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Solicitor Sarah Keane is to take the helm of Cricket Ireland. Ms Keane has been appointed as chief executive officer designate and will take on the role from March 2026, becoming the first woman to serve as CEO of a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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Solicitor Sarah Keane is to take the helm of Cricket Ireland. Ms Keane has been appointed as chief executive officer designate and will take on the role from March 2026, becoming the first woman to serve as CEO of a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed a new associate and four newly-qualified solicitors. Ross Clarke joined the firm's dispute resolution department as an associate in August, bringing extensive experience in high-value commercial disputes, including contractual disputes and neg
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International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Stephen Barry as a senior partner within its disputes practice in Ireland. Mr Barry joins Addleshaw Goddard from Eversheds Sutherland, where he spent over 20 years specialising in complex litigation, planning and environmental disputes, as well
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Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has announced nine appointments, including the promotion of Paula Gibson to partner and Mark Thompson to legal director. The appointments span the firm's private client, litigation, corporate, property and construction teams.
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Taylor Wessing has hired Lynda Nyhan as a partner and head of the firm's new Irish employment practice. Ms Nyhan, an accomplished employment specialist, joins from ICON plc, where she was the lead employment counsel for EMEA and APAC.
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Carson McDowell has expanded its healthcare team in Ireland with the appointment of Deirdre Ryan as partner. Ms Ryan joins Carson McDowell from a healthcare defence firm in Cork and brings extensive experience acting for State bodies, public hospitals, and private healthcare providers in complex and
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The Law Society of Northern Ireland has demanded the immediate appointment of a new watchdog following revelations about covert police surveillance directed at solicitors. The PSNI last month published the final report of an independent review conducted by Angus McCullough KC following concerns abou
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Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed a new associate and four newly-qualified solicitors. Ross Clarke joined the firm's dispute resolution department as an associate in August, bringing extensive experience in high-value commercial disputes, including contractual disputes and neg
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The Law Society of Northern Ireland is today facing a rebellion from members over a proposed change to the standard of proof applied by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for Northern Ireland. A special general meeting is taking place this afternoon following a request from more than 50 solicitors
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A judge has acquitted 'Soldier F', the former British soldier accused of murder and attempted murder in connection with the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre. Soldier F was prosecuted for the murder of James Wray and William McKinney and for the attempted murders of Joseph Friel, Michael Quinn, Joe Mahon,
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Mr Justice Adrian Colton has been appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland.
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The Cork Online Law Review (COLR) has invited submissions for its 25th edition, with cash prizes of up to €300 on offer. The student-run law review welcomes submissions in English, Irish and French, of between 3,000–9,000 words in length, conforming with OSCALA referencing style.
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The policing of a Palestine solidarity demonstration earlier this month violated both Garda policies and Ireland's international human rights obligations, according to a new report. The Irish Network of Legal Observers has published its first-ever report, which focuses on a protest which took place
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Professor Catherine O'Rourke has joined Dublin City University (DCU) to research the inadequacies of international law in capturing gendered experiences of harm. Feminist scholars have highlighted how the focus of international law on harm, particularly gender-based harm, fails to capture the broade
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Legal academic Professor Deirdre Madden has been appointed as chairperson of the board of the newly-established Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority (AHRRA). Professor Madden, of the School of Law at University College Cork (UCC) is a specialist in healthcare law and ethics, holding a Ma
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Dr Liam O'Driscoll highlights the need for EU-wide reform following a CJEU ruling on an Irish case concerning the compensation of victims of crime for pain and suffering. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), on 2 October 2025, issued a judgment concerning the scope of Member States&rsq
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The view from Andrew McGahey’s home office south of Navan in Co Meath is an idyllic one. The vista of tranquillity that takes in the Hill of Tara and the River Boyne ends here, though — the EMEA managing partner of Kennedys Law LLP is responsible for seven offices, where daily life is di
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The quest for knowledge has advanced beyond imagination in the millennia since Plato and Aristotle first proposed their theories of epistemology. For legal firms at the leading edge of meeting today’s exacting demands, ‘knowledge’ now involves a multitude of practical applications,
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A solicitor who was forced out of her home by a relentless campaign of criminal harassment has urged legal professionals to break the “taboo” of speaking out about abuse. Emma Lyons, who runs a family and criminal law practice in west Belfast, joined the Law Society of Northern Ireland&r
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It’s certainly been an eventful summer for partner Darragh Mackin at Belfast solicitors Phoenix Law. Many of the firm’s cases have been in the public eye, and probably none so much as the discrimination case successfully brought by Irish language rap group Kneecap against the UK governme
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Paddy Kelly’s energetic leadership of the Children’s Law Centre (CLC) in Northern Ireland has seen it assume a pivotal role in advancing the rights and best interests of children and young people. When Ms Kelly, its founder and CEO, steps down at the end of this month, the most important
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