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A prominent YouTuber who was elected to the Japanese parliament is to be expelled after failing to turn up to a single session since his election eight months ago. Yoshikazu Higashitani, also known as "Mr. GaaSyy", became famous online for his celebrity gossip videos before being elected to the Japa

There are more than 11,000 outstanding claims worth a combined total of €5 billion, according to the latest figures from the State Claims Agency (SCA). At the end of 2022, there were 7,329 claims being managed under the general indemnity scheme (GIS) and 3,875 under the clinical indemnity schem

International law firm Walkers welcomed Derville Rowland, deputy governor for consumer and investor protection at the Central Bank of Ireland, to its International Women's Day event in Dublin on Friday. The lunch event at No. 25 Fitzwilliam Place coincided with the launch of the Central Bank's seven

Arthur Cox partner Deirdre O'Mahony has been appointed as secretary of the International Bar Association's (IBA) anti-corruption committee. The anti-corruption committee provides an international forum for private and public-sector practitioners to meet and discuss anti-corruption laws, compliance p

The political row over extending Ireland's eviction ban shows why a constitutional referendum on housing is "urgently needed", a senior housing lawyer has said. Aoife Kelly-Desmond, managing solicitor at Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC), said the controversy "highlights the challenge faced by govern

Lawyers Rose Hynes and Bryan Bourke have been appointed to leading roles in the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and AirNav Ireland. Ms Hynes, who was appointed as chairperson of the IAA in January 2021, has been re-appointed to the role and the IAA board for a five-year term.

RDJ LLP has appointed Evin McCarthy as the new head of the firm’s real estate group. Mr McCarthy is a partner in the firm’s Dublin office, where he represents developers, financial institutions, government agencies and investors in a wide variety of real estate transactions.

An American woman caught smuggling cannabis into Jamaica told officials she did it to prove to her friends that the US product is superior. Courtney Elizabeth Baker, 37, was caught with seven parcels containing three ounces — around 85 grams — of cannabis when she arrived at Sangster Int

FIFA has been handed a letter supported by over one million petition signatures, as well as special shirts, demanding that it provide compensation to migrant workers who suffered  human rights abuses while working on the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. The items were delivered to FIFA ahead o

Irish lawyer Emer Finnegan has been appointed to lead the legal service for the European Council and the Council of the European Union. She will take up her new position as director-general of the Council Legal Service and as legal counsel of the European Council and the Council from 1 April 2023.

The number of right-wing extremists in UK prisons has more than doubled in four years. Fifty-nine prisoners were classed as holding “extreme right-wing” views in 2022, up from 52 in the previous year.

A senior government official has claimed that residents' associations are routinely counting the dead among opponents to housing developments. Paul Hogan, chief planner in the Department of Housing, reportedly made the remarks to the joint Oireachtas committee on housing, local government and herita

International law firm Taylor Wessing has appointed Libby Garvey and Órlaith Molloy as its newest partners in Ireland, expanding its specialist finance and real estate offering. Ms Garvey, former head of finance and projects at Addleshaw Goddard, specialises in acting for Irish and internatio

Olivia McCann has been appointed as director of legal services and compliance at Respond, one of Ireland's largest housing associations. Ms McCann brings considerable experience of the commercial property sector to the association, where she will manage an in-house legal team of solicitors and legal

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