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Local businesses in Portlaoise have discussed potential future uses for the town's courthouse building, but failed to reach agreement, the Leinster Express reports. The Courts Service of Ireland is planning to build a new courthouse in Portlaoise, leaving the future of the Main Street courthouse in

Allied Irish Bank has been unsuccessful in its application for a summary judgment for amounts owed under a guarantee provided by the partner of a man who did not explain to her what she was signing. Referring the matter to plenary hearing, Mr Justice Max Barrett stated that the Court could not prope

Eilis Barry, chief executive of FLAC Legal rights group FLAC has called on the Minister for Housing to make an immediate clarification regarding a circular which it believes was misapplied to deny emergency accommodation to a seriously ill homeless man.

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of two new financial services partners, Barry Walsh and Ronan Armstrong.

The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 326 votes to 290. The bill, which repeals the European Communities Act 1972, was debated over two days and its passage marks a significant step towards the UK's exit from the European Union. It will now mov

Home Secretary Amber Rudd A loyalist paramilitary group closely linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) has applied to Home Secretary Amber Rudd for deproscription.

International law firm Eversheds Sutherland has won a Chambers Ireland award for its pro bono work on a case concerning a visually impaired man's right to vote by way of secret ballot.

Pictured: President of the CPLA, Terence O’Keeffe, Kerie Doyle and Rose O'Dea Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind with guide dog Cyril. The Corporate and Public Lawyers' Association (CPLA) has held its 11th annual lunch in aid of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Shaun O'Shea A team of lawyers at Beauchamps Solicitors advised one of Ireland's largest non-life insurance brokers in relation to the buyout of its business by its senior management.

The relationship between the law and technology is set to be explored in a new book by Dr Rónán Kennedy and Dr Maria Helen Murphy. Information and Communications Technology Law, published by Clarus Press, examines the way in which the development of information and communications technology (ICT)

Dominic Willmott Nearly 50 per cent of all juries in rape cases decide on a guilty verdict before retiring to the jury room, according to new research.

A rare collection of records from the Limerick Police Force of 1922 have been made available online for the very first time.

Matthew de Courcy and Colleen Gildernew Dublin firm KOD Lyons has announced the appointment of Matthew de Courcy and Colleen Gildernew as senior associates.

A man who was convicted of sexual offences as a minor, and who now has over 70 convictions, has been unsuccessful in his application to serve a writ of summons out of the jurisdiction on Google. Sitting in the High Court in Belfast, Lord Justice Stephens refused leave to serve notice of a writ of su

Ireland will become much more isolated after Brexit as one of only two common law jurisdictions remaining in the European Union, leading Irish legal experts have warned. Paul Gallagher SC, a former Attorney General of Ireland, told a UCD Sutherland School of Law seminar on Friday that differences be