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A requirement that a fifth of all new recruits in the public service will have to be competent in the Irish language will be introduced by the end of 2030 under new government plans. The Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019, currently being considered by the Oireachtas, will be strengthened by g

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane have returned to the High Court in Belfast to challenge the UK government's delay in responding to a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling nearly two years ago. The Supreme Court ruled in February 2019 that the state has failed to deliver an Article 2

Employers have been urged to recognise the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on employees' mental health and ensure they have a robust mental health strategy and risk assessments in place. Ciara McLoughlin, head of employment for DLA Piper in Ireland, said the pandemic has exacerbated existing mental

A new report published by the Department of Justice examines cybercrime threats to Ireland and the most effective means of responding to them. The Department has published the findings from its international literature review on cybercrime to coincide with European Cyber Security Month.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recorded 1,627 data breaches over the entirety of the 2019-20 financial year, up from 1,378 in the previous financial year, according to official figures.  The data, contained in the annual CPS report and analysed by Griffin Law, a UK litigation practice,

A daughter is suing a historian who claims the woman's mother had a relationship with an SS guard. The woman is suing academic Anna Hájková, associate professor of modern continental European history at Warwick University in a court in Frankfurt for €25,000.

A police crackdown on speeding cyclists has been met with widespread derision on social media. Officers in Toronto posted photos on social media of them using radar guns to track the speed of cyclists on bike paths.

A psychiatric nurse, identified only as T, has successfully challenged a Fitness to Practise report. The matter has been remitted to the Committee. T took judicial proceedings against the Chief Executive Officer of The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (the CEO), the Fitness to Practise Committ

Sympathy in legal ranks for the predicament of embattled Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Séamus Woulfe would appear to be ebbing, with a snap Irish Legal News poll finding most respondents now believe he should resign in light of golfgate. Sixty-three per cent of the 243 readers who took part

The Legal Aid Board is bracing for an increase in demand and delays in accessing legal services due to the Covid-19 pandemic, its chairperson Philip O'Leary has said.

Northern Ireland's solicitor and barrister professions have rebuked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his disparaging remarks about "lefty human rights lawyers". In a party conference speech, Mr Johnson said his government is "stopping the whole criminal justice system from being hamstrung by what th

Irish disability law expert Professor Gerard Quinn has been appointed as the UN rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. A qualified barrister and prominent legal academic, he is professor emeritus in law at NUI Galway, where he previously directed the world-leading Centre on Internati

A former UK Supreme Court president has warned that when a society deprives people of the right to challenge the government in court "you are in a dictatorship; you are in a tyranny". In a discussion on the Internal Market Bill, Lord Neuberger, David Neuberger, a former president of the Supreme

HR professionals do not expect their workplaces to fully re-open until after April 2021, according to a new survey conducted by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The law firm surveyed nearly 300 HR professionals who participated in a recent webinar on key issues for HR teams as organisations continue to

Government plans to make Ireland "climate neutral by 2050" are set to be enshrined in law under a new bill published today. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020 establishes a 2050 emissions target and introduces a system of successive five-year, economy-wide carbon bud