Ms Walsh has been promoted to senior associate in the employment and immigration team, while Ms Odunayo has been promoted in the corporate and commercial department.

A senior judge in Pakistan has been removed from office after it emerged he obtained his law degree through fraud. Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri served on Islamabad High Court for five years before the invalidity of his undergraduate degree at the University of Karachi came to light.

The Law Society of Ireland has said it is "deeply concerned" by government proposals to introduce a flat fee model for criminal legal aid in District Court cases. Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan this week said his proposed new model “will lead to a more efficient s