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The UK's electoral watchdog has imposed a £250 fine on the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) following an investigation into its accounting records. The party failed to keep accounting records that were sufficient to show and explain the party's transactions.

Amazon Prime is to remove parts of a Chilean TV series after reaching a "groundbreaking" settlement in a defamation case before the Irish courts. Solicitor Paul Tweed brought the High Court proceedings on behalf of Dr Jorge Segovia Bonet, a Spanish businessman who owns the Chilean football club Uni&

Data centre construction companies may be colluding in breach of EU law, the European Commission has said. The Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the data centre construction sector, and has also sent out formal requests for information to sever

Victims of crime have been invited to complete a short survey about their experience to assist research into the criminal justice system. The anonymous online survey, which should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete, is open to anyone aged 18 or over who, as an adult, has made an official com

Irish lawyers are abandoning Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, in droves as they now see it as a "toxic" hub of misinformation and hate speech, according to a poll conducted by Irish Legal News. Subscribers to ILN's popular email newsletter were invited last week to have their say on X in the wake of

Police in Thailand were forced to barricade themselves into their station as their town came under attack from around 200 escaped monkeys. Special enclosures in Lopburi — around 100 miles north-east of Bangkok — are used to manage the local monkey population.

Prison sentences of up to 10 years have been imposed on dozens of pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong. Judges yesterday handed down sentences in respect of 45 defendants who are among the so-called 'Hong Kong 47', accused of breaking the territory's draconian national security law b

O’Flynn Exhams LLP has welcomed former trainee Niamh Carey back to the firm as an associate. The Blarney native completed her solicitor training at OFX in 2022 after studying for a bachelors in law and French at UCC and graduating with a master's in European law from the College of Europe, Bru

Venture capital funding into Irish technology SMEs stalled in the third quarter of the year, according to a survey published in association with William Fry. VC funding finished at €192.5 million in Q3 2024, just one per cent ahead of the same period last year, the Irish Venture Capital Associa

Criminal defence solicitor Cahir O'Higgins has been convicted of stealing €400 from a client and attempting to pervert the court of justice. O'Higgins, 49, denied the five charges — one of theft and four of attempting to pervert the court of justice — but was found guilty by a jury

Lawyers from north and south of the border are being sought to join the Cricket Club of the Lawyers of Ireland ahead of the 2025 Lawyers' Cricket World Cup. The ninth annual competition is taking place in Oxford, England from 20-29 July 2025.

The Irish Whiskey Association's legal counsel, Miriam Mooney, has been recognised at its biennial Chairman's Awards.

The High Court in London has begun hearing a legal challenge to the UK government's continued arms sales to Israel. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq originally brought the challenge against all weapons exports to Israel for use in Gaza.

A man was caught allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas onto a plane. The 28-year-old suspect, who has not been named, was arrested at an airport in Peru after security officials noticed an unusual bulge around his stomach.

Ireland has been accused of failing to comply with a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the adequate collection and treatment of urban waste water. The court ruled in March 2019 that Ireland does not comply with the EU's Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Directive