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Police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly entered a shop and dunked his entire head into a large barrel of pickles. The act was spotted on CCTV cameras and meant the entire barrel of pickles had to be discarded.

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Matheson has given new financial backing to the 30% Club Ireland, which aims to promote women's representation in senior business roles. The law firm will take over the annual sponsorship of the organisation's country executive role from EY, which has provided financial support for the last two year

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Lavelle Partners LLP has appointed Georgina Lanigan to head up the firm's asset and debt recovery practice. Ms Lanigan brings a wealth of experience to the firm, specialising in advising financial institutions, credit servicing companies and SMEs on mortgage and commercial litigation, asset and debt

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Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm, has appointed two new partners and four new of counsel. Funds and investment management lawyer Aoife McDonagh and finance lawyer Joe O'Neill have both joined the firm's Irish partnership.

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A pilot programme providing for more court sittings during the Long Vacation has been welcomed by practitioners. Mr Justice David Barniville, president of the High Court, yesterday set out details of the pilot, which will begin on 1 July 2024 and run until the end of September 2024.

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Legislation targeting the grooming of children into crime has completed all stages in the Oireachtas. The Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023 makes it an offence for an adult to compel, coerce, direct or deceive a child for the purpose of engaging in criminal act

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New legislation is set to prevent workers from being forced to retire before they reach the state pension age. Ministers have approved the general scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2023, which will prevent the enforcement of mandatory retirement ages lo

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US prosecutors have charged a man who allegedly sent classified information through a dating website to someone who claimed to be a Ukrainian woman and referred to him as her "secret informant love". David Franklin Slater, a 63-year-old civilian employee of the US Air Force, has been charged with al

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Plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) are moving forward with the establishment of a new inter-departmental group. The new group will include all relevant government departments as well as the Office of the Attorney General, an

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