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The controversial reference to women's "life within the home" in the Irish constitution will be explored at an event hosted by the Irish Women Lawyers' Association (IWLA) next month. The Government has committed to holding a future referendum on Article 41.2 of the Constitution.

An apprentice solicitor at Higgins Hollywood Deazley has become a "dementia community champion" for the firm. Naomi Woods completed training with the Alzheimer's Society to expand her knowledge of the disease and how it can affect people.

Police are searching for a man who allegedly attempted to open a bank account with a '$1 million' bill. Staff at a Pinnacle Bank branch in Lincoln, Nebraska, said he presented the bill to a teller and claimed it was real despite employees telling him no such bill exists, the Lincoln Journal-Star rep

A community-based law centre has said increasing demand for its free legal services in the area of employment law has highlighted the limitations of the civil legal aid scheme. Community Law & Mediation (CLM) assisted more than 3,000 people through its free community-based legal, mediation and e

Legislation allowing for missing people to be declared presumed dead by the courts will be brought into force this week. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday signed the commencement order to bring the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 into operation from Friday 1 November 2019.

Long-awaited legislation on domestic abuse and redress for victims and survivors historical institutional abuse is unlikely to be approved by MPs before it dissolves for an early election. The Domestic Abuse Bill, which would introduce a new offence of coercive control in Northern Ireland, is still

A child who suffered a traumatic brain injury shortly after her birth is to be awarded £2.5 million in damages under a settlement approved by the High Court in Belfast. Solicitor Harry McAleese of McCartan Turkington Breen (MTB) represented the 12-year-old girl in her claim against the Norther

Dr Anne Smith and Professor Colin Harvey consider the case for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland in our current Brexit-dominated landscape. A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland remains part of the unfinished work of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement (the B/GFA). It is still needed, an

A former mushroom farm worker who worked more than 80 hours per week has been awarded €21,400 by the Labour Court. Ana Lacramoiara Manciu, 30, brought the case with support from the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and A&L Goodbody.

Facebook has reached an agreement with the Information Commissioner's Office to pay a £500,000 fine in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal with no admission of liability. The fine was issued to the social media giant just over a year ago after the watchdog identified suspected fail

Eversheds Sutherland partner Aisling Gannon has been named a 2019 LGBT+ Ally Role Model by OUTstanding in recognition of her work on the firm's diversity and inclusion initiatives. Ms Gannon, who has a transgender child, is an active member of Perspective, the firm's employee network for LGBT+ staff

Belfast-based Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors won two awards in recognition of its conveyancing service. The firm received two gold awards in the Northern Ireland and County Antrim categories at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards 2019, sponsored by SearchFlow.

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Eversheds Sutherland provided legal and tax support to membership platform Patreon on its European expansion.

A funeral ended on an unexpected high note after mourners unknowingly ingested hash cake. Police are investigating the culinary mix-up that led to the cannabis-infused confection being served at the restaurant hosting a funeral party after a burial.

A man who was “caught red-handed” at the scene of a largescale drugs distribution unit where over €4.1 million worth of cannabis and diamorphine was seized by gardaí, has had his sentence increased to 10 years in the Court of Appeal. Quashing the sentence of seven years impos