Northern Ireland businesses embracing AI should put legal safeguards, clear policies and meaningful human oversight at the heart of their approach, according to Lewis Silkin. Speaking at TechTides in Derry Londonderry, the firm outlined ten key considerations for responsible AI adoption, from transp

A former director of public prosecutions in Northern Ireland has warned that government plans to give the attorney general for England and Wales the final say on Troubles-related prosecutions would undermine the independence of the justice system. Barra McGrory KC SC, who held the post from 2011 to

The High Court in Belfast has rejected a legal challenge to Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant’s decision to ban the Drumcree parade, ruling that the intervention was lawful. The judicial review was brought by a Portadown Orangeman against Sir Chris and Chief Constable Jon Boutcher of the

UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson hosted its first major client event in Belfast last week. The evening, held at The Merchant Hotel in the heart of Belfast on Wednesday night, brought together nearly 300 clients and business leaders from across Northern Ireland and the wider island of Ireland.

Dr Kevin Costello, associate professor of law at UCD Sutherland School of Law, has been elected as an honorary bencher by The Honorable Society of King's Inns. He dined for the first time as a bencher last Thursday evening. He was joined at the event by a number of colleagues from UCD School of Law

The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has welcomed a Labour Court recommendation which it says vindicates the trade unions’ insistence that serious negotiations must now take place on precarious employment and working conditions across higher education. The recommendation concerns

The DCU Law Review is calling for submissions for its inaugural issue on the topic of ‘Law, Society and the Disjuncture Between’. Founded by final year law students and editors in chief, Regina Chow and Darragh McDonald, the Review is the first student-led review at the university since

Matheson and University College Cork (UCC) recently welcomed a record 90 students to the fourth annual Matheson and UCC Hackathon, held at UCC on Tuesday 13 October 2026. The event, which forms part of the UCC and Matheson Innovation Partnership, brings together students from across a range of disci

Julie Galbraith, chief business officer and general counsel at Irish insurance broker, Arachas, recently took part in Rory’s Miles 2 Mayo walking nine marathons over nine days and covering 235 miles across Ireland in aid of Cancer Fund for Children. She spoke to Irish Legal News about taking o

The numbers show that data security incidents have ascended ineluctably during the past five years. And according to the UK’S Cyber Security Breaches Survey, cybersecurity is not necessarily getting worse just because a greater percentage of companies are being attacked, but rather the attacks

Naoise Nunn tells Emma Hutchinson how Kilkenny Law Festival aims to make the law more accessible, entertaining and relevant to the public. Next weekend will see the Kilkenny Law Festival fill venues across the beautiful city of Kilkenny from Friday to Sunday. Unlike a traditional legal conference, t

Ireland’s role as one of the world’s leading aircraft leasing hubs dates to 1975, when the billionaire businessman Tony Ryan founded Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) in 1975. Ryan, of course, was also one of the co-founders of Ryanair in 1984. His venture created a pool of experienced aviati