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The PSNI is set to publish mugshots of criminals who have been imprisoned for at least 12 months under a new policy. Many other UK police forces already release custody photos of people imprisoned for serious offences.

New technology has been deployed to help enforce a Chinese smoking ban by taking away the privacy of toilet users when smoke is detected. Two shopping centres in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen have installed new glass toilet cubicle doors, which are designed to turn from opaque to transparent

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Two men have been sentenced in England in connection with an immigration scam which included instructing people to travel to Dublin to exploit EU treaty rights. Syed Ali Shah Gilani and Risalat Hussain were both sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday.

Mandatory prison sentences of at least three years should be imposed on thieves who steal work equipment from tradespeople and businesses, a Fine Gael senator has proposed. Senator PJ Murphy has said he will bring forward a private member's bill next week to introduce tougher sentences by way of ame

Ireland is to vote against the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, the government has confirmed. Irish farmers have led domestic opposition to the deal with the South American trading bloc, which some critics also say would undermine climate action.

Philip Lee has welcomed six newly-qualified associates following the successful completion of their traineeships with the firm. Andrew Campbell and Callum Gillespie have both been appointed to the firm's projects and construction team.

Experts on children's rights and women's safety have urged the introduction of a ban on AI-powered "nudification" tools in Ireland as quickly as possible. Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has come under intense scrutiny in Ireland and internationally because it has been widely used to generate and share

The government's admission that it will miss its legally-binding climate target by a wide margin shows why legal action is necessary, according to lawyers involved in climate litigation. Climate minister Darragh O'Brien has said Ireland will not achieve its statutory target of reducing emissions by

Legislators have been left red-faced after approving a law which included references to fake minerals named after lawyers. North Dakota's new law on mining critical minerals mentions "friezium" and "stralium", apparently references to Christopher Friez and David Straley, lawyers for North American C

The Trump administration has announced the withdrawal of the US from dozens of international organisations, conventions and treaties "as soon as possible". A presidential memorandum yesterday named 31 UN organisations and 35 non-UN organisations which the US government now considers it is "contrary

A homeowner is at his wits’ end after spending months trying to get a 550-pound bear removed from beneath his house. Kenneth Johnson, who lives in Altadena, California, claims the animal has been living in his crawlspace since November and that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (C

A woman has been awarded £1,000 in compensation after her mother’s ashes were mistakenly sent through an EU country, opened by border officials and returned with some of the contents spilled. The daughter, referred to as Mrs R in proceedings, had paid £1,440 to direct cremation fir

Beauchamps has announced the promotion of Jeanie Kelly to partner in the firm's projects, infrastructure & energy group, specialising in planning & environment law. Having joined the firm in January 2025, Ms Kelly has quickly distinguished herself as a leading practitioner in the field, brin

Arthur Cox has appointed two new partners and six new of counsel across the firm.