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In an un-bee-leviable story, a woman has denied releasing a swarm of bees upon police as they tried to serve an eviction notice on her. Rorie S Woods, 55, from Massachusetts, faces charges of assault and battery and pleaded not guilty before being released on bail.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. About 50 people killed in Chad protests, government says

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) will sit in the Cayman Islands from 15–18 November, the first time it has sat in an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The JCPC is the highest court of appeal for many Commonwealth countries, as well as the UK’s overseas territori

Quashed planning decisions can now be remitted by the courts back to a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála for reconsideration under legislative changes aimed at preventing delays to developments. The changes provided for by section 22 of the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuatio

Most professionals in Ireland's financial services sector are worried about personal exposure to liability arising from new proposed legislation, according to a survey conducted by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The law firm surveyed almost 200 senior banking and financial services

Over 1,000 people from corporate Ireland participated in A&L Goodbody's Corporate Crime and Regulation Summit yesterday. The summit, which has taken place every year since 2019, brings together leading experts, regulators, law enforcement officials and business leaders to discuss key issues and

The president and senior members of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) are in Dublin today for a series of meetings and a major human rights conference. The six-judge delegation includes Judge Robert Spano, the outgoing president, as well as Judge Síofra O'Leary, the Irish judge due t

Legislation is set to be drafted to bring the regulation of nursing homes in line with the recommendations of the Covid-19 nursing home expert panel report. The Health (Amendment) Bill will make a number of amendments to the Health Act 2007, which provides for the regulation of designated centres fo

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has been ordered to appoint Tara McManus to the position of assistant to the general secretary after finding that she was victimised for raising a complaint of discrimination. Ms McManus, a member of An Garda Síochána since February 2000, lodg

Northern Ireland's new three-year modern slavery and human trafficking strategy has gone out to consultation. The 12-week public consultation seeks views and comments from individuals and organisations across all sectors to ensure that the resulting strategy is as informed, comprehensive and effecti

LK Shields Solicitors has appointed Jamie Ritchie as head of its projects and construction team. Mr Ritchie has over 10 years' experience in construction and engineering matters and has played a central role in working with some of the firm's largest domestic and international clients on their infra

A burglar met her match after being wrestled to the ground by an octogenarian sister in a failed attempt to steal a convent's collection pot. The intruder had failed to account for one brave sister who stopped the assailant and raised the alarm before the thief could escape with the money.

Russia is to make LGBT advocacy a criminal offence in an effort to fight western "decadence". There will be heavy fines for anyone spreading LGBT "propaganda", including “non-traditional relationships”.

The Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights have opened up the court’s collaborative knowledge-sharing platform (ECHR-KS) to legal professionals, academics and the wider public. The platform presents the latest analysis of case-law developments in a thematic and contextualised

Suella Braverman KC has attained the distinction of being the shortest-serving home secretary in British history. Ms Braverman, who took silk upon being appointed attorney general in 2020, breached the ministerial code after she sent a government document to someone who was not authorised to receive