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A café worker who was dismissed for failing to use smiley face emojis in a conversation with her boss has won an employment case. The worker in Queensland, Australia, had complained about shifts and the need for more staff, the Fair Work Commission found.

Alex White SC has been appointed to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board for a five-year term. The board is responsible for overseeing the building of the new national children's hospital in Dublin, which is due to be completed in 2024.

The establishment of a new statutory and independent Electoral Commission will now proceed following the approval of legislation. The Electoral Reform Bill — intended to "bring about the development, modernisation and reform of Ireland’s electoral system, structures and processes" &mdash

Legislation introducing a statutory right to sick pay for the first time in Ireland has completed its passage through the Oireachtas. The Sick Leave Bill 2022 will initially provide workers with statutory entitlement to sick pay for three days per year, rising to five days in 2024, seven days in 202

Northern Ireland's justice minister, Naomi Long, has condemned the display of effigies portraying her and other politicians being hanged. Photographs circulating on social media show the sinister effigies of Naomi Long and Sinn Féin leaders Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald on display at

Eoin Delap BL has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL). Mr Delap is a practising barrister and a member of the Law Library in Dublin who has previously worked in the charities sector in Ireland and the United States.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Fieldfisher has advised the owners of Ionic Consulting on its to AFRY, a Swedish-Finnish supplier of engineering, design, and advisory services with a global reach.

Landmark new hate crime legislation will not now require proof of a defendant's motivation for committing an offence, the justice minister has announced. Helen McEntee said the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Crime) Bill 2022 would now include an objective "demonstration

Sir Declan Morgan QC PC, the former lord chief justice of Northern Ireland, is chairing an Independent Commission on Counter-terrorism Law, Policy and Practice which will examine the impact of current counter-terrorism laws. The commission has launched its public call for evidence and will also call

Four former executives of the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been found liable for a record 13 trillion yen (€93.5bn; £81.4bn) in damages over the reactor's meltdown in 2011 after it was struck by a tsunami. The case marks the first time individuals have been found gui

There is an urgent need for the UK and its allies like the USA and Australia to give clearer information about how they would respond in self-defence to ‘imminent’ armed attacks, a new study says. This is because the UN Charter requires countries to establish that they have been a victim

A robber who wrote his name and address on the back of a stolen scratch card before handing it in has been jailed. Wayne Sullivan, 38, was caught three days after raiding a shop when he claimed a €5,000 prize three days later, the Irish Independent reports.

Pinsent Masons has announced that Andrew Masraf will succeed Richard Foley as the firm’s senior partner on 1 October 2022. During his 28 years at the firm, Mr Masraf has held a number of leadership roles including global head of corporate and, more recently global head of the firm’s tran

A new podcast series launched by students from the Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUI Galway aims to promote awareness of human rights violations perpetrated against women and children in Ireland's institutions in the 20th century. The five-episode series titled "My Country is My Prison" has been

A first-of-its-kind summer festival has put the spotlight on how and why legal tech and legal operations are transforming in-house legal practice in Ireland. Hosted by Irish Tech General Counsel (ITGC), the free Legal TechOps Ireland event last Wednesday featured speakers including Alex Kelly, co-fo