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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
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Micheál Ó Mulláin has been named as the new managing partner of Cork-based commercial law firm O’Flynn Exhams LLP. Mr Ó Mulláin, who will also continue to head up the firm's real estate, banking and finance team, succeeds Shane Crossan in the top post.
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Flynn O'Driscoll has promoted Alastair Baird, Lucy O'Hara and Paddy Jordan to associates. Mr Baird and Mr Jordan are in the firm's corporate team, while Ms O'Hara is in the aviation and asset finance team.
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Louise Crilly has been appointed to the most senior legal position in the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Ms Crilly has been appointed permanently as the Departmental Solicitor and head of the Government Legal Service for Northern Ireland (GLSNI), having held the post on a temporary basis since Apri
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Global law firm Dentons has appointed Carlo Salizzo as a partner in its technology, media and telecoms (TMT) practice in Dublin. Mr Salizzo, who joins the firm today, specialises in technology and commercial contracts, digital regulation, data protection, privacy, intellectual property and consumer
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Aonghus Kelly has been appointed as human rights advisor to the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Mr Kelly is a distinguished human rights lawyer who has recently played a high-profile role supporting the investigation and prosecution of Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
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Northern Ireland barrister Emma McIlveen has joined 3PB Barristers in London as an associate member. A specialist in employment and public law, Ms McIlveen is qualified in four jurisdictions frequently acts in England and Wales and both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland.
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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
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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
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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
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The UK government should formally name Stakeknife, an influential Westminster committee has recommended. A new report from the Northern Ireland affairs committee concludes that revealing the identity of Stakeknife would be strongly in the public interest and help build trust and confidence in the ag
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No error was made by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service when dozens of PSNI officers and staff taking action over a 2023 data breach were again named online, the justice minister has said. An unprecedented data breach in August 2023 saw the names, roles and other personal details of a
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The University College Dublin Law Review has launched a call for submissions for its upcoming Volume XXVI. The student-run, peer-reviewed annual legal journal welcomes contributions on a broad range of contemporary legal issues, in particular articles pertaining to Irish and European law — tho
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Visitors to Galway will be familiar with attractions such as the city’s Spanish Arch, Cathedral and Latin Quarter. Perhaps less so, however, with its reputation as a major European hub for the medical technology sector. With its established cluster of global medtech companies, strong links wit
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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
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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
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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
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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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