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The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe have strongly reaffirmed their unequivocal opposition to the death penalty, in all cases and in all circumstances. The EU's high representative, Kaja Kallas, and the Council of Europe's secretary general, Alain Berset, issued a joint statement to mar

The PSNI's chief constable called for transparency on the deadly 1994 RAF Chinook crash amid growing calls for a judge-led public inquiry. A total of 29 people — 25 senior intelligence experts and four Special Forces crew — died when the helicopter went down on the Mull of Kintyre en rou

William Fry was named FinTech Professional Advisor or Team of the Year at last night's prestigious National FinTech Awards 2025 at the Round Room, Mansion House, Dublin. The firm previously won the same award at the inaugural National FinTech Awards in 2023, reinforcing the firm’s consist

A&L Goodbody delivered over 41,100 pro bono hours in the past three years, with 80 per cent of the firm's lawyers participating in pro bono work, according to a new report. The firm yesterday launched its first responsible business report, highlighting the firm’s long-standing commitment t

Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has named Assisi Animal Sanctuary as its new charity of the year. The law firm will collaborate with the local independent animal welfare charity, which provides essential shelter and care for animals in need, in a one-year partnership that will see Wilson Nesbit

The majority of Irish businesses are not fully prepared for pensions auto-enrolment, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has found. The business law firm surveyed 270 employers at its recent webinar, finding that most companies are still finalising plans, despite the scheme taking effect on 1 Janua

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Human Rights Watch sounds alarm over China's new draft 'ethnic unity' law

Upcoming equality legislation should extend protection from discrimination to cover socio-economic status, an Oireachtas committee has recommended.

Italy did not violate Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights by removing a woman from the birth certificate of a child born in Italy to same-sex parents by means of assisted reproduction abroad, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The court yesterday handed down its 6-1 major

Specialist employment law firm Littler has hired Ailbhe Marsh as an associate in its Dublin office to advise on all contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. Ms Marsh trained and qualified at McCann FitzGerald and works across all aspects of employment law, offering support on advisory

A lawyer who hurled his shoe at India's chief justice has been suspended from practice. Rakesh Kishore took offence after Chief Justice BR Gavai dismissed a petition demanding the restoration of a seven-foot statue of Lord Vishnu as "purely publicity interest litigation", the BBC reports.

A US-based company which added images scraped from the internet to a global facial recognition database has lost an appeal in relation to a £7.5 million fine imposed by the UK's information commissioner. The Upper Tribunal (UT) has found in favour of the UK information commissioner in the appe

An environmental group has been granted leave for judicial review of a decision to grant planning permission for the proposed expansion of an alumina refinery in Co Limerick. Environmental Trust Ireland, headed by Limerick solicitor Michelle Hayes, has raised 11 separate grounds for judicial review

Former UK Supreme Court president Baroness Hale delivered a powerful defence of the European Convention on Human Rights in the latest episode of a podcast hosted by Baroness Chakrabarti, warning that leaving it would be “a disaster for Europe” and “wrong in so many ways". Her comme

Northern Ireland's justice minister, Naomi Long, has condemned a "mob" of masked protesters who staged a demonstration outside of her home yesterday evening. Around 40 protesters are said to have gathered outside the home Mrs Long shares with her husband, Alliance Party colleague and Belfast council