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The Pope sent 15,000 ice creams to inmates at two Rome prisons in an act of charity this summer. The Office of Papal Charities said on Tuesday that it "has made small evangelical gestures to help and give hope to thousands of people in Rome's prisons".

A new review will examine the statutory framework for ethics in public life and make recommendations for legislative reform. The Department for Public Expenditure and Reform will undertake the review of ethics legislation, which will include an examination of the outstanding recommendations of the M

Niall Moran examines the stalemate between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol. On July 21, the UK government published its command paper seeking fundamental change to the rules governing trade in goods and the “overarching instituti

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has launched a survey on rape myths in a bid to identify "which ones should be prioritised for challenge". The "Have Your Say: Bust The Myths" survey, which will run for 10 weeks, is being undertaken by the Gillen education and awareness working group, which

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Pinsent Masons has advised Cork-based NEXA Enterprise Asset Management on its acquisition by Nasdaq-listed Transcat, Inc. in a deal reported to be worth up to $30 million.

The European Commission has demanded daily fines from Poland over its defiance of EU court judgments, resulting in ministers in Warsaw accusing it of aggression and blackmail. The Court of Justice of the European Union will set the penalties.

Company boards will have to comprise at least 40 per cent women under a private members' bill submitted today by a Fine Gael TD. Emer Higgins, TD for Dublin Mid-West, submitted the Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021 to the Dáil after developing it in conjunction with the Na

Police officers in an intense armed stand-off were left stunned after an unrelated woman suddenly sailed through the scene on a golf cart while stark naked. Officers in Dunedin, Florida had surrounded a building where suspect Myles Abbott – who had already accidentally shot himself in the leg

UN human rights experts have condemned an extremely restrictive new abortion ban in Texas as "structural sex and gender-based discrimination at its worst" – while a court ruling in neighbouring Mexico has paved the way for abortion to be decriminalised.

The High Court has granted an injunction to allow a tenant to remain in occupation of his rented property until the determination of his appeal from a decision of the Residential Tenancies Board. The court held that the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 provided that a landlord could not terminate a Pa

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP will donate up to €50,000 in support of UNICEF's "Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine" campaign, which aims to deliver two billion Covid-19 vaccines to the most vulnerable and at-risk populations around the world. The initiative ties the vaccination of M

Crisis appointments for victims and survivors of recent sexual violence tripled at Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) last summer as Covid-19 restrictions eased, according to its annual report for 2020. Demand for assessment appointments, for those who had suffered rape or sexual assault in the more d

Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan and the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC MP have marked the opening of the new legal year in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland businesses which have fallen into rent arrears will be protected from eviction until March 2022 following an extension of Covid-19 laws. The special provision in section 83 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, which was first applied at the end of March 2022, has been extended again until M

A new support scheme for businesses with reduced turnover as a result of Covid-19 restrictions has opened for registration. Under the business resumption support scheme (BRSS), qualifying business will be able to apply to Revenue for a cash payment, representing an advance credit for trading expense