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Partner Seán Barton and trainee solicitor Kevin Ryan at McCann FitzGerald reflect on a busy year for Ireland's Commercial Court. Our research identified that 161 new cases were admitted to the Commercial List of the Irish High Court during the calendar year 2018. While this was more in line w

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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for the repeal of the Censorship of Publications Acts to "liberate the arts from the threat of censorship once and for all". The civil liberties group has launched a petition which links the legislation, which is rarely used, to the outcry over

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The Irish Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, will give evidence on data privacy in the digital age to a US Senate committee tomorrow morning. Ms Dixon is one of four witnesses appearing before the commerce, science and transportation committee to discuss "Consumer Perspectives: Policy Princi

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A prestigious gallery inadvertently launched a protest movement after removing an artwork showing a young woman suggestively eating a banana. The newly-installed head of the National Museum in Warsaw said the 1973 video is obscene and harmful to young people.

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Ireland is the only jurisdiction in the European Union where judges are not subject to a disciplinary body or regime short of being impeached, a new EU report has found. The 2019 EU Justice Scoreboard notes that the only available process is impeachment by a majority in both Houses of the Oireachtas

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