The Bar Of Ireland

The Financial Services Bar Association (FSBA) put the focus on advocacy and strategy in financial services disputes at its recent annual conference.

Media, technology and legal experts came together on Friday to explore the evolving landscape of the law in these areas.

Judges could soon give sentence discounts on the basis that Ireland's prisons are overcrowded, a leading expert in criminal law has suggested. Professor Tom O'Malley SC will speak about the prison overcrowding crisis next week at an event jointly hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is becoming "increasingly central to the legal profession", a survey conducted by the Bar of Ireland has found.

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Bar of Ireland Human Rights Award. The charity's chief executive officer, Rachel Morrogh, will collect the award on behalf of DRCC at The Bar of Ireland's human rights conference on Saturday.

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

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.

The Bar of Ireland has launched a pilot internship programme for law students passionate about pursuing a career as a barrister. The programme, which will run from 23 June to 3 July 2025, is now inviting applications from students currently enrolled in law schools that offer degrees approved for adm

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practitioners have been invited to share their insights with The Bar of Ireland. A five-minute survey is seeking views which will be compiled into a comprehensive, free report on the state of ADR in Ireland in 2025, which will be valuable to both practitioners an

Barrister Jim O'Callaghan SC's appointment as justice minister has been met with a warm welcome from the Bar Council as it seeks urgent progress on criminal legal aid fee levels. The Fianna Fáil TD, who called to the Bar in 1993 and became a senior counsel in 2008, was named last week as

The Probate Bar Association of Ireland held its annual conference on the theme "Estates: Home and Abroad" on Friday.

The Bar Council has launched a "manifesto for fairness" ahead of the general election later this month.

The Bar of Ireland has congratulated its 27 members who are being called to the Inner Bar at the Supreme Court. The call to the Inner Bar, often referred to as “taking silk” in reference to their silk robes, is a recognition of a barrister’s exceptional legal expertise, professiona

The Bar of Ireland has said it will consult its members on next steps after an eight per cent increase in legal aid fees fell "short of what criminal practitioners had been expecting". The increase, which follows an unprecedented withdrawal of services by barristers over three days this summer, will

The Bar of Ireland has urged the government to use Budget 2025 to restore the full range of FEMPI-era cuts to criminal barristers working for the State. In its pre-budget submission, published today, the representative body for over 2,000 practising barristers also calls for restoration of the pay l