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Australia has won the latest round in a long-running battle with New Zealand beekeepers over whose honey can be labelled as mānuka honey. Mānuka honey is produced by bees foraging on nectar from mānuka trees, which are indigenous to both countries.

The Law Society of Ireland has congratulated fifth class students from Stanhope Street Primary School on their graduation from its Apple Everyone Can Code programme. Since 2019, the Law Society has been teaching the students of Stanhope Street Primary School about coding through Everyone Can Code. T

Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Aisling O'Hare and Nuala Maguire as of counsel in the global law firm's Belfast office. Ms O'Hare has been appointed to the firm's commercial team and brings over 10 years' experience advising public and private sector clients on commercial contracts, intellectual

The Department of Justice has launched a new awareness campaign highlighting that threatening to share intimate images of another person is a crime with potentially serious consequences. The ‘Serious Consequences’ campaign — which will run on TV, cinema, local and national radio, d

New alcohol labelling laws billed as a world-first are set to come into effect in three years' time. The Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 and the remaining provisions of section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act have been signed into law by health minister Stephen Donnelly.

A new portrait of former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has been unveiled by the Bar of Northern Ireland in line with a long-standing tradition.

Gore & Grimes Solicitors LLP has become the first and only Irish law firm to join the international law association Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW). Established in 1989, LAW is a global resource of locally respected law firms. The international network offers unique expertise from over 100 me

Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have announced a planned merger to create Allen Overy Shearman Sterling. A&O Shearman, as the firm will be known, will have about 3,900 lawyers and and some 800 partners across 49 offices, including Belfast and Dublin. The two firms have 250 years of

A woman who tried to board a plane wearing six kilograms of clothing to avoid a baggage fee has been fined. Adriana Ocampo, a 19-year-old from Australia, filmed her attempted travel hack on a flight from Melbourne to Adelaide, the New York Post reports.

A record €1.2 billion fine is to be imposed on Facebook owner Meta following GDPR breaches related to personal data transfers between the EU/EEA and the US.

Solicitor Orla Crowe has joined the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) as its new director of fitness to practise. Ms Crowe is a solicitor with over 11 years of professional experience. She previously worked in the health and social care department of law firm ByrneWallace, where she spec

Specialist employment law practice CC Solicitors has appointed Bernadette Daly as a partner. Prior to joining the firm, Ms Day spent 15 years as in-house legal counsel with a professional services firm in Dublin, where she provided internal legal support on all aspects of employment law.

Co Antrim firm MacAllister McAleese has announced a new partnership with Cushendall-based GAA club Ruairí Óg.

The Law Reform Commission has appointed Sarah Foley as its new library and information manager. Ms Foley worked at the Law Library from 2005 until last year, latterly as assistant librarian. She later spent a year at the Irish Management Institute (IMI).

Trainee solicitors Steven Scanlan, Andrea Whelton, Niamh Ferry and Sarah Courtney have emerged as winners of the 2023 Michael Peart Challenge Cup. Mr Scanlan, of RDJ, and Ms Whelton, Ms Ferry and Ms Courtney, all of Arthur Cox, represented the Law Society of Ireland at the competition in Belfast.