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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.

University College Cork Law Society is to host the Intervarsity Law Summit 2026 later this month, bringing together law students from across the island alongside members of the judiciary, the legal profession, and academia. Established in UCC, the Intervarsity Law Summit has grown to become Ireland&

Top legal figures will next week address a major day-long conference on civil legal aid reform. Hosted by FLAC and Trinity College Dublin School of Law, the conference will bring together Ireland’s access to justice stakeholders and experts to respond to the review of the civil legal aid schem

An Garda Síochána has come under further pressure to investigate Elon Musk's social media company X for alleged breaches of child sexual abuse legislation. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) said in a joint statement that X Internet Unlimited

Carson McDowell partner Cathal O'Neill has been re-elected as Northern Ireland chair of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL). Mr O'Neill is co-head of the defence insurance litigation team at Carson McDowell, which he joined in 2017.

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP has welcomed Keith Dunn as a new partner in its commercial and technology department in Belfast. Mr Dunn advises clients on a broad range of commercial and contractual matters, with a particular focus on data protection, intellectual property and cyber security.

Foot Anstey McKees has recruited Chris Milligan and Michael Kelly to its Belfast office as partners. The firm has made a total of 10 new appointments in Belfast since last year's tie-up between Northern Ireland firm McKees and UK law firm Foot Antsey.

A new public interest test for remedies in judicial review cases is among a swathe of significant reforms proposed in a wide-ranging government bill. Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan has now published the general scheme of the Civil Reform Bill, which also proposes m