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Draft legislation to amend Ireland’s “triple lock” on deploying Defence Forces peacekeepers overseas will be brought to Cabinet this week, Tánaiste Simon Harris has confirmed. The triple lock requires that any deployment of more than 12 Irish troops on overseas peacekeeping

The European Commission has launched a public consultation inviting all interested parties to express their views on the functioning of the competition rules applicable to vertical agreements in the automotive sector. These rules include the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER) and the S

Mulholland Law has announced the appointment of John Walsh to its trial and superior courts section. Mr Walsh previously worked for several years with a leading Dublin criminal defence practice and has extensive expertise in complex criminal litigation having acted for clients before the Central and

Students from the University of Galway have won an ECHR competition held at Dublin City University.

Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland are ending an all-out boycott of all legally aided Crown Court cases amid an ongoing dispute over legal aid. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said today that it will not extend the withdrawal of services which began at the start of January and was later exte

Government ministers Jack Chambers and Thomas Byrne were welcomed to the official launch of Keoghs Ireland LLP, formerly OBL Solicitors. It was announced last October that the Dublin law firm, established in 2000 by Jack O'Brien and Michael Lynam, was to become part of Keoghs, the legal solutions ar

A number of people have been deported to Georgia on the first chartered deportation flight under a contract signed by the Irish government late last year. According to media reports, 32 people — 28 men, three women and one child — were removed on the flight from Dublin to Tbilisi yesterd

Northern Ireland firm Carson McDowell has appointed Gary Adair as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution team. An expert in banking litigation and secured recovery actions, Mr Adair brings over 17 years of experience in insolvency, restructuring, and debt recovery.

Belfast-based international libel lawyer Paul Tweed will speak to audiences of Scottish lawyers next month about his experiences battling mainstream media corporations and the new challenges faced in taking on tech giants and platforms like X, Google and Facebook. Mr Tweed, who last year published h

Two people have been convicted of wildlife trafficking charges after unknowingly showing off their illegal goods to off-duty wildlife officials. The couple were on a short-haul flight in California when they struck up a conversation by chance with two people seated nearby, not knowing they were offi

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Amnesty welcomes acquittal of former Turkey chair, laments new crackdown on rights activists | Turkish Minute

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has dismissed applications from a group of pro-independence Catalan parliamentarians who alleged that Spain violated their rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and political participation.

Northern Ireland's justice minister is to launch reporting guidelines aimed at helping news organisations report effectively and sensitively on domestic abuse and violence against women and girls. First released in 2019, the Responsible Reporting Matters framework calls for journalists not to over-s

The Irish government has come under increasing pressure from the Council of Europe to improve the situation of Traveller and Roma communities. An intervention today from the advisory committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities follows a memorandum published by the

Irish-headquartered clinical research organisation ICON plc is facing a class action lawsuit in the US over allegations that it made "false and/or misleading statements" about its financial performance, which the company denies. ICON describes itself as the "world's leading clinical research organis