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The High Court has rejected a constitutional challenge brought by a teenager who cannot avail of a "Romeo and Juliet" defence to criminal charges relating to alleged sexual offences involving a girl seven months younger than him. The applicant, now 18, was charged with a number of offences related t

Gardaí are set to deliver classroom lessons in Irish secondary schools on the law around online harassment and intimate image abuse. The new Garda schools programme lesson on the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 – also known as 'Coco's law' – w

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has set out "provisional concerns" that a proposed acquisition may substantially lessen competition in the provision of rental laundry services. The watchdog today issued its preliminary assessment to the parties involved in the proposed acqu

A man alleged to have a bong built into his car to allow him to smoke cannabis while driving has been arrested for the 98th time. The man, who has not been named, was one of two suspects apprehended by police in the US state of Washington in connection with organised retail theft.

LEAP Legal Software has returned as headline sponsor for this year's LEAP Irish Law Awards 2026. They will be sponsoring the "Law Firm of the Year" category among some others. Organisers say are sincerely grateful for their continued support, which plays a vital role in making this event possible. L

The Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) has raised over £800 for its charity partner, the WAVE Trauma Centre, at its annual charity quiz night.

Nearly a third of businesses checked in a Europe-wide sweep were found to have advertised misleading discounts during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. Ireland's consumer watchdog, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), participated in the sweep alongside the European Commissi

A compensation scheme has been extended to cover children and young people identified as having suffered harm in a review into mental health services in North Kerry. An external lookback review into the standards of care provided by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in North Ker

Ireland's human rights watchdog is to make submissions to the Supreme Court in a case concerning whether "necessity" is a valid defence to prosecution for direct action protests. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been granted leave to appear as amicus curiae in the case of DPP v Dow

Intellectual property advisers Murgitroyd has launched a new "responsible AI" framework as it seeks to integrate AI into the IP lifecycle. The framework represents a milestone in the firm's multi-year programme to adopt AI, which it says has already transformed how the firm delivers patent and trade

A&L Goodbody has been announced as a "JAM Card friendly" business by the NOW Group, a social enterprise operating across Ireland that supports people who are neurodiverse, autistic or have a learning difficulty into jobs with a future.

Irish lawyer Dara Robinson SC has been appointed as chair of Fair Trials, the only international NGO that campaigns exclusively for the right to a fair trial. Mr Robinson is a senior Irish solicitor and legal leader with a long-standing career in criminal law, including landmark work representing vu

A judge has shown little patience with a woman who joined an online court hearing while driving a car and then unsuccessfully tried to convince the judge she wasn't. Kimberly Carroll joined the Detroit court hearing via Zoom late and with her camera switched off, according to FOX 2.

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Legal observers have identified "emerging issues" in the policing of protest in Ireland in a first-of-its kind report. The Irish Network of Legal Observers (INLO), co-convened by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway, today pub