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Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors has appointed Gemma Boyle and Aoifé McColgan to its corporate and commercial law team. Ms Boyle trained and worked with an international commercial law firm for nine years and was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales in 2019. She has

Legislation dis-applying the mandatory life sentence for a child who commits murder but turns 18 years old before sentencing has been signed into law. The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2024 was fast-tracked through the Oireachtas in response to a High Court ruling which found that the existing mu

KOD Lyons managing partner John O'Doherty has been re-appointed to the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland for a further two years. Mr O'Doherty has served on the board since 2019 and was elected as its vice-chair last year.

Johnsons has promoted Jonathan Calvert to partner in the firm's Belfast office. Mr Calvert trained with the firm and has spent his entire professional career in the firm's defence litigation practice.

An American police official has been criticised after summoning officers because Burger King bungled his order. Sheriff Craig Owens Sr, who heads the force in Cobb County, Georgia, has been accused of an "abuse of power" after officers raced to his aid at the fast food restaurant.

A new independent body for resolving disputes on social media platforms has arrived in Dublin with the help of Taylor Wessing Ireland. The Appeals Centre Europe has been certified by Coimisiún na Meán as an out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) body under Article 21 of the EU Digital S

RDJ LLP has welcomed success in the Supreme Court in a legal battle between two insurance firms following a workplace accident. RSA Insurance Ireland DAC appealed in legal proceedings arising from a dispute with Zurich Insurance plc concerning the delineation of their respective liabilities as insur

Migrant rights campaigners have expressed their disappointment over the government's failure to cut the €300 fee for an Irish Residence Permission (IRP) card. A petition signed by over 14,000 people and presented to the Department of Justice last year called for the €300 fee — which

Four in ten Irish businesses will not be prepared for NIS2 compliance by next week's deadline, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran suggests. The business law firm surveyed 160 professionals ahead of 17 October, the date by which the government must transpose NIS2 into Irish law.

Israel has breached international humanitarian law by targeting and firing on UNIFIL positions in Lebanon, the Irish government has said. The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said yesterday that its Naqoura headquarters and nearby positions "have been repeatedly hit" by the Israel Defence Forces (

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has appointed David Kirton as a partner in the firm's intellectual property, technology and data protection team in Dublin. Mr Kirton, previously a partner in a large Irish law firm, advises Irish and international businesses on technology licensing and implement

Beauchamps has appointed Fiona Egan and Yvonne O'Byrne as partners. Ms Egan joins the firm from Arthur Cox as a partner in the projects, infrastructure and energy team.

Police say they seized a bag labelled "definitely not a bag full of drugs" — which turned out to be full of drugs.

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Penal experts have raised concerns that youth detention is not being treated as a last resort in spite of a statutory obligation. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) said the youth detention system is "now regularly at capacity" as it responded to a new report on conditions in Oberstown Children Det