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A cardinal climbed down a manhole to restore power for hundreds of people who had been left without electricity for a week. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski said the move was a "desperate gesture" as the 400 occupants of the building were left "without even the possibility of operating the refrigerators".

A man who was convicted of rape and indecent assault in 1996 has lost a challenge to the mechanism for reviewing notification requirements. Rejecting the application, Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan was satisfied that the review mechanism was compatible with the European Convention of Human Rights, and t

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the launch of a Dublin office out of concern about the impact of Brexit on its Irish law insurance practice. Insurance and reinsurance partner Garrett Moore, who is qualified in Ireland and in England and Wales, has been appointed to lead the firm's first

McCann FitzGerald has announced the appointment of eight new partners and consultants across the firm, including its first-ever partners outside of Dublin and London. The firm has elevated Laura Treacy, Niall Best, Richard Gill, Doug McMahon and Rosaleen Byrne to partner, while Louise Delahunty, Cat

Solicitor Grainne Hennessy has been nominated for appointment to the board of Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI). Ms Hennessy is a senior solicitor at Arthur Cox with over 27 years' experience in advising lenders and borrowers on the funding of real estate investments, including some of the larges

A firm has been fined €280,000 in the first enforcement action taken against a stockbroker for breaches of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010. Stockbroker Campbell O'Connor & Company has admitted five breaches between July 2010 and November 2016 relatin

The Law Reform Commission may not issue a report on whether pre-nuptial agreements should be given legal recognition in Ireland until 2021, according to reports. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has refused to commit to the introduction of a legal framework for pre-nuptial agreements until the law

The family of a teenager who was murdered by loyalists in 1973 have launched a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for alleged misfeasance in public office and negligence. Henry Cunningham, from Co Donegal, was shot dead at 16 years old following a UVF ambush in August 1973.

Nearly one in five packs of cigarettes held by Irish smokers are classified as illegal, according to the Revenue Commissioners. The 2018 Illegal Tobacco Products Research Survey, conducted by Ipsos MRBI for Revenue and the HSE National Tobacco Control Office, found that 13 per cent of the packs held

Family law solicitor Karen Tobin of Cork firm Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has qualified as a mediator. Ms Tobin has completed training accredited by the Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII), which covers key skills including recognising conflict behaviours, emotional intelligence, mediation practice

An organisation representing sex workers in Ireland has welcomed the conviction of a man for raping two women who were working as escorts. The Sex Workers' Alliance Ireland (SWAI) said it had provided support to the two women during the course of the criminal investigation into Gheorghe Goidan, who

Family law expert Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, addressed a major Belfast conference about the legal remedies for victims of domestic abuse. Ms Edgar was invited to speak at a conference hosted by the Belfast Domestic and Sexual Violence Partnership (BDSVP), which was a

The standard of proof applied by inquests when deciding if someone has committed suicide or not has been lowered by appeal judges, The Guardian reports. Coroners and juries previously applied the criminal standard to the question of whether someone had committed suicide but three appeal court judges

Judges in the Netherlands have refused to extradite a suspected drugs smuggler to the UK over concerns that conditions at HMP Liverpool are "inhuman and degrading", the Liverpool Echo reports. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said: "Since providing reassurances the court has postponed its decision."

A law professor representing Harvey Weinstein in his upcoming rape and sexual assault trial has been dropped from his position as a faculty dean at Harvard Law School. Professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr and his wife, fellow law lecturer Stephanie Robinson, will no longer be faculty deans of Winthrop Ho