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Pictured (l-r): Cian Clinch, Sarah Byrne, James Kelly, Martha Wilson, David Phelan, Conor Morgan, Fiona Shipsey, Tomás Nyhan and Jeremy Erwin Hayes Solicitors has announced the promotion of three partners and five associates across its healthcare, property and commercial teams.

Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed Gerard Kelly as head of the firm's intellectual property team, taking over from Richard Woulfe.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin There is a "systematic overuse" of imprisonment as punishment in Ireland, according to a new report on penal reform and sentencing published by the Oireachtas justice committee.

The new Parole Bill will assign importance to the rights of victims as well as the rights of offenders, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has told a conference hosted by the Law Society of Ireland.

The Department of Justice is hosting an event to inform stakeholders about the new arrangements for the collection and enforcement of financial penalties imposed in criminal courts. The new arrangements, due to take effect from 1 June 2018, are designed to tackle the long-standing problem of fine de

Pictured (l-r): Nicholas Butcher, Managing Partner, Maples and Calder; Joanne Drum, Education Officer, National Gallery of Ireland; and Sean Rainbird, Director, National Gallery of Ireland Maples and Calder has announced a new first-of-its-kind corporate partnership with the National Gallery of Irel

Gareth Noble, child law partner at KOD Lyons, addressed a public meeting on the needs of children with additional needs last night.

The UK government has accepted a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) proposal for a review of press standards in Northern Ireland. The review was dubbed a "Leveson for Northern Ireland" by DUP MP Ian Paisley, but it will not take the form of a statutory inquiry, according to Culture Secretary Matt Hanco

The High Court has directed that legislative changes must be made in order to address a “lacuna” in the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, which meant that the Medical Council of Ireland was unable to intervene in the Health Service Executive regularly appointing consultants who were not registered

Solicitor and banker Basil Geoghegan has been appointed chairman designate of DAA, the operator of Dublin Airport and Cork Airport. Mr Geoghegan (pictured) is a qualified solicitor, having worked with Slaughter and May in London. He holds an LLB from Trinity College Dublin and an LLM from the Europe

A new draft paper on legacy matters which has been circulated by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) does not include controversial proposals for a statute of limitations for prosecuting ex-soldiers. The UK government suggested last year that it would include such a measure in the consultation documen

A property developer from County Down has become the first person to be convicted for failing to comply with the Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) in Northern Ireland. Bartley Murphy, 53, stole more than £422,000 in tax after failing to declare that he built and sold 16 houses in the Racecourse

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has welcomed Government legislative proposals to protect children from discrimination in admission to schools. The Commission recommended in 2015 and 2016 that the Equal Status Act be amended to give practical effect to the existing right of chi

The UK Supreme Court is hearing the case of an Irish man who was wrongly convicted of attempted rape and is seeking compensation. Victor Nealon, from Dublin, was wrongly convicted in January 1997 and imprisoned until his release in December 2013, when new DNA evidence made his conviction unsafe.

The ambitious reform programme set out by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in 2016 is behind schedule and may be unachievable, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. In a new report published today, the NAO said the service - which completed the first stage of reforms in September - f