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More than half of the new government's commitments on asylum are "restrictive" and many appear to be "unnecessary and punitive", the Irish Refugee Council has said. The NGO issued a statement in response to the draft programme for government agreed by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and independent TD
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Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal has promoted Ciara Christie to director. Ms Christie has significant property experience, both commercial and residential, and has worked in the real estate sector since qualifying as a solicitor in 2016.
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RDJ has appointed Lisa Mansfield as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution practice. Ms Mansfield specialises in dispute resolution, with her core area of practice being commercial litigation, including advising insurers in professional indemnity litigation and inter-company disputes.
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Employment law firm Lewis Silkin has appointed Joanne Hyde as a partner in Dublin. Ms Hyde brings over 30 years' experience working both in private practice and in-house with tech giant Intel.
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McCann FitzGerald has promoted senior associates Alison Carroll, James Fitzgerald, Daniel Lucey and Seán Mulvey to of counsel. Ms Carroll advises employers, contractors, and design team members on all aspects of construction contracts during the planning and delivery of large-scale infrastruc
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William Fry has welcomed 22 associates following the completion of their traineeships with the firm.
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Carson McDowell partner Cathal O'Neill has been appointed as Northern Ireland president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL). Mr O'Neill, who joined the firm in 2017, is co-head of its defence insurance litigation team.
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Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced a new partnership providing staff with discounted access to childcare and education. The firm has joined a childcare partnership scheme offered by Sleepy Hollow Group, which operates more than 21 sites across Co Antrim and Co Down offering nu
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Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal has promoted Ciara Christie to director. Ms Christie has significant property experience, both commercial and residential, and has worked in the real estate sector since qualifying as a solicitor in 2016.
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Belfast firm McCartan Turkington Breen Solicitors raised over £8,000 for Hope House Ireland in 2024.
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Northern Ireland lawyers have been advised to take note of a court decision to overturn a conviction for driving without a licence. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is highlighting to the legal profession a point of law in a referral made in June 2024 to the County Court in Northern
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More than a dozen peers have urged the UK government not to repeal legislation preventing former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and others from receiving compensation for a miscarriage of justice. The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled in R v Adams [2020] UKSC 19 that an interim custody
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Federica Fazio asks the unthinkable question: what happens if Donald Trump launches a US invasion of Greenland? Ever since Donald Trump announced his bid for the 2024 presidential election, NATO allies have been looking for ways to “Trump-proof” the alliance.
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Irish law students travelled to Strasbourg last year to learn how the Council of Europe works and to meet with leading officials.
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The Hibernian Law Journal is now accepting submissions to be considered for publication in Volume 24. Established in 1999, the Hibernian Law Journal is a legal journal co-ordinated by trainee and qualified solicitors. Dr Jonathan O’Rourke, a trainee solicitor with VP McMullin LLP, was re
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The Cork Online Law Review (COLR) has called for submissions for its 24th edition, with cash prizes of up to €300 on offer. The student-run law review welcomes submissions in English, Irish and French, which should be on a legal topic and between 3,000–9,000 words in length, conforming wi
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Temperament, patience and listening skills should be among factors taken into account in deciding whether to appoint a lawyer as a judge, a new report has recommended. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday published the new report on judicial selection procedures in Ireland, based o
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Recent years have seen an impressive influx of significant international law firms to Ireland. They have arrived in the country to service multinational businesses attracted to the country by seamless access to the EU post-Brexit as well as the country’s growing reputation in areas such as tec
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Barristers appearing in the most serious criminal cases in Northern Ireland are effectively being asked to do twice the work for half the pay they were getting two decades ago, the chairperson of the Bar of Northern Ireland has told Irish Legal News. Donal Lunny KC, who took up office in September,
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It’s a long way — in every sense — from swimming in the sea off Australia’s fabled Bondi Beach to a dive into the dramatically more glacial waters off Sandycove, south-east of the city of Dublin. Dannie Hanna, a senior member of Taylor Wessing's corporate team, has however sh
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ILN's Connor Beaton talks to Philippa Greer about how UNRWA is battling to preserve international humanitarian law in Gaza, where at least 42,800 Palestinians have now been killed in Israel's military response to the October 7 attack. Philippa Greer had already accepted the top job in UNRWA’s
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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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