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A lawyer has been awarded compensation from a cinema chain after complaining that it showed too many adverts before a film. The 31-year-old lawyer from Bangalore said he missed a work call as a result of the 25 minutes of adverts shown before a screening in 2023.

Nationals of Eswatini, Lesotho and Nauru are now required to obtain a visa before travelling to Ireland. The change, which takes effect from today, also applies to transit visas, which will now be required for nationals of those countries intending to transit through Ireland en route to another dest

The long-awaited new Judicial Appointments Commission has been formally established and will soon begin to advertise judicial vacancies. The first judicial vacancies to be filled under the new system will be advertised online "in the coming days and weeks", the Courts Service has said.

Irish businesses have been urged to take pro-active steps to ensuring compliance with the EU's new NIS2 Directive. Only 13 per cent of attendees at a William Fry seminar on NIS2 said they were very confident in their vendors' and suppliers' cybersecurity practices.

Businesses operating in the technology sector are being heavily targeted by cyber criminals, according to a new report from Pinsent Masons. The firm's Belfast office this week hosted a launch event for the sixth annual cyber report, with representatives from the financial, energy, transport and hous

The European Commission has published a new roadmap for women's rights ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow. The seven-page document aims to build on the "significant progress" achieved under the EU's gender equality strategy for 2020 to 2025.

Psychologist and bestselling author Dr Katriona O'Sullivan and musician Gemma Dunleavy were special guests at McCann FitzGerald's annual International Women's Day lunch. The event in the Westbury last week saw Dr O'Sullivan, author of Poor, joined on stage by the firm's diversity, equality and inclu

Two recruitment agencies have agreed to undertake equality reviews after being contacted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Sigmar Recruitment and Staffline Recruitment were invited to conduct the reviews by the Commission, using its statutory power under section 32(1)(a) of the

Orla Hubbard and Miah Phelan Sweeny have been appointed as co-chairs of the OUTLaw Network. Founded in 2019, the professional services network is dedicated to promoting and fostering the inclusion of LGBT+ individuals and allies in the legal sector in Ireland.

Matheson and A&L Goodbody are tied as Ireland's largest legal workplace, with both having 371 practising solicitors at the end of 2024. Both firms were considerably ahead of Arthur Cox on 333, Mason Hayes & Curran on 313 and McCann FItzGerald on 290, according to figures published today in t

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US

Albania is to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the social media platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. The country's education minister, Ogerta Manastirliu, said that officials are in contact with TikTok on adding parental controls and age verification as well

Arthur Cox has named partner Ailish Finnerty as the firm's next chair. Ms Finnerty will take up the position on 31 March 2025, succeeding Orla O'Connor, who is completing her six-year term as chair.

A bumbling thief allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Tiffany jewellery to conceal his crime before admitting he would have been better off throwing them out of a window. Texas man Jaythan Gilder, 32, was invited into the VIP room of a Tiffany & Co. jewellery store after

Victims of clinical negligence in Ireland are suffering as a result of a claims process that is too slow and too expensive, lawyers told TDs yesterday. The Medical Protection Society (MPS) yesterday hosted a parliamentary event with a range of lawyers, medico and dentolegal experts, with 20 TDs in a