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Dillon Eustace has congratulated seven newly-qualified solicitors on the completion of their traineeships. Adam Scanlon, Andrew Finlay, Catherine Connaire, Daniel Kehoe, Eleanor Brennan, Julianne Quinn and Sarah McGee have qualified after training with Dillon Eustace.

A flying pig caused a power outage in rural China after a farmer decided to try transporting his animals via drone. The man, who is now facing a police investigation, had sought to find a quicker route to a local slaughterhouse in the mountainous Tongjiang county area.

Cork solicitor David Gaffney has passed away. A specialist in employment law, Mr Gaffney was founder and principal solicitor of Gaffney Solicitors from its establishment in 2015 until it was wound down in 2024.

RDJ has announced two senior appointments, with Martin O’Callaghan promoted to partner in its real estate practice and Angie Wills joining the firm as a knowledge lawyer. Having joined RDJ in 2015, Mr O'Callaghan and has considerable experience in working on the full range of real estate

The Irish government has been warned that its legislative plans risk politicising the development of sentencing guidelines. The general scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2026 proposes to give the minister for justice, home affairs and migration the power to direct the Judicial Council

Large-scale puppy and kitten breeding operations could relocate from Northern Ireland to south of the border following a proposed change in the law if an "all-island approach" is not adopted, a lawyer has warned. Hannah Unger, a senior associate at Fieldfisher Ireland and co-founder of Dog Law Irela

Coimisiún na Meán has published new guidance for researchers seeking to access data under the Digital Services Act (DSA). Article 40 of the DSA makes provision for researchers to access data from 'very large online platforms' (VLOPs) or 'very large online search engines' (VLOSEs) for t

The High Court has awarded compensatory damages to two men who were left street homeless, hungry and destitute after seeking international protection in Ireland. Handing down judgment on quantum yesterday, Mr Justice Cian Ferriter awarded €9,500 to one applicant, anonymised as SA, and €6,0

Plans to increase the maximum sentence for causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die in Northern Ireland will not be implemented until after the next election. The Department of Justice today published a summary of responses from a public consultation which was carried out from June to

Bank of Ireland UK has been fined more than £3.7 million for failing to implement UK anti-fraud rules by the required deadline.

In many practices, legal work is still delivered through personal operating styles rather than a standard operating model. The mechanics of delivery depend on informal coordination and tacit knowledge rather than defined process and accountable ownership. When technology is introduced into that envi

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel’s move to register land ‘systematises dispossession’ of Palestinians

Legislation giving Coimisiún na Meán responsibility for assessing media mergers has been published. The Media Regulation Bill will implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which is intended to protect media pluralism and independence and to ensure that media can operate more ea

William Wilson has been elected as chair of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA) following its 2026 AGM. Mr Wilson, who leads the property department at Lacey & Co Solicitors, will be supported over the coming year by Katherine Macauley of Joseph Magee & Co as vice-chai

Russia's Supreme Court has upheld a fine imposed on search giant Google which is roughly a million times more than the combined GDP of the entire world. Judge Sergei Samuylov said there were no grounds to review the imposition of the 91.5 quintillion rouble fine (around €1.2 quintillion or &pou