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Mason Hayes & Curran has welcomed its first group of summer interns for 2025.

Sligo solicitors and invited guests enjoyed the Sligo Solicitors Bar Association's annual summer soirée over the June bank holiday weekend.

Senior Irish legal figures have met with Lord Hermer KC, the attorney general for England and Wales, on his recent visit to Dublin. Ireland's attorney general, Rossa Fanning SC, is said to have spoken with his English counterpart about the UK and Ireland's close geography, shared culture, and joint

Over 1,000 legal professionals, their families and friends took part in the annual Calcutta Run in Dublin on Saturday. The Irish legal sector's largest ESG event aimed this year to raise €350,000 for its charity partners, The Hope Foundation and Dublin Simon Community.

The Bar of Ireland has presented its annual human rights award to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC).

The Supreme Court yesterday sat in Letterkenny, Co Donegal in its first-ever sitting in the north-west of Ireland.

EU commissioner Michael McGrath was welcomed to University College Dublin this week to deliver a guest lecture on the European Commission’s role in upholding the rule of law.

Catfishing and online scams were the focus of a recent event organised by the Media, Internet and Data Protection Bar Association (MIDBA). The "Hook, Line and Victim" event on Wednesday examined the methodology of online scams, what is done to combat them, and what remedies there are for the victims

Cork barristers have raised over €9,000 for the Irish Cancer Society in memory of Jane Anne Rothwell BL and all their colleagues lost to cancer. The Cork Bar has raised tens of thousands of euros for cancer charities since Ms Rothwell passed away in 2018.

One of New York City's busiest courts has hosted a first-of-its-kind event to celebrate the Irish heritage of Brooklyn.

Transition year students were welcomed to Dublin's Green Street Courthouse last week for a mock trial staged as part of the Bar of Ireland's Look into Law programme. Now in its 10th year, the programme welcomed 96 students from 96 schools encompassing 24 DEIS schools spanning across 21 counties in I

Retired Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Marie Baker delivered the keynote address at the Bar of Ireland's annual International Women's Day celebration last week.

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

Noeline Blackwell has been presented with an award from the Women in Law Society at the University of Galway in recognition of her outstanding contribution to furthering the human rights of women in Ireland.

Government ministers Jack Chambers and Thomas Byrne were welcomed to the official launch of Keoghs Ireland LLP, formerly OBL Solicitors. It was announced last October that the Dublin law firm, established in 2000 by Jack O'Brien and Michael Lynam, was to become part of Keoghs, the legal solutions ar