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Children under 16 could be barred from major social media platforms under UK government plans that would use facial age-scanning technology to enforce the restrictions. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to unveil proposals to raise the minimum age for access to platforms such as TikTok, Sn

Daniel Spring & Co. Solicitors, which this year celebrates 30 years in practice, is delighted to announce the appointment of Neil McCann as partner and Rosy Donnelly as solicitor. Neil advises and represents clients in contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, including unfair dism

Squire Patton Boggs has advised Goldenpeak, a private equity firm specialising in high-growth business and information services, on exchanging contracts to acquire a majority shareholding in ORS, a multidisciplinary built environment consultancy headquartered in Ireland. The Squire Patton Boggs team

The Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union held its Conference on Friday in Cyprus. 

This year’s LEAP Irish Law Awards winners were revealed at a gala awards ceremony on the 12th of June at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin, hosted by Anton Savage.

Criminal legal aid solicitors in Wexford have withdrawn a range of services in protest at proposed changes to the legal aid system, warning that the reforms threaten the viability of criminal defence work. The Wexford Solicitors Bar Association informed the Courts Service and An Garda Síoch&a

Mr Justice O'Moore of the Supreme Court was elected president of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary at its General Assembly in Paris.

The University of Galway has celebrated the success of one its oldest ever graduates who was conferred with a doctor of philosophy degree, 77 years after being born in a mother and baby home. Dr Mary Harney, a human rights defender and advocate, earned her PhD studying with the Irish Centre for Huma

An Ohio blogger is facing criminal charges after allegedly sending a state senator a digitally altered image depicting the animated character Shrek with exposed genitals. D.J. Byrnes, who publishes political gossip newsletter The Rooster, was arrested at the Ohio Statehouse and charged with telecomm

The High Court has approved a Group Litigation Order (GLO) to manage a major legal action against Johnson & Johnson brought by claimants who allege they developed cancer after using Johnson’s Baby Powder. In a judgment handed down yesterday in Fuschillo and others v Johnson & Johnson a

Cindy Carroll has been appointed as the first chief appeals officer to the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals (TARA). TARA will manage International Protection appeals under the International Protection Act 2026 from 12 June 2026 onwards. The appointment will take effect from that date and will

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has welcomed the commencement of the International Protection Act 2026 today. The legislation represents the most significant reform of Irish asylum laws in the history of the State and gives effect to the EU Migration and Asylum Pact.

An international team of experts have joined forces to simplify laws and legal documents, making them clearer and easier for people and organisations to follow. The complexity of rules often hinders rather than helps users, reducing innovation and competitiveness, and increasing compliance costs.

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A bronze and limestone fountain by German sculptor Georg Kolbe has sold for a record €4 million (c. £3.5m) at Villa Grisebach in Berlin, 85 years after it was looted by the Nazis from its original owners.