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Hayes Solicitors secured victory in the Calcutta Run Golf Classic 2023, with 50 teams taking part and raising €20,000 for the Calcutta Run’s two partner charities, The Hope Foundation and the Peter McVerry Trust. The competition took place at Castleknock Golf Club on Friday 19 May, with t

Minsters have nominated Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly for appointment to the Supreme Court, and Mr Justice Charles Meenan and Ms Justice Tara Burns for appointment to the Court of Appeal. The nominations follow the passing of the Courts Bill 2023 earlier this month, allowing for the appointment of 24 a

UK and Ireland firm Browne Jacobson LLP has announced a record turnover of £105 million in the year ending 30 April 2023, a 12 per cent increase in the year it opened its first international office in Dublin. The firm has more than doubled its turnover from £50 million in 2014, which it

The house where Adolf Hitler was born is to be repurposed as a human rights training centre for Austrian police officers. The redevelopment of the 17th century house in Braunau am Inn at a cost of €20 million will begin later this year after an expert committee rejected alternative proposals to

Katie Prendergast BL has been appointed as CEO of charity The SCOOP Foundation. SCOOP stands for 'Supporting Children Out of Poverty' and the charity focuses on empowering displaced and marginalised young people to fulfil their potential in Ireland and abroad.

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of 26 new senior associates across the firm. Paul Barry, Gareth Collins and James Hodgson have been appointed as senior associates in the asset management and investment funds team, while Fintan Kerins has been appointed in the aviation and asset finance team

A solicitor who objected to a strategic housing development in Limerick on environmental grounds has welcomed a decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for a second time. Limerick solicitor Michelle Hayes, president of Environmental Trust Ireland, said the proposed developm

The Children's Law Centre (CLC) has called for urgent action after an independent review of special educational needs (SEN) services in Northern Ireland found that early intervention for children is almost impossible under the current system and processes. The Ipsos review, published yesterday, was

University of Limerick students Benjamin Blackman, Hailey McLeod, Japnit Bhata, Harry Gribben and Kathleen Coll have won the Kate Fleming Memorial Mediation Competition. The competition, hosted by UL Law School, involves law and medical students working together in multi-disciplinary teams to settle

The civil legal aid scheme should be extended to cover housing issues amid a "protracted housing, homelessness and accommodation crisis", the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has recommended. The rights body has published its submission to the independent review of the civil legal aid sche

A lawyer who returned to his abandoned humanities course after his retirement is set to break the world record for longest time taken to complete a university degree. Arthur Ross, 71, will tomorrow be conferred the bachelor of arts degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) which he first

Matheson has partnered with University College Dublin (UCD) to launch a new Matheson Diversity in Law Newman Fellowship which aims to promote greater diversity within the legal profession. The fellowship will contribute to building research-based evidence in the field of access to legal education fo

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs welcomed civic and business leaders from the firm's native Ohio to its new Dublin office following the launch of a new direct flight from Ohio to Ireland. Squire Patton Boggs was founded in Cleveland, Ohio and the visit of the delegation from north-east Ohio coinc

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed two partners, a legal director and three senior associates in Belfast. Private equity lawyer Lisa Early and construction law specialist Ciaran McNamara have been made partners, while employment lawyer Craig Patterson has become a legal director. Sa

The maximum sentence for assaults on gardaí, prison officers, soldiers and emergency workers is set to be increased to 12 years' imprisonment under government plans. The government will propose an amendment to the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill to significantly increase the