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Planned increases to workers' annual entitlement to paid sick leave could be postponed by the government, according to reports. The Sick Leave Act 2022 introduced a statutory right to paid sick leave for the first time and was meant to be phased in from 2023 to 2026.

A public consultation is seeking views on the introduction of geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products. An EU regulation which entered into force in November 2023 requires member states to put in place a legal framework for geographical indication (GI) protection for craf

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has launched a new initiative aimed at supporting the mental health and wellbeing of members of the legal profession and their support staff.

Junior minister Dara Calleary will speak in Frankfurt next month at an Ireland for Law event promoting Ireland as a European regulatory centre of excellence. Mr Calleary, the minister of state for trade promotion, digital and company regulation, will speak at the event on Tuesday 7 May, which remain

Irish personal injury lawyer John Connellan has joined Australian law firm Travis Schultz & Partners (TSP) in Brisbane. Mr Connellan brings over a decade of international experience from Ireland, where he worked in plaintiff litigation, specialising in high-value personal injury cases, including

Taylor Wessing Ireland has appointed Patricia McCarvill as the firm's first dedicated tax partner. Ms McCarvill, who previously co-founded the tax practice at Simmons & Simmons' Dublin office, joins the firm from 15 April 2024 and will establish its new tax practice.

Professor Caroline Fennell, professor emerita of law at University College Cork, has been appointed as chairperson of Cuan. The new statutory agency tasked with tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence was formally opened in February 2024.

A legal row has broken out between Italy and a German toy company over a jigsaw puzzle bearing the image of ­Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. The original drawing is housed in the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice. Reproductions on merchandise are popular and the drawing was used a

Music must be no slower than Hotel California and no faster than Radio Ga Ga, a new law in Russia's Chechnya region dictates. The Russian republic's culture ministry has declared that "all musical, vocal and choreographic works should correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute", The Moscow

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun hearing a case brought by Nicaragua against Germany over its support for Israel in its war in Gaza. In separate proceedings brought by South Africa against Israel, the ICJ previously found that there is a plausible risk of genocide being committed a

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is seeking views from interested parties on what measures should be taken to boost Ireland’s cyber security sector as part of a cyber security industrial strategy. The National Cyber Security Strategy 2019-2024 Mid-Term Review set out a number of new m

Cork firm JRAP O'Meara Solicitors LLP is to relocate from the South Mall to take up a larger space at the Victorian Quarter on MacCurtain Street. The firm is finalising a lease on 11,700 sq ft of office property at the former Thompson House, likely to be for close to €200,000 per annum, the Iri

The European commissioner for human rights, Michael O'Flaherty, has called for "firm action" in response to the "shocking" scale of human rights violations faced by Roma and Travellers in Europe. Mr O'Flaherty, who took up the role this week, was speaking ahead of International Roma Day on Monday.

One week remains for entries to the Law Society Justice Media Awards 2024. The long-running awards recognise outstanding print, broadcast, and online journalism that contributes to the public's understanding of justice, the legal system, and access to justice issues.

Ireland's sovereign development fund is to divest from investments of around €3 million in six Israeli companies, including five banks, which do business in the occupied Palestinian territories. The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has said the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF)