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Shane O'Donnell Ireland’s merger and acquisition (M&A) market in 2016 was steady in comparison with a more buoyant 2015, according to William Fry’s sixth Annual M&A Report.

A man who suffered severe burns while resident at a Salvation Army hostel in Dublin has failed to prove that the charity was liable for his injuries. Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon found that the Salvation Army had taken reasonable care for the safety of its residents at all times, and that the attac

In a rare move, the High Court yesterday heard from a US NGO permitted to join a major privacy case as amicus curiae. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is appearing as an amicus in the case of Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook & Max Schrems on privacy protection for transat

The names of all companies benefiting from the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme can be published, the High Court has ruled. Mr Justice Donnell Deeny held it would be in the public interest for Economy Minister Simon Hamilton to name companies benefiting from the scheme, though maintained an inj

A new book on disability law and policy provides a multidisciplinary examination of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Disability Law and Policy: An Analysis of the UN Convention was published by Clarus Press today.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny Travellers have been recognised as a distinct ethnic group in an historic announcement made in the Dáil last night.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced the launch of their Advanced Advocacy Course for Solicitors 2017. Now in its 18th year, the Advocacy course continues to grow in popularity and attendance providing world class training to local solicitors to help them improve and develop their advoc

Declan Black Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has launched a new €450,000 education fund in conjunction with the Government and Social Innovation Fund Ireland.

Stephen Tierney The upheaval of 2016 could overshadow every constitutional change since the late 19th century, writes Stephen Tierney, professor of constitutional theory at Edinburgh University and legal adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, in this year's Scottish Lega

The UK will "continue to be a strong global financial services centre" after Brexit, Lord Hill of Oareford, former EU commissioner for financial stability, has told Dublin firm Matheson.

A woman who was awarded €16,818.75 by the Rights Commissioner for being unfairly dismissed by her employer, and who was unable to collect the award before her employer became insolvent, has successfully argued that the State failed to implement EU legislation which would have allowed her to be pai

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Legislation to consolidate and reform the law on domestic violence will be enacted as soon as possible following Oireachtas approval, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Victims of domestic violence have been let down by Stormont's collapse, Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has said.

The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick yesterday became the longest-running criminal trial in the history of the State. It is the prosecution's case that multi-million euro loans taken out by Mr FitzPatrick, 68, and his family were “artificially reduced” for a period of t

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Edinburgh later this year, the first time that the UK’s highest court has sat outside London. Several appeals will be heard over up to four days in June, with at least five of the Supreme Court justices sitting over the course of the visit. The list of cases to be