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Kilkenny firm Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors has announced a merger with M.J. Crotty & Son Solicitors with effect from next week. The development will see Martin J. Crotty join Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan as a partner, bringing the firm's total number of partners to seven.

Extra security precautions were put in place at Longford District Court last week after gardaí were tipped off about a planned acid attack, according to reports. Special measures were put in place during two court sittings in relation to a trial involving known gangsters, the Irish Independen

Des Johnson, former director of planning at An Bord Pleanála, has today been appointed as chairperson of the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC). Mr Johnson's appointment follows the retirement of Bart Brady, who was the inaugural chair of the committee following its establishment as an independ

An official review which found that Northern Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex has had "minimal to no effect" should be taken seriously by policy-makers south of the border, a lawyer has said. Northern Ireland's Department of Justice last week published the findings of Queen’s University Be

Lawyers at Matheson, William Fry and A&L Goodbody have been ranked as tax controversy leaders in an annual World Tax guide published by International Tax Review. The Tax Controversy Leaders 2019 guide identifies the leading individuals working in tax disputes and litigation from around the world

Arthur Cox has received an award in recognition of its work experience programme for students from less privileged communities and backgrounds.

Leman Solicitors has presented Barretstown Children's Charity with a cheque for €20,000 after a successful fundraising initiative.

Belfast firm MKB Law welcomed over 200 guests from across the Northern Ireland business sector to an end of summer rooftop social.

A legal challenge against a decision by the statutory body responsible for overseeing elections and referendums in the United Kingdom not to open an investigation into the spending by the official Vote Leave campaign in connection with the Brexit vote has been dismissed following an appeal. The High

Northern Ireland businesses have been invited to complete a survey on their experience of crime in order to shape the future work of the Business Crime Partnership (BCP). The partnership consists of representatives from the Department of Justice, PSNI, Northern Ireland Policing Board, Northern Irela

Victims of the Nazis who fled Austria during the Third Reich have been given citizenship by the country's parliament. The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of hundreds of thousands of Jewish people persecuted by the Nazis will be able to apply for Austrian nationality.

A police officer who arrested and handcuffed a six-year-old black girl for misbehaving at school has been suspended pending an internal investigation, US media reports. Another child, aged eight years old, was also arrested by Orlando police officer Dennis Turner on the same day, but only the six-ye

A teenage girl has been arrested after allegedly spending money stolen from her parents to hire someone to kill them. Florida girl Alyssa Michelle Hatcher, 17, allegedly stole around $1,500 from her parents' bank account and spent $1,300 on two separate plots to have them killed.

The High Court has found that a woman who had a joint mortgage with her late ex-husband for an investment property retains a legal and beneficial interest in the property in circumstances where the mortgage was discharged, without her knowledge, with a loan from another bank. Mr Justice Tony O&rsquo

Dechert LLP has announced the appointment of Ciara O'Leary as a partner in Dublin, its second partner hire in the Irish capital this year. Her appointment to the firm's global funds practice group follows the appointment in January of Carol Widger as managing partner in Ireland.