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Now entering their 14th year, the LEAP Irish Law Awards remain the premier platform for honoring the excellence and unwavering dedication of Ireland’s legal community. The 2026 finalists represent the vanguard of the profession, showcasing extraordinary skill and forward-thinking across divers

Hayes solicitors LLP has been appointed as the exclusive legal partner to Retail Excellence Ireland (REI), the largest representative body for the retail industry in Ireland. As part of the partnership, REI members will have access to legal advice from Hayes across a range of key business areas incl

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Permanent TSB (PTSB) €250,000 over a series of personal data breaches which were first reported in May 2022. The breaches occurred when malicious actors, in possession of certain customer information, called PTSB’s ‘Open24 Contact Centr

One in four financial services professionals believe Ireland faces a risk of economic contraction in 2026, according to almost 400 attendees at Mason Hayes & Curran’s annual Financial Services Briefing.  Forty-four per cent expect modest growth, while 31 per cent anticipate a flat per

William Fry LLP has won two awards at the Managing IP Awards 2026.  The firm was awarded ‘Irish Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year’, for the fourth year running and ‘Europe Cross-Border Patent Litigation Team of the Year’, for its work on the landmark Moderna (BioNTech/

The Law Society of Ireland has named Offaly Transition Year (TY) student Rhea Schreiber from Sacred Heart Secondary School, Tullamore, as the winner of the national Gráinne O’Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition 2026.  The winner was announced at a special ceremony for finalists

The School of Law and Criminology at Maynooth University has received two award nominations. The Dentons Legal Insights Programme, led by Dr Elaine Burroughs and Marie Therese Ward, is a flagship initiative within the School and run in partnership with the MU Careers and Employability Service and MU

Three residents of a condominium complex in downtown Denver are suing a gym they claim has made their homes unliveable because of groaning weightlifters. The lawsuit, filed in Denver County District Court, accuses Summit Strong gym of allowing “unreasonably loud weightlifting-related noises&rd

A UK Supreme Court ruling on the Legacy Act and the Windsor Framework has drawn sharply contrasting reactions from politicians and campaigners in Northern Ireland. The court ruled unanimously that elements of the 2023 Legacy Act did not diminish victims’ rights under the Windsor Framework, ove

James Cameron is facing a lawsuit from actress Q'orianka Kilcher, who alleges the director unlawfully used her likeness as the basis for Neytiri, one of the central characters in the Avatar franchise. Ms Kilcher filed a complaint in a California federal court on Tuesday accusing Mr Cameron and

A new podcast series looking at Ireland's relationship with the European Court of Human Rights has been launched. The first episode of The European Court of Human Rights: An Irish Perspective Podcast features insights from Ireland’s Judge to the Court, Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled

DLA Piper has announced that Barry Noonan and Conor McEneaney have been promoted to the firm’s global partnership. Barry Noonan joined DLA Piper Ireland in 2021 and is an experienced real estate lawyer specialising in commercial property transactions. He played a key role in the firm’s r

Holmes has announced the appointment of David Curran as partner in the firm’s commercial litigation and insurance unit. Mr Curran is a dual-qualified and highly experienced commercial and Insurance litigation lawyer and in particular, has extensive experience in professional negligence litigat

AI is reshaping and transforming how solicitors are working in Northern Ireland. Research published indicates that 89 per cent of legal professionals across the UK and Ireland, including Northern Ireland use AI tools in some capacity, with 70 per cent adopting them in the past year.