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One of Europe’s leading environmental experts is set to address a major climate justice conference in Belfast today on the environmental crisis at Lough Neagh. Dr Eduardo Salazar-Ortuño from the University of Murcia has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Lessons from Mar Menor

Clarke Jeffers LLP Solicitors won big at the LEAP Irish Law Awards in Dublin last week. The firm was named Leinster Law Firm of the Year, Leinster Family Law Firm of the Year and Leinster Property Law Firm of the Year. Clarke Jeffers LLP, which has offices in Carlow and Dublin, was the only firm to

Cleaver Fulton Rankin acted for the Department for Communities in its delivery of the first ever affordable rent programme for lower income households in Northern Ireland. Stephen Cross, Sinead Stewart, Rebecca O'Flaherty and Caitriona Fitzpatrick of the firm's banking & finance team recently ad

This week marks just over 100 days since the new residential tenancies rules came into effect on 1 March 2026. The initial effects of the legislation on tenants, landlords, and housing supply have been widely felt across the country. Since the introduction of the legislation, the real estate Team at

France is seeing a growing crackdown on bare-chested tourists, with up to 20 seaside towns now imposing fines on people who walk through town centres in swimwear. While topless sunbathing remains legal on most French beaches, resorts from Deauville on the Channel coast to Narbonne on the Mediterrane

Traditional legal systems around the world are increasingly ill-equipped to cope with the fast-moving impact of climate change on communities, new research warns. Courts and authorities who control planning and local services must follow rigid rules which are based around people’s rights and e

Half of women working in legal services say their current working pattern is unsustainable for their long-term health, while 67 per cent have considered moving job or taking a career break due to health and wellbeing issues. New research from the Next 100 Years project, supported by LawCare, RPC and

Addleshaw Goddard has been named leading international law firm in Ireland at the 2026 LEAP Irish Law Awards.

Lavelle Partners LLP have been recognised as Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year at the 2026 Irish Law Awards.

Gateley has announced a trio of promotions and a new appointment in its Belfast office, including the promotion of a new partner and director. Commercial dispute resolution lawyer Jonathan Jackson has been promoted to partner at Gateley Legal, whilst Stacey Ferguson becomes director at Gateley Capit

Criminal court proceedings across Ireland face disruption this week after solicitors withdrew legal aid services in protest at planned changes to how they are paid. Solicitors involved in criminal legal aid work are expected to halt services on bail cases from today until Friday in the District Cour

Ireland has called for greater international cooperation to tackle money laundering, terrorist financing and the proceeds of crime, as ministers from across Europe met in Strasbourg to discuss growing financial crime threats. Catherine Ardagh, the minister of state for international law, law reform

The European Parliament has voted by a broad majority to introduce a ban on AI “nudifier” tools, proposed by Independent MEP Michael McNamara. The ban, which will come into effect on 2 December of this year, will outlaw AI systems designed to generate fake nude or intimate images of real

A Moroccan court has fined a football supporter 10,000 dirhams (about €2,300; £2,000) after he repeatedly called a club president a “donkey” in Facebook posts criticising his management of the team. The court in Kenitra ruled that the term amounted to an insult under Moroccan

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in partnership with the School of Law in Trinity College Dublin will today mark the organisation’s 50th anniversary with a conference considering the current risks to fundamental freedoms and democracy. With democracy under increasing threat at home