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A high school teacher was fired after offering students extra credit in return for cash donations to her personal GoFundMe account.

Belfast solicitor Darragh Mackin of Phoenix Law is to act as defence solicitor for Daniel Kinahan the Special Criminal Court in Dublin was told on Monday. A partner in the Belfast firm Mr Mackin has been involved in numerous high-profile cases in recent years acting for Belfast rap trio Kneecap in d

Trainee solicitors from Belfast firm Tughans and Dublin firm William Fry met in Dublin last week for the latest event in their joint learning programme. The programme included a session led by Rachel Hayes, partner in Technology at William Fry, and Laura Casey, senior associate in the firm's technol

Justice minister Naomi Long has decided to permanently close and dispose of Limavady Courthouse following consideration of consultation responses.  The courthouse was last used for court business in March of 2020 when it hosted the weekly Adult Magistrates Court proceedings but did not reopen a

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce launched a new Welsh chapter at an event hosted at Browne Jacobson’s Cardiff office on Tuesday 29 September. The event featured a keynote address from the First Minister of Wales, Rhun ap Iorwerth  and was followed by a short business panel discussion

A woman who works for the Department of Education has settled her sexual harassment case against her employer for £25,000.  The case was supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) and was settled without admission of liability. While working in an open plan office, t

The Bar of Ireland has published its pre-budget submission for 2027. Entitled ‘Addressing the Justice Capacity Gap’ it calls for increases to civil and criminal legal aid funding in addition to greater judicial recruitment and addressing the impact of pension arrangements that may a

The Public Participation Network Secretariat Network is calling on the government and local authorities to significantly increase investment in Public Participation Networks (PPNs), maintaining that Ireland's system of participatory democracy has become an essential part of local decision-making an

'Making Visible the Invisible' is a photographic exhibition that explores women’s experiences of prison and life after prison in Ireland.  The Photovoice Exhibition was launched last Friday by Uachtarán na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly at the Phoenix Park Visitors Centre.&nbs

An Arizona man sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter must be resentenced after an appeal court found that an AI-generated video depicting his victim addressing him and the judge was unreliable. Gabriel Paul Horcasitas was convicted over the 2021 shooting of Christopher Pelkey during a road-rage enc

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, has announced new research from Skillnet Ireland which reveals that over three-quarters (78 per cent) of business leaders view upskilling as a strategic priority and critical to future business success. The r

Judge Tomoko Akane, president International Criminal Court (ICC) addressed a ceremony for the opening of the legal year at the Four Courts in Dublin this morning. She spoke of the importance of the rule of law and the obstacles faced by the ICC in the form of sanctions by the US government on some o

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) have issued a joint statement on the current Drumcree dispute sating that a transparent rights-based approach is essential to prevent further escalation. The dispute over the Orange Order par

Dr Victoria Barnes, associate dean of education and academic at the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded the 2026 Podgórecki Prize by the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) of the International Sociological Association.  Established in 2004 in mem

Applications have opened for the UK Supreme Court’s Moot programme for university law schools and law societies. The UK Supreme Court offers 12 graduate law schools and university law societies the chance to have their moot final judged by one of the Supreme Court Justices at the court or virt