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Northern Ireland's Labour Relations Agency (LRA) has reported a spike in calls from the hospitality sector following the emergence of the Omicron variant. The LRA's workplace information service (WIS) has seen a dramatic increase in calls over the past two weeks, most of which have been distress cal

Communities would get a greater share of increases in land value arising from local authority planning decisions and public investment in infrastructure under legislative proposals from the government. The general scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones’ Bill was published

Belfast-based law firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced it will be once again renewing its sponsorship of one of Ulster Rugby’s most historic competitions, the Junior Cup.

Proposals for Ireland to adopt a territorial tax system, where corporations would only pay tax in Ireland on income and gains earned in Ireland, have gone out to public consultation. The government's roadmap for updating corporation tax, which was published in January, included a commitment to consi

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has advised Permanent TSB plc on its proposed €6.4 billion acquisition of certain elements of the Ulster Bank retail, SME and asset finance businesses from Ulster Bank.

William Fry has welcomed 21 newly-qualified solicitors to permanent positions within the firm.

The Special Criminal Court was wrong to exclude the belief evidence of a Garda chief superintendent on the basis that he would not provide information on the basis of his belief, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The non-jury court had, in the trial of two men charged with IRA membership, excluded beli

Northern Ireland victims of the Post Office scandal which saw dozens of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of theft based on faulty evidence could be next in line to have their convictions overturned. Madden & Finucane Solicitors has written to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) on behalf of "a

Ciairín de Buis has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive officer of the newly-established statutory Parole Board. Ms de Buis brings over 25 years' experience in the NGO and not-for-profit sector. She currently provides strategic advice to organisations such as Dublin Rape Cris

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which determined that the minister for justice and equality failed to consider the “emotional and social dependency” in a non-EU national’s application for an EU residency card. The High Court held that the minister’s d

Human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment in Egypt following a widely-criticised trial. Mr el-Baqer was tried alongside blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah and journalist Mohamed 'Oxygen' Ibrahim before Egypt's controversial Emergency State Security Court (ESSC), whos

Berlin's public transport company has introduced cannabis-infused tickets which have a "calming effect" when eaten by passengers. BVG, which operates the U-Bahn, tram, bus and ferry systems in the German capital, said the special tickets are made from edible paper sprinkled with three drops of hemp

Irish legal academic Professor Suzanne Kingston SC has been appointed as a judge of the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Professor Kingston has been a member of faculty at UCD Sutherland School of Law since 2007. Since 2015, she has led a major European Research Co

Reports of fraud and sexual offences increased in the year to the third quarter of 2021, while reports of other categories of crime fell, new figures show. Fraud was up by 72 per cent and sexual offences were up by almost 10 per cent, in comparison to the previous 12-month period, according to Centr

The closing date for submissions to the public consultation on the review of ethics legislation has been extended. The consultation, which was launched on 25 November, will now run until 14 January 2022.