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Accomplished lawyers Elaine Fox, Lisa Gallagher, Michelle Cunningham and Katie da Gama shared insights at an International Women's Day lunch hosted by Johnson Hana. The invite-only event, "The Power of Perspective: Lessons from Female Leaders", took place in the private dining area of The Ivy,

An Irish business lobby group has accused lawyers of profiting from "abusive and vexatious defamation litigation". The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) has criticised the government's Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024, which it says does not go far enough to protect small busines

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) is taking part in Europe-wide enforcement actions focused on the "right to be forgotten". The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) last week announced its co-ordinated enforcement framework (CEF) action for 2025, involving 32 data protection authorities ac

Squire Patton Boggs has promoted Dublin-based corporate lawyers Nessa McHugh and Ciara Downes. Ms McHugh has been promoted to senior associate while Ms Downes has been promoted to the rank of associate II.

Gender pay gap reports from all private and public sector organisations are to be brought together on a new online portal for the first time. Around 6,000 organisations — including many law firms — will be required to report their gender pay data to the new portal when it launches in the

Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has appointed Aoife Kelly-Desmond as its new chief executive officer. Ms Kelly-Desmond previously served as managing solicitor at Mercy Law Resource Centre, an independent law centre which provides free legal advice and representation to individuals experienc

A lawyer has been awarded compensation from a cinema chain after complaining that it showed too many adverts before a film. The 31-year-old lawyer from Bangalore said he missed a work call as a result of the 25 minutes of adverts shown before a screening in 2023.

Nationals of Eswatini, Lesotho and Nauru are now required to obtain a visa before travelling to Ireland. The change, which takes effect from today, also applies to transit visas, which will now be required for nationals of those countries intending to transit through Ireland en route to another dest

The long-awaited new Judicial Appointments Commission has been formally established and will soon begin to advertise judicial vacancies. The first judicial vacancies to be filled under the new system will be advertised online "in the coming days and weeks", the Courts Service has said.

Irish businesses have been urged to take pro-active steps to ensuring compliance with the EU's new NIS2 Directive. Only 13 per cent of attendees at a William Fry seminar on NIS2 said they were very confident in their vendors' and suppliers' cybersecurity practices.

Businesses operating in the technology sector are being heavily targeted by cyber criminals, according to a new report from Pinsent Masons. The firm's Belfast office this week hosted a launch event for the sixth annual cyber report, with representatives from the financial, energy, transport and hous

The European Commission has published a new roadmap for women's rights ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow. The seven-page document aims to build on the "significant progress" achieved under the EU's gender equality strategy for 2020 to 2025.

Psychologist and bestselling author Dr Katriona O'Sullivan and musician Gemma Dunleavy were special guests at McCann FitzGerald's annual International Women's Day lunch. The event in the Westbury last week saw Dr O'Sullivan, author of Poor, joined on stage by the firm's diversity, equality and inclu

Two recruitment agencies have agreed to undertake equality reviews after being contacted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Sigmar Recruitment and Staffline Recruitment were invited to conduct the reviews by the Commission, using its statutory power under section 32(1)(a) of the

Orla Hubbard and Miah Phelan Sweeny have been appointed as co-chairs of the OUTLaw Network. Founded in 2019, the professional services network is dedicated to promoting and fostering the inclusion of LGBT+ individuals and allies in the legal sector in Ireland.