A former employee of PwC who brought an age and disability discrimination case against the company with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland will receive a £150,000 settlement. The woman had worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers Services Ltd for more than 40 years and held the

Two widows who lost their husbands in the 1994 RAF Chinook disaster have spoken publicly for the first time to back a campaign for a judge-led public inquiry. A total of 29 service personnel died on 2 June 1994 when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern Ireland to Scot

A&L Goodbody’s Northern Ireland office has raised £3,300 in support of Concern Worldwide’s "Water for Gaza" appeal. The fundraising initiative is supporting efforts to restore access to clean water and sanitation for families affected by the ongoing man-made humanitarian crisis

Northern Ireland's justice minister has withdrawn a proposal aimed at resolving a month-long strike over legal aid fees, according to the Criminal Bar Association (CBA). In a statement issued this morning, the CBA said it was "disappointed and perplexed" by Naomi Long's decision to propose and then

The High Court has refused to restrain a disciplinary process initiated by University College Dublin against a fifth-year medical student. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger found that there was no fair issue to be tried and was not satisfied that the impugned proce

Arthur Cox has again invited applications to a €10,000 renewable energy bursary awarded annually in memory of the firm's late partner and consultant Niamh Burke. The Niamh Burke Renewable Energy Bursary 2026, organised in conjunction with Wind Energy Ireland, offers an award to students pursuin

Students have been invited to participate in the Law Society of Ireland's human rights and equality committee's annual essay competition. The competition, organised in association with A&L Goodbody, promotes student engagement with contemporary human rights and equality issues while offering a m

A training programme for Fiosrú staff has welcomed its second cohort of students at the University of Limerick. The two-year postgraduate programme has been developed by UL School of Law in conjunction with Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, to support its staff learning and d

Adam Synnott has the felicitous capacity to combine brisk efficiency with engaging affability. It’s a useful admixture that undoubtedly facilitates his career at EY Law Ireland, a stand-alone, regulated law firm which forms part of the global EY network. Mr Synnott, partner and head of corpora

The word that regularly recurs in Constance Cassidy’s vocabulary is “busy”. Often augmented to “busy, busy, busy”. It’s hardly surprising. The senior counsel’s day has begun some five hours before our mid-morning interview and the number of appointments in h

October is European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM), the EU's annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among its citizens and organisations, and to providing current online security information. Ironically, it has coincided with Amazon Web Services (AWS) experiencing a recent major outage in

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