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Ireland's new media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, will be designated as a competent authority under the EU Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill will be amended after its enactment to provide for the enhanced role, the government confirm

UK law firm TLT has appointed Christina Lishman as a managing associate in Belfast, bolstering its litigation offering. Ms Lishman joins the firm from a large regional commercial law firm where she served as a senior associate specialising in commercial dispute resolution.

Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) has expanded its legal team with the appointment of Adam Boyle as a solicitor. Mr Boyle qualified as a solicitor in summer 2022 after training with McCann FitzGerald, where he worked in the litigation and dispute resolution department on matters involved fraud, defam

The time may have come for British judges to resign from judicial roles in Hong Kong, former Supreme Court president Lady Hale has suggested. The retired judge's measured remarks, reported by The Times, come as the territory's authorities bid to overturn a court ruling allowing a British barrister t

McCann FitzGerald LLP partners Fiona O’Beirne and Kevin Kelly have been named as exclusive winners for Ireland at the 2022 Lexology Client Choice Awards, announced this week in London. Established in 2005, the Lexology Client Choice awards recognise law firms and partners around the world that

A lost dog has been found after it walked into a police station. Rosie, who was scared by a firework on 3 November, walked into Loughborough Police Station the same day.

The first meeting of the newly appointed In-House Lawyers’ Group Northern Ireland (IHLGNI) committee took place on 27 October. Ciaran Fegan (Graham Group) was elected as chair of the IHLHNI for 2022/23. Julie-Ann McCaffrey (Greentown Environmental), was appointed as secretary; Anne MacRandal (

The Trinity College Law Review (TCLR) and Trinity Free Legal Advice Centre (Trinity FLAC) will host Professor Conor O’Mahony as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series for Volume XXVI of the TCLR. His address is entitled ‘State Responses to Historical Child Protection Issues - Has Irela

Irish business group ISME will pay €75,000 to Limerick solicitor Gerard O'Neill as part of a settlement ending defamation proceedings he launched two years ago. Mr O'Neill, founder and principal of O’Neill & Co Solicitors, launched proceedings in the High Court in July 2020 after ISME

An extension of the retirement age for members of An Garda Síochána is "being considered" by government, justice minister Helen McEntee has said. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has called for the current retirement age of 60 to be increased to relieve recruitm

Eversheds Sutherland was among organisations which came together to tackle "skyrocketing" scams at the Northern Ireland Fraud Forum's first-ever annual conference in Belfast yesterday. The NI Fraud Forum was launched in April by organisations including Eversheds Sutherland, Grant Thornton, and FPM-A

A special advocate for survivors will be appointed to represent the collective interests of those who suffered institutional abuse, the government has announced. The proposal to appoint a special advocate originates in the action plan for survivors and former residents of mother and baby homes and c

Motor insurance premiums decreased by an average of two per cent in the first year of the new personal injury guidelines, according to new figures from the Central Bank of Ireland. The fourth annual private motor insurance report of the National Claims Information Database (NCID) covers the period f

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Bauer Media Group, one of the world's largest privately-owned media businesses with assets worldwide, has agreed to acquire Cork's Red FM 104-106.

Draft legislation providing for the establishment of a new Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland is set to be published by the government. The Gambling Regulation Bill sets out the framework and legislative basis for the establishment of the new independent statutory body and for a "robust regula