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Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has received a €120,000 grant to support its work helping children and young people experiencing marginalisation in Ireland. The independent community law centre and charity, located in Dublin and Limerick, has received €85,000 from an RTÉ Toy Sho

British Airways and the UK government are being sued by nearly 100 people who were taken hostage in 1990 after their plane landed in Kuwait shortly after the beginning of the Iraqi invasion. McCue Jury & Partners LLP is representing 95 claimants who were passengers or crew members aboard British

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland LLP has made two appointments to its projects and construction team, with Kim O'Neill joining as a partner and Chelsey O'Doherty joining as an of counsel. Ms O'Neill joins the firm today from another large Irish corporate firm and brings almost a decade of experi

New protections for employees in a collective redundancy situation following their employer's insolvency have come into effect today. The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024, which also provides for the establishment of a new statutory

Police responding to bloodcurdling screams coming from an old barn discovered it was being used by a theatre group to rehearse a production of Frankenstein. The Bradfordians Dramatic Society was interrupted by Wiltshire Police while rehearsing a stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's famous 19th-century

Solicitor Orla Sheils has been appointed to the board of the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland (CCNI). Ms Sheils, along with seven other board members and a new chair and deputy chair, has been appointed to the board for a four-year term from 17 June 2024.

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has relocated to the Victorian-era Printworks building in Belfast's Queen Street, creating what it calls "a solid foundation" for its future. A major investment for the multi-specialism firm, it is the first tenant at the five-storey red brick warehouse, whi

Stephen Keogh has been elected as the next managing partner of William Fry LLP. Currently head of the firm's corporate/M&A department, Mr Keogh will succeed Owen O'Sullivan with effect from November 2024.

HOMS Assist has been named Ireland's best law firm of the year for personal injury claims and medical negligence cases at the 2024 Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Russia tortured and disappeared Ukrainians in Crimea, says human rights court

Former residents of mother and baby institutions and Magdalene laundries in Northern Ireland will receive an immediate payment of £10,000 under proposals now out for consultation. The Executive Office is now consulting on plans for a public inquiry into mother and baby institutions, Magdalene

A new book examines the reality of police custody in Ireland for minorities, children, those using an interpreter and those with intellectual disabilities and includes recommendations for reform. Police Custody in Ireland, edited by Professor Yvonne Daly of Dublin City University's School of Law and

A major internet service provider has been accused of deliberately and unlawfully infecting over 600,000 users with malware. South Korean telecom provider KT is said to have acted disproportionately to prevent customers from using a service provided by Webhard which strains KT's network.

A public consultation has been launched ahead of a wide-ranging review of Irish wildlife legislation. The upcoming review will include the Wildlife Act 1976, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 and related regulations.

Legislation regulating assisted human reproduction (AHR) and surrogacy arrangements has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 regulates for the first time a wide range of practices including gamete and embryo donation for AHR and research, pre-implantati