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Representatives of the Irish judiciary, government and legal professions have returned from a New York trade mission to promote Ireland as an EU hub for conducting international legal business.

The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is to lead a new judicial working group to explore the family court system and make recommendations for improvements and reform. Announcing the move in her speech to mark the opening of the Northern Ireland legal year yesterday, Dame Siobhan Keegan said she

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for the immediate establishment of a redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse. A redress scheme is one of the recommendations in the report of the scoping inquiry set up to examine historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools r

Dublin-based commercial law firm OCWM Law LLP is to merge with Holmes O'Malley Sexton LLP from 1 October 2024. The combined firm will offer commercial law services to clients across corporate finance/M & A, commercial, commercial real estate, banking, litigation, employment, regulatory, insolven

DLA Piper has become the first UK firm to record annual revenues of more than £3 billion. The firm saw a 6.3 per cent increase in earnings in the past year, taking its revenue to £3.01bn — far head of its magic circle rivals.

The Law Society of Ireland has unveiled a new Elephant in the Room sculpture to promote mental health awareness. Elephant in the Room is a social enterprise which aims to challenge the stigma around mental health using sculptures of elephants.

A bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo is to be unveiled at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at the University of Galway.

An Garda Síochána's body-worn camera pilot has been extended to Waterford, the last of three planned pilot locations. The first trial commenced in Dublin in early June, and the second in Limerick in early August.

Fianna Fáil has called for a ban on so-called 'dynamic pricing' after Oasis fans were blindsided with unexpectedly high ticket prices over the weekend. Senator Timmy Dooley and TDs Niamh Smyth and Jim O'Callaghan are introducing the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and S

A thief has apologised for stealing a 20kg statue of a gorilla and then texting his friend: "LOL I stole a gorilla, so what?" Australian man Matthew Newbould, 33, said he spontaneously made the "very silly" decision to steal the beloved ornament — named Garry — from the garden of a retir

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The UK has signed the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The Council of Europe Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of

A team of Irish lawyers has been instructed by four European organisations of judges to bring an appeal in an ongoing legal battle to stop Poland receiving EU funds until all judges sanctioned by the previous government are rehabilitated.

Patricia MacBride has been appointed as a lay member of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC). Ms MacBride, who was a lay magistrate from 2005 until 2008, has been appointed for a five-year term until 2 September 2029.

Philip Lee senior associate Maeve Delargy has been shortlisted for an LGBTQ+ Person of the Year Award. Ms Delargy is one of four nominees in the category at Ireland’s only LGBTQ+ awards, the GALAS, run by the National LGBT Federation (NXF).