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New restrictions on the sale and advertising of nicotine pouches are to be introduced. The Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026 will prohibit the sale of nicotine consumption products, such as pouches, to under-18s.

Remy Farrell SC is to facilitate a scoping exercise taking place ahead of a statutory public inquiry into spina bifida and complex scoliosis services. The scoping exercise, beginning today and running for 16 weeks, will inform the terms of reference and potential structure of the planned inquiry.

Lorcan Staines SC has been appointed to facilitate a scoping exercise ahead of a public inquiry into the abuse carried out by former surgeon Michael Shine. To date, more than 390 men have made allegations of abuse against the now disgraced doctor, who has served a prison sentence for sexually abusin

Businesses will be expressly banned from microchipping their employees under legislation proposed in a US state. Legislators in the state of Washington are currently considering House Bill 2303, which provides that an employer "may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip imp

All practising lawyers have vital skills to offer a charity, NGO or social enterprise in need, a panel discussion has heard. An event in Dublin has put the spotlight on how preventive, transactional legal support — on matters including governance, structuring, contracts and compliance —

Three pupils from Northern Ireland schools gained a rare behind-the-scenes look at life in Clyde & Co through a mentoring programme aimed at empowering future women leaders. The global law firm again collaborated with the SistersIN leadership programme, an initiative that empowers 16-18-year-old

Foot Anstey McKees has appointed hospitality and licensing specialist Richard McLaughlin as a legal director in Belfast. Mr McLaughlin brings more than 25 years’ experience working with clients across the hospitality, leisure and licensing trade including securing the liquor licence for the 15

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, has promoted two senior lawyers to partner and five to of counsel. The appointments form part of a wider global promotions round totalling 11 partners and 14 of counsel across the Maples Group.

The University of Limerick has been fined €98,000 following a series of personal data breaches. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) yesterday published its final decision following an own-volition inquiry into the breaches, which occurred between November 2018 and January 2020.

Court fees in Northern Ireland are set to increase each year for the next three years. A "general inflationary uplift" will be implemented from 1 April 2026, with a five per cent increase in the first year and then two per cent increases in the two following years.

An English pub which was told selling pints for 25p would be illegal decided to give them away for free instead. Whitelocks, in Leeds, had intended to offer pints of a popular 1970s beer, which had been recently relaunched, at 1970s prices.

The UK will no longer grant refugee status on a permanent basis, instead reviewing cases every 30 months to identify refugees who can be sent back home. The sweeping changes announced yesterday by the UK's home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, follow her recent visit to Denmark, which she says has reduce

Rock Consultancy director Elaine Morrissey has been appointed to the board of Blackrock Credit Union. Ms Morrissey told Irish Legal News: "I was delighted to be asked to join the board of Blackrock Credit Union.

The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan, has reflected on the importance of judicial independence in maintaining public confidence in justice systems in a wide-ranging conversation published by Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI).

The Law Society of Ireland has congratulated another 40 Transition Year students on completing its Solicitors of the Future programme.