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Love Island winner Greg O'Shea has been appointed as a paralegal at A&L Goodbody in Dublin. Mr O'Shea, 24, partnered up with Amber Gill in the latest season of the popular reality TV show, winning the £50,000 prize.

The Law Society of Ireland's mentorship programme for women wishing to advance their careers to a senior level has now opened for applications from mentees. The redesigned Women in Leadership Mentoring Programme 2019 aims to promote gender equality, diversity and inclusion within the solicitors' pro

Personal injury specialist firm JMK Solicitors has teamed up with CRASH Services to organised a joint fundraiser for their charity partners.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the country's ethics laws when he told his Attorney General not to prosecute a company in a conflict of interest case, a watchdog has ruled. The country's ethics commissioner said that Mr Trudeau engaged in “flagrant attempts to influence&rd

Over 100 years after the tragedies that befell Rathcannon, another Holycross parishioner was the victim of one of Ireland’s most infamous miscarriages of justice. Henry 'Harry' Gleeson was born in Holycross, County Tipperary in 1903. One of twelve children, he was asked by his maternal uncle,

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. West Papua: Pacific leaders urge UN visit to region's 'festering human rights sore' | World news | The Guardian

Irish Law Firm & Solicitor websites are among the slowest in Ireland, taking an average of 6.65 seconds to load on mobile devices, according to a new cross-sectoral study of Irish business websites. ‘Ireland’s Website Speed Report’— created by leading Legal Sector Digital

A woman who was sacked on the day her dog died has launched a campaign to provide bereavement leave for pet owners. Emma McNulty, 18, lost her part-time job at a sandwich shop after telling her manager that she was too upset to come in for her shift.

A man who was found to have entered into a ‘marriage of convenience’ to obtain a residence card has lost an application for judicial review of the decision to revoke his permission to remain in the State. Refusing the application, Mr Justice David Keane rejected, inter alia, the argument

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of Ruairí Mac Cumhaill as a banking and finance partner in Dublin. Mr Mac Cumhaill has more than 11 years' experience working with domestic and international financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers operating in Ireland,

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has commenced a market study into the public liability insurance sector in Ireland. The competition watchdog announced the move following a ministerial request from the Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, Heather Humphreys.

Social media giant Facebook has been asked to provide more information to the Data Protection Commission about its now-suspended practice of handing user audio clips to external contractors. Facebook is one of a number of Internet giants who have come under criticism for using contractors to review

Victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord has launched a challenge in the Northern Ireland courts aimed at preventing the Prime Minister from suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit. The case will be brought before the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, for the first time this mo

The high-profile legal battle over a Belfast bakery's refusal to bake a cake with a message in support of same-sex marriage will continue at the European Court of Human Rights, lawyers have announced. The UK Supreme Court ruled last year that Ashers Baking Company's refusal was not discriminatory on

The total value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Ireland has risen by 24 per cent to €2.5 billion in the past year, according to new analysis from William Fry and Mergermarket. The mid-year William Fry Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2019 also reports that deal volume dropped over the