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Mullany Walsh Maxwells LLP has announced three new appointments. Deirdre Cahill has joined the firm as a legal director in the corporate and commercial team. She brings significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and corporate restructuring, and is widely recognise

Organisations supporting refugees and people seeking protection have strongly criticised new family reunification rules, describing them as cruel, inhumane and breaking apart families. In addition to being forced to wait two years before they can apply for family reunification, the new rules publish

The families of those killed in the RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 have secured a court hearing in their bid for judicial review. The hearing, now scheduled for July 14 at the High Court in London, will consider whether the families' application should proceed.

Peter Stapleton and Stephen O’Donnell As part of a series of events to mark 20 years in Ireland, the Maples Group hosted around 700 guests at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin for an evening of celebration.

Significant year-on-year increases in referrals to restorative justice within the criminal justice process have been reported. The results stem from research conducted by Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, in collaboration with the Probation Service and community-based restorative ju

Patrick Sharkey, former teacher in St Joseph’s Coleraine, was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison after admitting to around 130 charges of historical childhood sexual abuse involving 19 young boys over a period of approximately 25 years. Sharkey used his position as a teacher, kayak ins

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has confirmed that a charter operation to South Africa has been conducted. Deportation orders against 42 South African nationals were enforced by charter flight yesterday. The flight departed Dublin airport at 15.30 and landed in Johannesburg this morning at 04

The Bar of Ireland has announced that the 2026 Human Rights Award will be presented to the Irish Refugee Council in recognition of its contribution to the promotion and protection of the rights of refugees and people seeking international protection in Ireland.

An environmental campaigner and lawyer who organised a volunteer clean-up of a polluted river is being investigated by the Environment Agency over allegations that the work was carried out without the necessary permits. Paul Powlesland, founder of the River Roding Trust, led volunteers in removing l

A 10-year-old Cork girl with severe disabilities has secured a €3.25 million interim settlement of a High Court action against the HSE arising from the circumstances of her birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital. Olivia McGrath, from Gurranabraher, Co Cork, who cannot speak, has impaired v

The University of Leicester is inviting members of the public to a thought-provoking lecture exploring the role of human rights in modern British society. Hosted by the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI), the free in-person and online lecture, “What have human rights done

Mason Hayes & Curran has welcomed the first cohort of students to its 2026 Summer Internship Programme.

Despite promises to “take back control” and diverge from EU rules, the UK is increasingly aligning with the European Union, according to a new report from the Constitution Society and the Federal Trust. In Brexit and Regulation, experts Professor Catherine Barnard and Joël Reland ch

The UK government has today announced a £4 million financial intervention to support the Police Service of Northern Ireland following the recent wave of public disorder and racially motivated violence.  Last week’s serious public disorder, which followed the heinous attack in North

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