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Ireland must take further action to prevent corruption among senior state officials — including government ministers, law officers and judges — and in An Garda Síochána, a major European anti-corruption body has said. The Council of Europe's Group of States against Corrupti

Just under 900 people have to date obtained a gender recognition certificate (GRC) under Ireland's 2015 gender recognition law, new figures reveal. The Gender Recognition Act 2015 made it possible for transgender people in Ireland to obtain legal recognition of their gender identity for the first ti

Property professionals want the new An Coimisiún Pleanála to be required to determine planning appeals within 16 weeks, according to a new survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The business law firm polled more than 250 agents, developers and property managers at its recent real esta

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has named PIPS Suicide Prevention Ireland as its chosen charity partner for 2023. The law firm, in conjunction with accident management company CRASH Services, will fundraise for the charity over the course of the year.

Northern Ireland has seen the UK's greatest increase in women applying to study law over the last three years, according to new figures. Over the last three years, female applications to all law courses in the UK have risen by 13 per cent. Last year, female applications reached triple figures for th

The remaining members of the Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) board have been removed on a no-fault basis after the State agency struggled to function in the wake of a number of resignations.

Ireland should enshrine economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights in its Constitution, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said in a new report. In a policy statement published yesterday, the rights body recommends that a joint Oireachtas committee on a constitutional amendment for E

A chocolate factory has been fined after workers fell into a vat of chocolate and became trapped in it. The Mars Wrigley factory in Pennsylvania was fined $14,500 by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over the "serious" incident, CBS reports.

Ireland's Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP), popularly dubbed the "golden visa" scheme, is to close to new applications. Introduced in 2012, the IIP was a pathway for non-EEA nationals to secure an immigration permission in Ireland on the basis of long-term investment in a range of options approved

A citizens' assembly on drugs use is to be asked to consider how the harmful impacts of illicit drugs can be "significantly reduced", including through legislative change. The assembly, which will comprise 99 members of the general public and an independent chair, will begin its work in April and is

Ireland's proposed new police ombudsman will not have institutional independence under the government's current legislative plans, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has warned. The policing watchdog has published a detailed set of observations on the Policing, Security and

New York veterinarians are being flooded with stoned dogs which have eaten discarded cannabis following the legalisation of the drug. Since the legalisation of recreational cannabis in 2021, vets in the city are seeing a huge increase in cases of confused canines in their clinics, according to The N

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has appointed Neil Campbell as its new head of financial services. Mr Campbell succeeds Will Carmody, who led the business law firm's financial services team from 2018 until his recent appointment as the firm's managing partner.

Omagh solicitor Joe McGarrity has passed away at the age of 57 after suffering a heart attack while driving. Mr McGarrity qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland in May 1996 and previously worked in Omagh firm McGale Kelly Solicitors.

RDJ LLP has congratulated six newly-qualified solicitors on the next stage of their careers with the firm. Marie Jennings, Louise Buckley and Mark Costello have all joined the firm's corporate and commercial team as solicitors.