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Co Kilkenny firm Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors has announced plans to host a free event for people interested in exploring surrogacy as a route to parenthood in Ireland. Annette Hickey, head of the firm's surrogacy and fertility law team, will speak alongside surrogacy experts, couples who have

The benefits of mediation for farming and agriculture businesses will be promoted at the Ploughing Championship for the first time, the Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has said. The professional association for mediators in Ireland said it would have an information stand at the Ploughing to pr

The ISPCA has called for the government to introduce mandatory minimum animal welfare standards for animal rescue organisations following the prosecution of a woman who ran a rescue centre. Beatrix Urban, 55, pleaded guilty in Mullingar District Court to 25 offences under the Animal Health and Welfa

Police officers responding to reports of machine-gun fire and screams arrived to find a children's birthday party in the middle of a foam pellet gun battle. Oliver Green, who was celebrating his eighth birthday, told BBC News he "put my hands up and dropped my gun" when officers arrived at his party

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley, has been granted an order vacating the hearing date of an application for judicial review which sought to compel the Secretary of State and the Executive Office to follow recommendations made in the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry r

An immigration lawyer has raised concerns over access to justice following a High Court judge's decision to refuse costs to applicants in three cases. Mr Justice David Keane declined to make an order for costs in three immigration cases after finding it was not reasonable for the applicants to take

The Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP) has published its first volume of reports for 2018, highlighting the difficulties in finding suitable placements for children in care who need therapeutic support. Five of the 30 reports published today concern situations where no suitable placement was a

New research from Ulster University has found that an individual's right to a fair trial can be in danger if they go to court without legal representation. Gráine McKeever, professor of law and social justice at Ulster University, led the first study of its kind in association with the Northe

Dublin employment solicitor Harry Wall has been appointed principal employee relations specialist at medical technology company Medtronic. Mr Wall took up the position this month after leaving Ronan Daly Jermyn in August, where he worked as an employment law solicitor for the past two years.

Gardaí failed to pursue charges in around 6,000 cases involving young offenders deemed unsuitable for a youth diversion programme, The Times reports. The figure was presented to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris following an internal audit examining the seven-year period between 2010 and 2017.

The nine-week trial of Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison has cost more than half a million pounds and is likely to rise further, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Mr Jackson and Mr Olding were found not guilty of rape in March at the end of t

This week the EU Parliament adopted a new revised draft of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Market. The proposed EU legislation includes some significant changes to the copyright regime and a couple of surprise additions introduced at the last minute by the EU Parliament, explains Ron Mosco

The number of claims lodged with the Employment Tribunal alleging discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has nearly doubled over the past year, The Times reports. There were 203 such claims in 2016/17 compared to 377 in 2017/18, which experts suggested was driven by changing social atti

Business leaders have been called upon to sleep-out at the Law Society of Ireland's headquarters to raise cash for homelessness charity Focus Ireland. Its seventh annual Shine A Light Business Leaders fundraiser will take place at Blackhall Place on Friday 12 October.

Between the 9th and 10th of August 1971, the British Army initiated ‘Operation Demetrius’ in Northern Ireland – which involved the arrest and internment of hundreds of people suspected of being associated with the IRA. Of those arrested and interned during Operation Demetrius, four