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Irish high tech SMEs raised a record €499 million in the first half of 2017, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published today in association with law firm William Fry. The figure represents a three per cent increase on the first half of 2016, itself a record y

A Malaysian woman who moved to Ireland with her daughter, an Irish citizen, and had her application for emergency homeless accommodation refused by Wicklow County Council has had her application for judicial review dismissed by the High Court. Finding that the Council’s decision was not ultra vire

Darragh Mackin Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa has been acquitted in Cairo after four years of pre-trial detention and a major international campaign for his release.

A number of lawyers suing the State over "slopping out" have said the Government should consider establishing a redress scheme. Three solicitors spoke to The Irish Times in the wake of a landmark High Court decision that Mountjoy Prison's slopping out policy violated a prisoner's right to privacy.

Killian Keogh Dublin firm O'Connor Solicitors has announced the appointment of Killian Keogh as a solicitor in the firm's conveyancing team.

Limerick firm Keating Connolly Sellors has applied for the appointment of a receiver over the €150,000 pension pot of a former employee who embezzled hundreds of thousands of euros from the firm. Garry Carroll was jailed for three years after pleading guilty in 2012 to more than 30 charges of thef

The Irish courts are set to hear compensation claims for the first time from women facing complications from vaginal mesh implants. Legal action has already been brought in the US, UK and Australia by women who blame the device, used to treat pelvic organ prolapse or stress incontinence after pregna

A judge has warned that Northern Ireland's criminal justice system could crack under the volume of cases involving mental health issues. Judge Barney McElholm, sitting in Londonderry Magistrates' Court, said that "nobody seemed to be doing anything" about a lack of mental health services in the regi

Advocate General Sharpston A collective redundancy does not always qualify as an “exceptional case” permitting the dismissal of a pregnant worker, according to Advocate General Sharpston.

https://youtu.be/oF1HtLSCSSo The Probation Service has launched a video series showcasing the positive work of the service and its partner organisations.

Three people have been fined in the German city of Essen for failing to come to the aid of a pensioner who collapsed in the lobby of a bank. Four bank customers were prosecuted for doing nothing to assist the 83-year-old man who suddenly collapsed and hit his head, leading to a traumatic brain injur

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has faced a backlash for his decision to abolish the post of special envoy for Northern Ireland. The diplomatic position was created in 1995 with the appointment of former US senator George Mitchell, who went on to chair the talks that led to the Good Friday Agree

A boy who was found guilty of numerous dangerous driving charges involving stolen vehicles, has been given a Deferment of Detention Order in the District Court. In a recently published judgment, Judge John O’Connor stated that, since the child had engaged well recently with his Bail Support and wi

John Lynch Dublin firm Whitney Moore has rebranded as part of its ongoing growth and expansion.

Richard Masters Pinsent Masons has appointed Richard Masters as chairman of company operations for Northern Ireland and Scotland.