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The European Commission has recommended the opening of EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, as well as setting out a route for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia to eventually join the bloc. Speaking yesterday after the Commission adopted the 2023 enlargement package, Commission presi

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) should overturn a 2020 ruling that Apple does not owe €14 billion in back taxes in Ireland, an advocate-general has told the court. The European Commission and the Irish government have long been at odds as to whether Apple benefited from an unl

A hotel has been ordered to pay €11,000 to a family who suffered unlawful anti-Traveller discrimination when they were refused access for confirmation celebrations. Margaret O'Sullivan, her sister and her partner, who were represented by FLAC, made discrimination complaints to the Workplace Rel

The UK's home secretary Suella Braverman KC has been criticised after describing Palestine solidarity demonstrations in London as "hate marches... of the kind we are more used to seeing in Northern Ireland". Ms Braverman made the comparison in an article for The Times ahead of a planned protest marc

Carsten Zatschler SC has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law as an adjunct full professor. An experienced barrister, Mr Zatschler has litigated more than 100 cases in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the EFTA Court.

LK Shields has promoted Muireann Granville to partner in the firm's litigation team. Ms Granville joined the firm as a litigation associate in 2016, advising clients on a wide range of commercial disputes. Her experience includes advising on contract disputes, construction disputes and property liti

Carson McDowell has announced 11 promotions across its offices in Belfast and Dublin, including eight senior associates and three associates across its teams.

A group of police officers who allegedly accepted a large bribe in lieu of seizing cannabis and cash from a suspected drug dealer have been arrested after he subsequently reported them. The five junior officers and one senior officer from a Trinidad and Tobago police department were detained for que

Legislation banning the sale of vapes to under-18s has been approved in the Dáil and will now proceed to the Seanad. The Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill contains a wide range of measures to tackle smoking and vaping among children and adults, with a focus

Sinn Féin TD Chris Andrews has launched defamation proceedings against The Irish Times and an individual journalist in connection with an article about his party's response to the war in Gaza. The lawsuit concerns an article by Harry McGee headlined Spotlight on Sinn Féin over its stan

Retired High Court judge Mr Justice Kevin Cross will deliver a lecture next week to mark the 225th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion. Inspired by the French and American revolutions, the Society of United Irishmen launched a four-month rebellion against British rule, which failed and ultimately led

Landmark new legislation will "protect those who are most vulnerable to hate crime and hate speech", justice minister Helen McEntee has told the Immigrant Council of Ireland's annual integration conference. Officially opening the conference at the LinkedIn Community Space in Dublin this morning, Mrs

An "offensive and misogynistic" social media post about Sinn Féin's northern leader and first minister-designate Michelle O'Neill was not defamatory and the case "ought never have been brought", Northern Ireland's High Court has ruled.

Prominent Belfast solicitor Brian Garrett, one of the founding partners of commercial law firm Elliot Duffy Garrett, has passed away at the age of 86. Born in Belfast in 1937, Mr Garrett was educated at Methodist College and Queen's University Belfast before qualifying as a solicitor in 1966.

America's leading civil liberties group has launched a free speech lawsuit against restrictions on personalised licence plates after a man was refused a plate promoting his cannabis business. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of South Dakota said the state "stifled" the free speech of Lyndon