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A hurricane brought cocaine worth more than $1 million to land yesterday. Hurricane Debby reached Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, though was downgraded to a tropical storm as it made its way across the south-eastern US.

Solicitor Andrew Magowan has been appointed to the board of the Middletown Centre for Autism (MCA) in Northern Ireland. Mr Magowan is from Northern Ireland but now lives and practises as a solicitor in London.

Flynn O'Driscoll was the most prolific M&A adviser in the Irish market in the first half of 2024, a new report reveals. According to the latest Experian M&A report, there were 339 deals worth €19.7 billion in the first half of 2024, including the biggest ever private equity investment a

Tughans has retained its ranking as Northern Ireland's most prolific M&A adviser in the first half of 2024. According to the latest Experian M&A report, there were 112 transactions with a total disclosed value of just under £900 million in the first half of 2024.

The Sligo Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will host a CPD day on Friday 4 October 2024. Barrister Anthony Slein BL and solicitor Brian McMullin are among the guest speakers at the event, taking place at the Sligo Park Hotel from 9am–5.30pm.

Ireland is breaching the human rights of asylum seekers by failing to provide for their basic needs, including accommodation, the High Court has ruled.

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Lawyers for the UK government have asked Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal for more time to decide how it will deliver a human rights compliant investigation of the 1998 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Lord Justice Horner last month gave the government a three-week deadline to agree a way

Parents can now avail of nine weeks' paid parent's leave and benefit. Secondary legislation in force from yesterday uses powers under the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 to extend the number of weeks that parents can take time off work with financial support from the State from seven weeks to ni

The Mental Health Bill 2024, which will replace the existing Mental Health Acts 2001-2022, has been published. The lengthy bill now has 202 sections — up from the 197 sections announced last week due to "formatting/drafting changes made during the quality assurance process".

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on new draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance, including predatory pricing, margin squeeze, exclusive dealing and refusal to supply. Such behaviour is banned under Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Un

Post Office operators in Northern Ireland have been urged by the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal to share their experiences in a survey by this time next week. Up to 16,000 people from across the UK — including all current sub-postmasters and Horizon Shortfall scheme applicants — hav

Former McCann FitzGerald chief John Cronin has been appointed as chair of the Abbey Theatre. Mr Cronin, a former chairperson of the law firm and its managing partner from 2007 to 2015, will serve a four-year term as chair of the national theatre's board.

A man has been jailed for shoplifting nearly 800 Cadbury's Crème Eggs. Layton Richards, 29, was charged with 24 offences after stealing the chocolate from 19 different shops in the south of England between January and April.

Human rights campaigners have welcomed the release of 16 people, including Irish citizen Paul Whelan, in the largest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Those pardoned, released and exiled from Russia and Belarus include Russian activists and human rights defenders Oleg Orl