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Solicitor and former Law Society of Northern Ireland president Suzanne Rice has been appointed as a judge. Judge Rice was sworn into office as a district judge in the magistrates' courts before Dame Siobhan Keegan, the lady chief justice of Northern Ireland, on Friday.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has announced the appointments of Barry Kelleher and Conor White as partners and Patricia Finn as chief operating officer. Mr Kelleher, who has been promoted to partner in the litigation and healthcare teams, joined the firm as a trainee in 2013.

LinkedIn has revised its AI roll-out plans following engagement from Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). The Microsoft-owned social media platform informed the DPC in March of its intention to train its own proprietary generative AI models using the personal data of LinkedIn members based in

New legislation will allow for information-sharing between An Garda Síochána and schools in order to strengthen protection for children impacted by violence in the home. The general scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025

Matheson has recruited Marie McGinley as a partner in the firm's technology and innovation group, which she will lead from the beginning of next year. A recognised leader in the technology and data protection sector, Ms McGinley’s expertise is in technology regulation, including AI, outsourcin

A judge has imposed a fine of more than €1,000 on the owner of a cat for trespassing into a neighbour's garden — with further fines threatened for future transgressions. Dominique Valdès, who lives in Béziers in southern France, said hearing the controversial ruling about he

McCann FitzGerald LLP has appointed Stephen Tallon as a partner in its corporate transactions group. Currently based in London, Mr Tallon will join the firm’s UK office later this year before relocating to Dublin in mid-2026.

Five bus and taxi operators accused of anti-competitive practices have gone on trial before the Central Criminal Court. Raymond Heney, Larry Hickey, Noel Browne, Anthony Flynn and Andrew Walsh deny charges under the Competition Act 2002.

Ireland's former president Dr Mary McAleese has issued a stark warning about the global erosion of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Addressing an event hosted by Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) at the Law Society of Ireland yesterday, Dr McAleese condemned what she described as a

The UK Supreme Court has hosted a delegation from the US Supreme Court.

Irish researchers are part of an international, interdisciplinary team which has won a €10 million grant to investigate coercive and abusive interrogation practices. Professor Yvonne Daly of Dublin City University's School of Law and Government and Professor Shane O'Mara of Trinity College Inst

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The UK government has imposed sanctions against the New IRA and an individual which it suspects of involvement in terrorist activity. From 6 November 2025, Kieran Gallagher and the New IRA are subject to an asset freeze under the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 — the s

Ireland's prisons are at breaking point and the government cannot "build its way out" of the overcrowding crisis, a watchdog has warned. In his strongest remarks yet, the chief inspector of prisons, Mark Kelly, said a significant number of people in prison in Ireland "are being held in conditions th

Eight in 10 people in Ireland experienced a justice problem in the last two years, according to a first-of-its-kind legal need survey. The preliminary findings from the EU-funded project, which involves Ireland, Italy, Malta and the Netherlands, were published yesterday.