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Landmark legislation on gambling has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 provides for a streamlined approach to licensed gambling activities to replace the currently fragmented regime between the Totalisator Act 1929, the Betting Act 1931 and the Gaming and Lottery Act
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RDJ has appointed Jenny Foley as a partner in its national healthcare practice. Ms Foley, who will be based in the firm's Dublin office, joins from the State Claims Agency (SCA), where she was a senior clinical litigation solicitor.
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Senior appointments to An Garda Síochána and its oversight bodies have been announced ahead of the commencement of landmark reforms later this year. Barrister Dr Elaine Byrne has been designated for appointment as the inaugural chair of the new Policing and Community Safety Authority (
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A&L Goodbody has welcomed eight newly-qualified solicitors in Northern Ireland. Chris Swann, Eimear Meenan, Elle McMaster, Niamh Wilson, Rachael McDonnell and Sarah Moore take up their new roles as solicitors in the firm's Belfast office, having completed the firm's trainee solicitor programme.
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Belfast-based MKB Law has appointed Tamy Conn as a solicitor in the firm's property team. Ms Conn specialises in residential property, providing expert advice on all aspects of conveyancing transactions.
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Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors has appointed Gemma Boyle and Aoifé McColgan to its corporate and commercial law team. Ms Boyle trained and worked with an international commercial law firm for nine years and was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales in 2019. She has
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KOD Lyons managing partner John O'Doherty has been re-appointed to the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland for a further two years. Mr O'Doherty has served on the board since 2019 and was elected as its vice-chair last year.
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Wider use of workplace mediation could save the Northern Ireland economy up to £1 billion per year, the Labour Relations Agency for Northern Ireland has said. Mark McAllister, the agency's new chief executive, spoke on the application of 'conflict resolution' strategies to the workplace at an
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An obituary of Belfast lawyer Neil Faris, who passed away last week at the age of 73, has been published in the Belfast Telegraph. Michael H.C. McDowell, who played a significant role in the Northern Ireland peace process, remembers his friend as a "centrist democratic socialist" from a "proudly non
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New guidance for frontline staff working with families in Northern Ireland experiencing domestic abuse has been launched in Stormont.
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A judge has rejected an application by the PSNI which sought to force news companies to hand over unbroadcast and unpublished journalistic material. DWF partner Olivia O'Kane acted on behalf of Channel 4 News, ITN, Press Association and UTV in the proceedings before Judge Gordon Kerr QC of the Crown
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A&L Goodbody has welcomed eight newly-qualified solicitors in Northern Ireland. Chris Swann, Eimear Meenan, Elle McMaster, Niamh Wilson, Rachael McDonnell and Sarah Moore take up their new roles as solicitors in the firm's Belfast office, having completed the firm's trainee solicitor programme.
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Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors LLP has introduced a new tort prize for undergraduate students of University of Galway School of Law. The new tort prize is worth €500 for the first-year student who achieves the highest mark in the tort module.
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Irish Legal News presents the second in a series of articles facilitating dialogue between criminal justice policymakers/practitioners and academic researchers. In today’s piece, criminologists from Maynooth University discuss how research partnerships can help translate research evidence into
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The Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) at Trinity College Dublin has appointed Robert McTernaghan BL as assistant director for Northern Ireland. Mr McTernaghan practises in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and is currently vice-chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Immigration Bar Asso
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A one-day conference later this month is to examine media and cultural representations of gender-based violence. The Centre for Crime, Justice & Victims Studies in the School of Law at the University of Limerick is hosting Words Matter: Promoting Best Practice in Media and Cultural Representatio
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McCann FitzGerald LLP has delivered its first lecture as part of a new sustainability-focused curriculum for students at University College Cork (UCC). Éamon Ó Cuív, partner at McCann FitzGerald and newly-appointed adjunct professor at UCC’s School of Law, addressed studen
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When Marie O'Brien spoke to Irish Legal News, it was from a hotel half an hour away from Istanbul Airport, a major international hub and the second busiest airport in Europe. The location was an appropriate one: the partner and head of the finance department at A&L Goodbody in Dublin is also the
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If, as Shakespeare nearly said, some are born lawyers… and some have the law thrust upon them, Flor McCarthy certainly appears to fit the latter. The Clonakilty-based solicitor is managing partner at McCarthy + Co LLP, which was founded by his mother Ann in 1987. Ann had, unusually, re-qualif
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Talking with Joan Crawford, the chief executive of the Legal Aid Board, is a refreshing engagement with positivity. It’s an approach she clearly brings to the office as well as to her many sporting and social interests. The media frequently highlights the challenges facing the legal aid sector
Colin Cardwell
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Pro bono work has been "mainstreamed into the Irish legal culture" — but that was not the case until relatively recently, FLAC chief executive Eilis Barry points out. When Ms Barry joined the legal charity FLAC in 2016, Éamonn Conlon SC, then a partner in A&L Goodbody LLP, had just
Connor Beaton
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At the beginning of this month, 285 people seeking international protection were moved from a makeshift campsite outside the International Protection Office (IPO) in Dublin’s Mount Street. Weeks later, 55 asylum seekers set up camp along the Grand Canal just hours after another tent clearance.
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