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The court poor box in Kerry, which accounted for a quarter of all poor box payments in Ireland last year, has finally been scrapped. Offenders in Kerry are now being asked to make donations directly to charities instead of going through the poor box, the Irish Examiner reports.

Claire Edgar, family and divorce partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, has been appointed to the Law Society of Northern Ireland's International Children Law Panel of Solicitors. The Panel is made up of solicitors experienced in international children cases, and specifically child abduction

Anne McKernan, head of legal services at the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, considers whether a discrimination case before the courts can really lead to change. The answer is yes – it can do. And almost everyone who successfully resolves their case with our help, whether it’s

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival (NIHRF) has officially launched its 2019 programme of events, taking place across Belfast and Northern Ireland from Sunday 8th to Saturday 14th December.

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has been awarded the Bronze Diversity Mark by Diversity Mark NI in recognition of the firm’s commitment to gender diversity. Along with other organisations receiving the Diversity Mark at the event, ALG was commended for the innovative ways in which it is focused on driv

Personal injury solicitors Una O'Neill and Gerard Nugent have celebrated three successful appeals which led to higher pay-outs for their clients. The pair, who practice at Northern Ireland-based JMK Solicitors, advised their clients, including the representatives of two children, that the sum awarde

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Matheson recently advised Oxley Holdings on the Central Bank's acquisition of two buildings next to its existing headquarters on Dublin’s North Wall Quay at a price of €204 million.

A Moroccan rapper is facing up to two years in jail in connection with a song allegedly insulting the police. Mohamed Mounir, widely known as Gnawi, was arrested at the start of the month and charged with "offending" public officials and public bodies.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has won an appeal against a £7,500 damages award over delays in progressing the inquest of the death of Pearse Jordan. The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, found that the trial judge had failed to differentiate between the period of delay for

William Fry has named Liam McCabe as chairman, succeeding John Larkin, who has held the role for more than three years. Mr McCabe has been a partner at William Fry since 2000 and currently heads the firm's projects department.

A specialised sexual offences unit will be established within the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions next year, Ireland's top prosecutor has announced. Claire Loftus, writing in the foreword to her office's annual report for 2018, said the Government had provided funding for the establish

The British military could be subject to investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the first time following allegations that soldiers have been protected from prosecution for murdering civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. Former detectives from the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHA

A document setting out Mr Justice Peter Charleton's dietary preferences, including his favourite apples, preferred biscuits and how he wants his fish to be prepared, has given a rare insight into the work of judicial staff.

Kevin Murphy, partner in TLT's Belfast office, looks at how planning law reform could support Northern Ireland's electric vehicle network. Northern Ireland is making great progress in renewable energy generation. But when it comes to electric vehicle (EV) uptake and the infrastructure needed to supp

Joanne Hyde, employment partner at Eversheds Sutherland, examines a recent Irish court ruling on Sunday work. A recent decision of the High Court in the case of Trinity Leisure Holdings Limited Trading as Trinity City Hotel v Sofia Kolesnik and Natalia Alfimova [2019] IEHC 654 has brought much neede