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Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Orla O'Connor as its next chairperson, marking the first time that a woman has held the law firm's top post.

Solicitor Rea Walshe has been appointed interim CEO of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) following the exit of John Delaney. Ms Walshe, a qualified solicitor who studied law at University College Cork (UCC), joined the FAI in 2014 and was named COO in February.

Mr Justice John Murray joined other leading legal figures to discuss the impact of Brexit on Ireland at an event marking the launch of a new moot appeal court at the University of Limerick (UL). The new court, sponsored by A&L Goodbody, will be used by UL School of Law students to run mock tribu

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has welcomed new figures showing a rise in recorded fraud offences as evidence of the success of the Government's anti-fraud strategy. Mr Flanagan today welcomed the publication of the Central Statistics Office's (CSO) crime statistics for 2018, which continue to be

Eversheds Sutherland acted as the legal adviser on Ireland's first social housing public private partnership (PPP) project. The international law firm advised the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), acting as agent for the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government and Dublin City C

Defamation lawyer Paul Tweed has warned that Facebook faces a wave of lawsuits from celebrities whose likenesses are being used without permission in adverts on the social media platform. Mr Tweed is representing RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan in a High Court case against Facebook over adve

A teenager who hit the director of Oberstown Children's Detention Campus on the head with a metal bar and smashed up the centre has been jailed for four years. Michael Ward, 19, pleaded guilty to criminal damage, assault causing harm and assault while attempting to commit theft at Oberstown Children

Denise Kirwan, partner at Comyn Kelleher Tobin, addressed the Irish Play Therapy Association's (IPTA) annual general meeting in Cork on Sunday.

Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors will continue its sponsorship of Cycling Ulster's racing kit for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. The firm's name is emblazoned across the new kit, supplied by manufacturer partner Pactimo.

A man accused of "butchering" a tree near his property has been ordered to pay £21,000 under proceeds of crime legislation. Samuel Wilson, 40, added £21,000 to the value of his home by illegally chopping back a tree that was subject to a preservation order, The Times reports.

A man who brought proceedings to challenge the constitutionality of a provision of the Electoral Act 1997 after he was told by Fianna Fáil that the candidate in his constituency “must be a woman” has successfully appealed the finding that he did not have locus standi to bring the

The number of ordinary judges in the Court of Appeal is set to grow from nine to 15 under new plans approved by the Government. The move has been sparked by fears that waiting times in the court, particularly on the civil side, could end up at a similar level to those in the Supreme Court before 201

The Maples Group has announced the appointment of five partners, including a new head of employment, in its legal services division in Dublin. Karen Killalea has joined Maples Group after six years as an employment partner at A&L Goodbody, and will now head up its employment team.

Around 70 professionals from the legal, engineering, construction and insurance industries gathered in Cork this week to discuss alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and its growing popularity in Ireland. The annual Cork forum, organised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and sponsore

Lawyers for a man charged with assault have argued that the case should be thrown out because the prosecution could not prove the alleged injured party did not consent to the incident. The defence application, in respect of a man facing trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a section 3 assault,