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Russia has passed legislation allowing its central bank and a number of major financial and state institutions to operate their own anti-drone defence systems as Ukrainian long-range strikes continue to test Moscow’s air defences. The law, approved by the State Duma, authorises employees at Ru

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has received Cabinet approval to publish the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation on Electronic Evidence and Other Matters) Bill 2026. The bill will establish a new Office of Director of Criminal Justice International Cooperation, to allow Ireland to mee

KRW Law has welcomed a significant High Court judgment which has quashed the Victims’ Payments Board’s refusal to grant compensation to Peter McCabe and his daughter Jeanitta following a paramilitary-style shooting in 1990. The ruling, delivered by Mr Justice Scoffield yesterday, found t

Humanoid robots are moving closer to everyday life, but the UK lacks the laws and safeguards needed to protect the public, a researcher at Edinburgh Napier University has warned. Dr Carl Strathearn, a lecturer in computer science and researcher in autonomous social robotics at the university, said t

Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem and Children's and Family Emmy Award-nominated actress Yasmin Finney star in a new film, SLAPP Suit, that dramatises the threat of – and resistance to – abusive SLAPP lawsuits, released globally today by Greenpeace International.   Strategic

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of Aislinn O’Shea to partner in the firm’s healthcare team. Ms O’Shea advises a broad range of clients from hospitals and healthcare organisations to insurers and medical professionals across a wide range of cases. She specialise

Congratulations are due to the winners of the Chief State Solicitor's Office third annual Student Law Essay Competition. This year, undergraduate law students across Ireland were invited to address the question: "As Ireland takes up the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026, please

The Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, University of Galway, was honoured to welcome Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin for a public lecture entitled “US Sanctions against the International Criminal Court: an attack on human rights and accountability for Palestine&rdq

A widow who was told that the ancient Green Man motif was “not considered a Christian symbol” has won a legal battle to have it carved on her late husband’s gravestone after the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Gloucester found it had long-standing links to Christian tradition. D

Samsung Electronics narrowly averted a strike by making a last-minute deal with its South Korean workers’ union, agreeing to distribute an incredible 40 trillion won (c. €23billion; £20 bn;) in bonuses to its semiconductor workforce. Driven by an AI infrastructure boom that has tran

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan yesterday evening announced the passage of the International Co-operation (Omagh Bombing Inquiry) Bill 2026 through the Houses of the Oireachtas. The legislation provides a bespoke legal mechanism to facilitate the taking of sworn testimony from State bodies an

The Government has approved the appointment of a new deputy commissioner in An Garda Síochána. Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has announced the appointment of Paul Cleary to the post of deputy commissioner, following a recent open competition conducted by publicjobs.

The families of those killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre say newly released Ministry of Defence documents prove that officials were aware of serious airworthiness concerns about the helicopter, while actively seeking to protect the official narrative blaming the pilots and s

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has completed a further series of unannounced inspections of retail businesses across Ireland as part of its ongoing compliance and enforcement activities.  The inspections, some of which were driven by complaints to the CCPC’s Nat

In preparation for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in July, Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has met with his French counterpart, Gérald Darmanin, in Dublin.  They discussed a wide range of topics including data retention, prison management and the t