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Citizenship ceremonies welcoming 950 people as Irish citizens took place in-person today for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Two ceremonies took place at the INEC in Killarney, Co Kerry, presided over by retired High Court judge Mr Justice Bryan McMahon and retired Distri

The Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards 2022 are now open for nominations until the end of July. The awards acknowledge excellence and recognise the outstanding achievements and exemplary practices of leading law firms, legal practitioners and in-house legal teams across Ireland.

Northern Ireland employers with employees based south of the border have been urged to have a written remote working policy in place to ensure they comply with new legislation and to avoid potential fines. The Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2021 will make it an offence for an employer to fail, wi

Criminal law barristers have overwhelmingly voted to strike as part of their legal aid dispute with the UK government. Following a ballot of 2,500 members, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said it would pursue "the highest form of escalation", consisting of "days of action combined with both no re

Hundreds of kilograms of cocaine have been turned over to police by baffled supermarket workers after being discovered in shipments of bananas from Colombia. The drugs – totalling around 998 kilograms, worth nearly £70 million – were mistakenly delivered to a number of Czech superm

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has today published its Annual Report 2021, providing an overview of its performance and output for the year. 2021 was the second full year that the LSRA operated as the independent complaints handling body for complaints about solicitors and barristers

Having chosen the cheapest option, McDonald’s is to pay a record €1.25 billion to the French authorities to avoid prosecution for alleged tax evasion. The fast food giant will pay a fine of €508 million and settle a bill of €737 million for tax it failed to pay between 2009 and

A&L Goodbody has won the award for best collaboration with clients at the annual Managing Partners' Forum 2022 Awards as well as 'Aviation Firm of the Year' 2022 in the China Business Law Journal awards – for the third year running. The Managing Partners' Forum award was for the firm'

Foreign Minister Simon Coveney is due to visit Strasbourg next week to take part in a Council of Europe panel on democratic security in Europe. Ireland currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.

Teachers, like councillors, exercise what little power they have to what little ends they can. While few school pupils nowadays will actively be stopped from using the bathroom when nature calls, many of us have felt the disfavour of a teacher when attempting to do so. Perhaps the law should assist

None of us expect to be harmed as a patient in healthcare, yet, in Ireland, as many as 1 in 8 patients suffer harm while using using healthcare services. Johan Verbruggen addresses queries he has received about the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019, which is currently be

A woman who suffered catastrophic injuries shortly after her birth has been granted permission to proceed with her legal action against the consultant gynaecologist. Jane Harte, 28, was born at a private maternity hospital in Cork where Pallany Pillay was the attending consultant gynaecologist on 8

Solicitor Patrick (Pat) Kelly passed away on Wednesday, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Kelly was admitted as a solicitor to the Roll in 1985 and was a partner in the firm of McConnell Kelly before retiring in May 2022.

Arthur Cox's intellectual property team has won the Ireland - IP Transactions and Advisory Firm of the Year 2022 at the 17th annual Managing IP Awards in London. The awards celebrate the successes of leading firms and their clients from across the world, highlighting the accomplishments of the legal

LK Shields Solicitors has announced the appointment of Gemma Forde. Ms Forde joins the firm as a corporate partner and will be based in its Galway Office. She has a broad corporate experience advising clients on a wide range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, shareholders agreements, cor