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A bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, commissioned by Art for Human Rights and Human Rights in China (HRIC), has been unveiled at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway. It was announced last week that the bust by Czech sculptor Marie Šeborová

Greater investment in Northern Ireland's civil legal aid budget is needed to protect survivors of domestic abuse, a leader of Women's Aid has told MLAs. Sonya McMullan, regional services manager of the Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland, reinforced to MLAs the severity of the impact of potentia

Marc Hickey has joined HF Ireland as partner and head of commercial litigation. He will head a Dublin-based team focused on advising clients on a broad range of commercial issues including banking, shareholder, partnership and contract disputes.

Coimisiún na Meán has launched a formal review of online platforms' systems for reporting illegal content. TikTok, X, YouTube, Meta, LinkedIn, Temu, Pinterest, Shein, Etsy, Dropbox, Hostelworld and Tumblr have been issued with formal requests for information to ensure they are complyin

Matheson has appointed Alice Duffy as partner and Rachel Barry and Jennifer Bassett as senior associates in its employment, pensions and benefits group. The firm's employment and pensions team now includes 28 specialist lawyers, including six partners and 11 senior associates.

A man has been accused of using generative AI to fraudulently obtain more than $10 million in royalties from music streaming services using fake music and fake listeners. New York man Michael Smith, 52, was arrested by the FBI last week in connection with the alleged fraud, which involved hundreds o

Law student Jordan Wilson has been awarded the 2024 Pat Finucane Memorial Aisling Education Bursary. Mr Wilson, who is studying law at Queen's University Belfast, was presented with the bursary by Peadar Madden of Madden & Finucane Solicitors.

Two law students have been chosen as Ireland's UN youth delegates for the coming year.

A consultation is seeking views on Ireland's implementation of new EU rules aimed at protecting media pluralism and independence. The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is leading the national implementation of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).

Donal Lunny KC has taken up office as chair of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland, supported by Denise Kiley KC as vice chair and Peter Coll KC as bursar. Mr Lunny said: "The Bar Council will seek to protect and enhance the virtues of our independence as a bar and as individual barristers and incre

Campaigners calling for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements have published a legal opinion which argues the move is fully compatible with EU law. The opinion was written by two experts on EU trade law: Professor Takis Tridimas, a former legal advisor to the European Commission and Europe

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans has congratulated Anna Thompson, Adam Lynch, Luke Scholfield, Lucy Scott, Lucy Dawson, Leah Harvey and Tim Carson on the completion of their training contracts.

Legislation to extend the franchise for Seanad's university seats is to be introduced in response to a Supreme Court ruling last year. Mr Justice Gerard Hogan ruled in April 2023 that there was a constitutional obligation on the Oireachtas to extend the franchise as a result of the Seventh Amendment

An independent inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been announced by the UK government. Mr Finucane, who co-founded Madden & Finucane Solicitors, was murdered in his home in north Belfast on 12 February 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries who acted in collusion with UK

Sentencing remarks could be included in plans to allow some broadcasting from Northern Ireland courtrooms, the justice minister has suggested. The Lady Chief Justice recently oversaw a broadcasting pilot which saw BBC NI, UTV, Sky News, ITN and PA Media film — but not broadcast — the han