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A&O Shearman has raised £66,090 for the Northern Ireland Hospice and Children's Hospice following a successful two-year partnership, surpassing its original fundraising target by almost 50 per cent. The firm's people in Belfast exceeded the original £45,000 target through fundraising

Gardaí and Revenue now value a kilo of herbal cannabis at €14,000, not €20,000. The change was never announced, but it moves the line for the most serious drug possession offence, writes Brian Cusack. On 5 October, The Irish Times reported that An Garda Síochána had "o

Phoenix Law have announced that their client, Hafez Alrayyes, a Gaza student awarded a fully funded scholarship to study Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, has had his Irish study visa refusal overturned following a legal challenge. A spokesperson for Phoenix Law said: “Despite the devasta

The President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has told solicitors that resolutions passed by members at the Special General Meeting (SGM) due to take place on Monday are merely advisory and do not bind the Council.

An Australian currency trader who was sacked for working overseas without permission has won an unfair dismissal case – but was denied compensation.

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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has today announced the 21 civil society organisations to be awarded a total of €350,000 in funding for projects under its Human Rights and Equality Grants Scheme 2026-2027. Projects were awarded for general grants up to €22,000 and fo

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has welcomed the attestation of 207 new Gardaí at the Garda College in Templemore.

Former DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for historical sex offences, including one count of rape, committed against two women when they were children. The sentence has been welcomed by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre who said that it “sends a resoundi

Former DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for child sex offences, including one count of rape, committed against two women when they were children.  Sitting at Newry Crown Court Judge Ramsey said in his sentencing remarks that Mr Donaldson’s convi

William Fry has won Legal Advisor / Team of the Year at the National FinTech Awards 2026, held last night at The Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin. This is the third time in four years that William Fry has won the National FinTech Awards.

On Saturday 6 October Right to Transparency launched the 300 Silenced Voices Campaign seeking to gather 300 testimonies of mothers who believe that they and their children have been failed by the Irish family justice system. In just a few weeks the campaign has gathered 100 testimonies. Those

Solicitor Margaret Feeney has passed away after a short illness.

The UK government has introduced a package of amendments to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. The amendments, which are intended to enhance existing protections and establish legal safeguards for Armed Forces veterans and police officers who served during the Troubles, will continue their progress

A Peruvian man named Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores has been elected mayor of a small Andean district, winning by 25 votes – on a centre-left party ticket.