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Funding into Irish technology firms fell by a quarter to €739 million in 2018, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) VenturePulse survey published today in association with William Fry. The fourth quarter of 2018 showed a decline in funding of 35 per cent to €115 millio

The police are to be given new powers to stop and search anyone suspected of carrying a corrosive substance in public. The move will enable officers to enforce a new offence of carrying corrosives in a public place, part of the Offensive Weapons Bill currently being considered by Parliament.

The cat of late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is set to "inherit" some of his $170 million fortune, according to reports. Lagerfeld, the creative director of French fashion house Chanel and Italian fashion house Fendi, died on Tuesday.

A woman who was hit on the head by closing lift doors at her work premises, has lost her claim for damages as it was concluded that the incident was caused by her own negligence. Accepting that the placement of sensors on the lift was consistent with the industry norm, and that voiceover warnings we

The Irish family law system is "in crisis", lawyers have told the Oireachtas joint committee on justice and equality. The committee heard evidence this morning from representatives of the Law Society of Ireland, the Children's Rights Alliance, Rape Crisis Network Ireland and Dr Conor O'Mahony of Uni

The Cabinet has approved the drafting of new legislation to break a deadlock on prisoner transfer applications caused by a Supreme Court ruling in 2016. Transfer applications to Ireland from prisoners abroad have been on hold since the Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s 2014 ruling against

Litigation experts at Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) delivered a workshop to the State Claims Agency this week on imminent changes in healthcare law, including pre-action protocols in clinical negligence actions, open disclosure and the Patient Safety Bill. Partners Yvonne Joyce and Alison Kelleher spok

Donegal solicitor Moya O'Donnell has been struck off after admitting dishonesty and professional misconduct. Her film in Killybegs and Glenties has closed and could have a deficit of up to €450,000 based on the number of successful claims against her, The Irish Times reports.

The Department of Justice has called for applications for appointment as Ireland's representative on the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The CPT is composed of lawyers, medical doctors and specialists in prison or poli

A new convention on the profession of the lawyer has been proposed by the Council of Europe amid rising attacks on practitioners around the world. Every day, lawyers are harassed, threatened, prosecuted, imprisoned or even murdered, simply for carrying out their professional activities. In recent ye

The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has published a report today criticising the Draft Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. These Home Office Regulations are a contingency measure in case of a no-deal Brexit which relate to 24 different securit

A university has established its own law firm to give students "real life work experience" while they study. Sheffield Hallam University said the initiative is the first to incorporate work experience into every year of the law degree.

The UK Government is preparing new legislation that will give police the power to stop and search drone pilots near airports. The Drones Bill will also extend the drone exclusion zone around airports from 1km to 5km.

The teenager filmed in a confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. in January is suing a newspaper – for £250 million. Nicholas Sandmann, 16, is seeking the sum from the Washington Post based on its initial coverage of an event that saw a group of teenagers in a stand-off

An environmental activist has been granted a declaration that the Environmental Protection Agency acted ultra vires its powers in 2017 when it granted Irish Water a technical amendment to a licence granted in 2012, which effectively allowed it to regularise ongoing breaches to the licence conditions