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Dillon Eustace LLP has appointed Etain de Valera as head of its asset management and investment funds practice. Ms de Valera, who joined the firm in 2001 and became partner in 2006, takes over from Donnacha O'Connor, who continues working for the firm as managing partner and as a senior partner in t

International law firm Walkers' backing of the National Concert Hall in Dublin has been recognised at the 2023 Business to Arts Awards.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has imposed fines totalling €345 million on TikTok over GDPR breaches relating to the processing of children's personal data. The DPC's final decision, published today, follows a binding decision by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) last month. Howev

William Fry LLP is celebrating after being recognised as Fintech Professional Advisor of the Year at Ireland's inaugural National Fintech Awards. Of the businesses nominated in the category, William Fry was the only law firm put forth by the organisers, iQuest & Business Post.

The Parole Board's legal aid scheme provided legal representation to 38 applicants and 28 victims in the first year-and-a-half of its operation, new figures show. The statutory Parole Board today published its first annual report, covering the period from 31 July 2021 — when the Parole Ac

Law student Alicia Joy O'Sullivan has been named as one of two UN youth delegates for Ireland. Ms O'Sullivan is a University College Cork (UCC) law student, advocate and Quercus scholar from Skibbereen, West Cork. She was the UCC Students’ Union environmental and sustainability officer in 2020

Brian McHugh has been appointed as chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Mr McHugh has served as a member of the CCPC since 2017 and has over 20 years' experience in the public sector, including 15 years in Northern Ireland's Utility Regulator.

A new participation exemption for foreign-sourced dividends will be introduced in Ireland's corporation tax system in 2025 under a government roadmap published yesterday. The roadmap, which includes a technical consultation to inform ongoing design work, sets out a timeline and the next steps toward

Skyrocketing cocaine exports are set to overtake oil as Colombia's main export, according to a new analysis. The country's oil exports dropped by nearly a third in the first half of the year while its cocaine exports are expected to outperform a record set in 2022, Bloomberg reports.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Laos deports human rights lawyer who was fleeing state pressure back to China | The Independent

The Law Society of Ireland has told criminal solicitors it is considering how to respond to the Bar Council's plan to withdraw services early next month as part of its campaign for fee restoration. In a bulletin sent to members this week, Law Society president Maura Derivan said the case for fee res

The UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs, has called for bold steps to protect those forced to flee their homes while speaking at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s annual human rights lecture. The event, in partnership with the Bar o

William Fry LLP yesterday welcomed colleagues and in-house lawyers to its new Cork office for a masterclass in AI law, led by experts from the firm's technology group. The event orbited around the pivotal role in-house lawyers will play in their organisations' implementation of AI technologies and h

The UK Supreme Court's Ask a Justice programme returns for the 2023/24 academic year, giving schools the opportunity to have a live question and answer session with a justice from their own classroom. The sessions provide a unique insight into the work of the justices and is excellent for pupils and

Police are investigating the unusual theft of 14 beehives from an apiary in north Wales. Beekeepers were last month urged to keep a look out for the missing bees, with police suggesting the thief or thieves would "clearly... have some knowledge about beekeeping".