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Professor Imelda Maher of UCD Sutherland School of Law has been appointed as senior vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). The RIA is Ireland's leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities and membership is considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has directed a fresh inquest into the death of Thomas Burns, who was shot and killed by British soldiers in July 1972. Mr Burns, a 10-year veteran of the British Navy who served in Malta and Singapore, was shot outside the Glen Park Social Club in north Belf

Efforts by businesses to combat modern-day slavery are stagnating, according to an analysis of UK government data by The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), with the number of modern slavery statements submitted to the government registry for 2022 trailing markedly.

The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign has scored a major victory in its fight to win compensation for 1950s-born women affected by short notice changes to their state pension age. The group launched a judicial review in the English High Court earlier this year — raising &

The Supreme Court has upheld a challenge to the constitutionality of the laws governing elections for Seanad University Panels. The legal proceedings were brought by a graduate of the University of Limerick who claimed that the Oireachtas had failed to meet a constitutional obligation to extend the

Albania has accused UK authorities of persecuting one of the country's nationals who was detained on suspicion of dealing cannabis — which turned out to be harmless tea leaves. Agim Agaj, 53, was arrested, strip-searched and detained for 15 hours after police in Dorset stopped his van and spot

Brexit has not had a negative impact on the services sectors in Ireland, the UK and the larger EU economies, a webinar hosted by Matheson LLP has heard. Dan O'Brien, chief economist at the Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA), spoke on the "Brexit Revisited: London Calling" webina

Louth transition year student Saorla McDonagh Sharkey has been named winner of the Law Society of Ireland's inaugural National Gráinne O’Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. The competition invited 1,500-word essays on the topic "The law and social media: striking a balance between f

A citizens' assembly established by the French government has recommended the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted dying. The Citizens' Convention on the End of Life, made up of 184 citizens randomly selected to form a representative selection of French society, submitted its final report to Pres

ChatGPT, the advanced AI-powered chatbot which has taken the world by storm, has been banned in Italy on the orders of the country's data protection authority. In a statement issued on Friday, Italian regulator Garante Privacy said ChatGPT's US operator OpenAI was not transparent about its collectio

A man has been indicted for licking a soy sauce bottle as part of a wave of 'sushi terrorism' plaguing Japan. Ryoga Yoshino, 21 was arrested after an incident at a Kura Sushi branch in Nagoya City last month.

Hayes solicitors LLP has announced that David Mangan is joining the firm as a partner in its growing corporate team. Mr Mangan has over 16 years’ experience in advising his clients on structuring and executing domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, joint

Joan Crawford has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Legal Aid Board. The Legal Aid Board is the statutory, independent body responsible for the provision of civil legal aid and advice to people of modest means.

Unregulated agents who work for landlords will not be able to undertake evictions under new laws to come into effect tomorrow, The Irish Times reports. Nor will landlords be able to introduce personnel from outside the State at short notice, something that has been a feature of high profile eviction

A recording of Baroness O'Neill's John M Kelly Lecture at UCD Sutherland School of Law, entitled Philosophical views on judgement, is now available online. Following a welcome from the dean of law, Professor Laurent Pech, Baroness O'Neill was introduced by Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell.