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William Fry has welcomed 18 new associates following the completion of their traineeships with the firm.

A major international law firm is set to roll out a new scheme whereby junior lawyers can spend up to 20 per cent of their time on "hands-on AI exploration". Ropes & Gray piloted the AI programme in its US offices and is now set to bring it to London, according to The Times.

The Maples Group has set out plans to bring its legal and financial services businesses in Dublin together under one roof. Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP and MaplesFS will both be based at 75 St Stephen's Green from 2028, following a planned renovation of the building.

Two prisoners have been convicted of running a sophisticated telephone scam from behind bars which netted nearly half a million dollars from dozens of victims. Joey Amour Jackson and Lance Riddle — also known as "Apeshit" and "C-Port" — masterminded the scheme while locked up in the US s

Thousands of Irish passports issued at the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026 are invalid and need to be reissued, the government has admitted. Passports issued between 23 December 2025 and 6 January 2026 are missing the letters "IRL" and are therefore not compliant with international rules, acco

Google and AI startup Character.AI have reached settlements in a series of lawsuits brought by families who claim AI chatbots caused harm to children, including contributing to the suicide of a Florida teenager. The proposed settlements cover cases filed in Florida, Colorado, New York and Texas, alt

Ryanair has welcomed three German court rulings against online travel agent eDreams, which was found to have presented prices in a way which misled consumers. Hamburg Regional Court found that eDreams displayed airline seat and baggage prices without clearly disclosing its own additional fees, and t

The Law Society of Ireland has published a new combined Building ‎Agreement and Contract for Sale 2026 for use in residential estates.

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.