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International legal and professional services firm Walkers has named Nicholas Blake-Knox as its new managing partner for Ireland. The asset management and investment funds lawyer will succeed Jonathan Sheehan from 30 April 2026, leading Walkers' Ireland office of over 200 staff members.

The Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2026-2030 for England and Wales has been published, setting out a framework for the judiciary’s diversity and inclusion work over the next five years. The strategy builds on the previous programme, which ran from 2020-2025, and is accompanied by a

The prosecution of Hong Kong activists for commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown is a further escalation in the authorities’ weaponisation of national security laws to silence dissent, Amnesty International said yesterday at the opening of the activists’ trial. Lawyer Chow Hang-tung

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has dismissed a complaint of discrimination from a Brazilian national refused an exchange of his Portuguese driving licence for an Irish one. Leonardo De Oliveira Lima brought proceedings against the Road Safety Authority (RSA) under the Equal Status Act 2000

Ireland remains firmly at the centre of European enforcement of the GDPR, according to a new report from DLA Piper. The eighth edition of the global law firm's annual GDPR fines and data breach survey reveals that GDPR enforcement across Europe remained consistently high throughout 2025, with regula

Statutory miscarriage leave and pay is to be introduced in Northern Ireland from April this year. Economy minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald this week confirmed the roll-out on 6 April 2026 in her Department's response to a consultation carried out in 2022.

A special Garda operation targeting non-Irish nationals convicted of sexual crimes has led to the removal of 25 sex offenders from the State. Operation Moonridge commenced in 2025 and involves identifying and locating convicted sex offenders of interest to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB

McCann FitzGerald has appointed nine new of counsel, with eight promoted from the rank of senior associate and one joining the firm. Those promoted are Grace Armstrong and Clementine Farrell in disputes, Orla Courtney and Emma Hinds in real estate and construction, Kate Clancy and Sarah Pickering in

The High Court on Tuesday returned Enoch Burke to prison after his release in January 2026, which had been granted to allow him an opportunity to prepare for his case against a Disciplinary Appeal Panel. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Brian Cregan reiterated: “Mr Burke has

Lavelle Partners LLP has appointed Denise Dockery as a partner in its property team. With more than two decades of conveyancing experience, Ms Dockery advises on all aspects of the acquisition, sale and leasing of commercial and residential property, working with foreign multi-nationals, state bodie

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Jane O’Grady to lead its intellectual property and technology practice in Dublin. Ms O'Grady is both a solicitor and registered trade mark and design attorney with over a decade’s experience advising on intellectual property, technology law and data priv

A man who allegedly posed as a commercial airline pilot to fly for free is facing up to 20 years' imprisonment. Canadian man Dallas Pokornik, 33, has been extradited to the US from Panama to face charges of wire fraud.

The UK government has formally begun the process of repealing aspects of controversial Northern Ireland legacy legislation which were found to be incompatible with human rights law. A remedial order is to be introduced in Westminster today to remove the immunity provisions and bar on new civil claim

Significant changes to EU digital health regulation lie ahead this year, Mason Hayes & Curran has highlighted. The business law firm this week published its digital health annual review, which examines legal developments from 2025 that will continue to reshape compliance obligations through 2026

The Law Society of Ireland has joined the chorus of opposition to government plans to cap legal costs in environmental judicial reviews. The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment recently concluded a consultation on a scale of fees proposed under the Planning and Development Ac