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Ireland is an "outlier in Europe" because of its failure to give legal recognition to prenuptial agreements, a lawyer and government minister has said. Josepha Madigan, a qualified solicitor and minister of state for special education, told The Sunday Times that the law should be changed to recognis

Lawyers are unlikely to be replaced with AI-powered chatbots any time soon, a Northern Ireland law firm has said after reviewing the reliability of legal advice produced by ChatGPT. SG Murphy Solicitors put ChatGPT, probably the best-known AI chatbot, to the test by asking it a number of standard le

Proposed reforms to improve the efficiency of Ireland's courts must be "carefully considered", the Bar of Ireland has said. The barristers' body has warmly welcomed the government's announcement that it will appoint an additional 24 judges across the Irish courts this year and a further 20 judges ne

A new community space is to be created in the heart of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in partnership with law firm Matheson. The museum is now showcasing six proposals for the Matheson Creativity Hub in Memory of Tim Scanlon following an architectural competition organised in conjunction with

Personal injury specialist firm Kearney Law Group has announced the appointment of two new claim specialists to its team in Belfast. Lee Donaghy has been appointed to the newly-created role of claims and business development manager and Ryan Abram has been named senior claims consultant.

Cork solicitors and friends were welcomed to the Maryborough Hotel last week for the Southern Law Association's annual dinner. Emma Meagher Neville, who was recently elected president of the Southern Law Association, told Irish Legal News: "It is a career highlight for me to be president. We had a w

A notorious gangster has escaped prison by knotting bed sheets together into a makeshift rope and abseiling from a window. Marco Raduano, a leading figure in the Sacra Corona Unita mafia, made the cartoonish escape from the Badu 'e Carros prison in Sardinia.

John Elliot, who retired from the Law Society of Ireland last year, has been appointed as chairperson of the appeals board of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). Mr Elliot was director of regulation and registrar of solicitors at the Law Society until his early retirement last year, h

Ireland's controversial wardship system will finally come to an end in April 2023, the government has said. Roderic O'Gorman, the minister for children, equality, disability, integration and youth, and Anne Rabbitte, the minister of state for disability, have confirmed that 26 April 2023 has been se

Flynn O'Driscoll LLP advised on more M&A deals last year than any other Irish law firm, according to a new report. The latest report from Experian’s M&A monitor division, MarketIQ, reveals that the business law firm advised on 90 of the 766 transactions which took place in the busiest

Today, 24 February 2023, marks exactly one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. In October 2022, at the opening ceremony of the IBA Annual Conference in Miami, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed delegates by video in which he referred to members of the audience as "defenders of th

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Google owner Alphabet has sacked its robot cleaners as part of a cost-cutting exercise. More than 100 robots developed by the tech giant's Everyday Robotics department were helping to clean cafeterias and conference rooms in its San Francisco headquarters.

An additional 24 judges will be appointed across the Irish courts this year and a further 20 judges next year, the government has announced. The overall number of judges in the State will increase from 173 to 217 by the end of 2024 under government plans to implement the recommendations of the judic

McCann FitzGerald has appointed Sabina Cotter as head of responsible business to build on the firm's corporate citizenship and ESG agenda and support its growing programme of pro bono work. Ms Cotter has more than 20 years' experience in social and commercial impact roles and previously held positio