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Cork solicitor Padraig Sheehan has passed away. Mr Sheehan, who established Padraig J. Sheehan Solicitors in Douglas in 2009, passed away on Monday 10 November.

Northern Ireland firm Tughans has announced 16 appointments, including the promotion of Nadine Brennan to partner in the firm's dispute resolution practice.

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel passes first reading of bill proposing death penalty for people it deems terrorists

Lewis Silkin has appointed Olivia O’Kane as a partner to lead its specialist media law practice in both Belfast and Dublin. Ms O'Kane has over two decades of experience specialising in media disputes related to a wide range of complex media areas.

There should be a "complete and unconditional ban" on the use of counselling records in sexual offence trials, the Oireachtas justice committee has recommended. The joint committee on justice, home affairs and migration yesterday published its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of

Ireland’s online safety commissioner, Niamh Hodnett, has been appointed to chair the Global Online Safety Regulators Network (GOSRN). Ms Hodnett was appointed as GOSRN's annual in-person meeting, which took place at Coimisiún na Meán's offices in Dublin yesterday.

A coffee shop chain in China has been forced to drop its communist-style branding following heavy criticism in state media. The "People's Coffee Shop" deliberately designed its shopfronts to resemble the masthead of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.

Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Kate Adair and Paul Kerr to its Belfast office. Ms Adair has joined the construction team and Mr Kerr has joined the commercial dispute resolution team following the pair's completion of their two-year training contracts with the

The Irish government has taken measures to support the disclosure of State materials to the UK's Omagh bombing inquiry. Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan yesterday announced two measures he has taken further to the memorandum of understanding agreed with the chairman of th

Whitney Moore has appointed Sean Ryan as a partner in its corporate M&A and regulatory team and head of the firm's EU and competition group. Mr Ryan joins from Eversheds Sutherland, where he built a strong reputation for guiding clients through complex transactions and regulatory challenges.

Ireland's media regulator has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform, X. Coimisiún na Meán’s investigations team yesterday announced it will investigate whether X has contravened Article 20 of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), which relates to con

A fortune teller has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding around €40 million from clients. The 53-year-old woman, who also presented herself as a feng shui master, allegedly preyed on clients by predicting that there was a "billionaire" in their future.

Ireland’s prison and detention systems remain in breach of basic human rights standards, according to the Council of Europe’s anti-torture watchdog.

A new international treaty on the protection of lawyers "sets a clear and unequivocal message that the protection of lawyers is not a privilege but a necessity for the maintenance of democracy and the rule of law", the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. The solicitors' body has submitted writ

Construction lawyers Jamie Ritchie, Stefan Berry and Kenny Caldwell have come together to form a new specialist law practice named Caldwell Ritchie Berry. Mr Ritchie and Mr Berry are joining ranks with Mr Caldwell, who founded Belfast-based Caldwell Solicitors in 2017.