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EY Ireland is pleased to announce that Aidan Lawlor and Conor O’Dwyer have joined EY Law Ireland as Equity Partners. Aidan and Conor have market-leading reputations as two of the foremost legal practitioners in the Corporate and M&A space in Ireland. Aidan and Conor join the fast-growing E

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The European Commission has adopted a revised Market Definition Notice. Market definition requires identifying the boundaries of competition between companies when assessing mergers and most antitrust cases.

Northern Ireland's justice minister, Naomi Long, has welcomed the findings of two review reports on Maghaberry and Magilligan Prisons. The two independent review reports are intended to provide assurance or highlight issues which need addressed in advance of a full inspection.

JMK Solicitors has successfully appealed a decision of the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) on behalf of a 20-year-old woman who was seriously injured after a road traffic accident in Downpatrick. The woman was the driver and sole occupant of her car and was on her way to work when she lost control on a

John Farrelly has been re-appointed as chief executive of the Mental Health Commission (MHC) for the next five years. Mr Farrelly has served as chief executive of the MHC since October 2018 and previously served as Ireland's charity regulator and as HIQA's deputy chief inspector of social services.

Intellectual property law specialist FRKelly has relocated to Dublin's Silicon Docks after more than five decades in Ballsbridge. The firm — previously based on Clyde Road, Ballsbridge — is now based in Waterways House, Grand Canal Quay, a multi-storey building designed and constructed t

A joint operation by two police forces succeeded in recovering 27 bags of ice stolen from a discount shop. For whatever reason, the 27 bags of ice were stolen from a Family Dollar store in southern Ohio on Sunday, NBC4 WCMH-TV reports.

An independent working group has been established to review the Law Society of Northern Ireland's handling of the trainee pay issue which threatens to leave some firms out of pocket to the tune of tens of thousands of pounds. A special general meeting taking place in Law Society House yesterday hear

The overwhelming majority of Irish employers say they would consider hiring someone with a history of convictions, but significant barriers remain to making this a reality, new research by the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) suggests. The NGO today published a new report titled "The Secondary Punish

Lawyer Irene Gleeson has been appointed to the board of Pobal, the not-for-profit organisation that works on behalf of the Irish government to support communities and local agencies towards achieving social inclusion and development. Ms Gleeson is a solicitor and has held various roles in the financ

Johnsons Solicitors has presented a cheque for £2,300 to Belfast Samaritans after taking part in the charity's Christmas appeal.

Gardaí should continue to prosecute some low-level offences despite the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CoFPI) recommending an end to the practice, a government review has concluded. Ministers had previously accepted the recommendation of CoFPI, which said in its 2018 report:

Irish legal academic Professor Fiona de Londras has been appointed by Birmingham Law School to the Barber chair of jurisprudence. Established by Lady Barber in 1935, the chair of jurisprudence is one of two chairs of law funded by the Barber Trust at Birmingham Law School. It is traditionally held b

A man who allegedly distributed business cards and free samples of cocaine outside of a casino has been charged with drugs offences. The cards included contact details for "Alex Lee" and were stapled to small bags of cocaine, according to police in Calgary, Canada.