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Ireland’s aviation sector has made modest gains in leadership diversity, though inclusion and career progression challenges persist, according to Mason Hayes & Curran. The business law firm today published the findings of its 10th annual Gender & Diversity in Aviation survey.

A&L Goodbody is to continue its sponsorship of the Ulster Rugby Business Club for a further three years following a successful inaugural year of networking events. Launched last year in the A&L Goodbody Lounge at Belfast's Affidea Stadium, the Business Club has quickly become a hub for local

Belfast firm Allsopp Campbell Rainey has expanded into North Down through a merger with Bangor-based Law Quinn Solicitors. From today, Law Quinn will become Allsopp Campbell Rainey (incorporating Law Quinn), with its founding solicitors, Bryan Law and Maureen Quinn, continuing to work with the firm

A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform "fake judges and pseudo experts" linked to Poland's rule of law crisis. Professor Laurent Pech of UCD Sutherland School of Law yesterday said he had lost faith in the organi

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has written to thousands of traders providing home maintenance, construction and improvement services following a significant number of consumer complaints. Almost 1,250 consumer contacts to the CCPC's national consumer helpline in the first

Ireland must increase the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to at least 14, an Oireachtas committee will hear today. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is set to appear before the Oireachtas joint committee on justice, migration and home affairs this afternoon to contribute to pre-leg

More than 50 citizens of Georgia have been deported via charter flight, bringing the number of deportations from Ireland to a 20-year high. Yesterday's enforcement of deportation orders against 52 Georgians — 45 adults and seven minors — brings the total number of people removed by chart

An award-winning documentary on the fight for justice for victims and survivors of the Magdalene laundries is to be released in Irish and UK cinemas later this month. Testimony, directed by Aoife Kelleher, captures the unwavering determination of the Justice for Magdalenes team as they work to

Families of those killed in the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash have joined calls for the establishment of a new independent UK regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing. A total of 29 service personnel died when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern Irel

The head of a Northern Ireland human rights group has been elected to the leadership of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH). Daniel Holder, director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), is one of 15 vice-presidents elected to the global human rights body's interna

India's top judge has warned against nationwide restrictions on pornography on the basis they could lead to a violent youth insurrection. Chief Justice BR Gavai made the remarks after a petition was brought to the Supreme Court of India seeking greater restrictions on pornography.

A Sinn Féin MP and others critical of new anti-paramilitarism posters have buried their "heads in the sand" over the impact of criminal gangs, Northern Ireland's justice minister has said. Paul Maskey, the MP for West Belfast, last week called on Naomi Long to apologise to the local community

Northern Ireland's High Court will today begin hearing six test cases relating to a major PSNI data breach. An unprecedented PSNI data breach in August 2023 saw the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff inadvertently published on its website.

An environmental group has launched High Court proceedings in a bid to access government documents relating to agricultural policy. Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) is challenging the refusal of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) to fully release four records r

KOD Lyons managing partner John O’Doherty has been re-elected as vice-chair of the National Gallery of Ireland. Mr O'Doherty has served on the board since 2019 and was first elected as its vice-chair in 2023.