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Electric scooters should be made legal to use on Irish roads, a Government report has recommended. The report was commissioned by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and was submitted to Transport Minister Shane Ross in June, The Irish Times reports.

Lisa Bryson, partner and head of employment at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, considers the meaning of Priti Patel's recent announcement on free movement. Reports early this week indicated that the new Home Secretary intends to “end free movement” to the UK of EEA citizens immediately

The specialised housing team at Beauchamps has won recognition at the Public Sector Magazine Excellence in Business Awards 2019. The team, headed by partner Fidelma McManus, was the outright winner in the "Excellence in Housing Services – Best Property Team" category.

Two dozen Arthur Cox trainees have returned to Ireland after spending ten days helping to build a radio school in the remote village of Sintemba in southern Zambia.

Former President Mary Robinson's speech to the Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) AGM has been published online. Mr Robinson discussed her new book, Climate Justice, at association's AGM last month.

Two people suspected of stealing the heads of an apostle and an Irish sportsman from the National Wax Museum have been arrested and charged. Michael Murray, 33, and Natasha Rice, 33, were apprehended by gardaí after museum staff chased them down the street, TheJournal.ie reports.

Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of Ruari Maguire, Mollie Thompson and Aoife Hegarty as trainee solicitors.

The landmark restructuring of An Garda Síochána announced today will "reduce bureaucracy" and lead to a "more agile and responsive police service", Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris today published the new "operating model", which provides for l

Civil liberties campaigners have criticised the Government for pushing ahead with the roll-out of the Public Services Card (PSC) despite receiving a critical interim report from the Data Protection Commission (DPC) over a year ago. Last week, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) said there is no leg

Several Irish companies which deal in foreign currency are putting themselves at financial risk due to a lack of appropriate hedging in their organisations, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Ireland. ACCA Ireland and Bank of Ireland recently launched a new programme to

Members of a Christian pro-life campaign group have had a legal challenge against a local authority’s decision to impose a “safe zone” banning protests around an abortion clinic dismissed. It was argued that the council did not have the power to make a “Public Spaces Protecti

The life and work of artist Sarah Purser, one of Ireland's first professional women artists, is set to be explored in a talk hosted by the Lesbian Lawyers Network (LLN). Katherine O'Donnell, associate professor in the UCD School of Philosophy, will deliver the talk at Arthur Cox's offices next month

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is failing to report suspected child abuse cases in south Dublin to gardaí in a timely manner, according to a new inspection report. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published its findings on the fostering and child protection and wel

A man seeking asylum in the UK from a country where homosexuality is illegal was rejected by an immigration judge because he did not have a gay "demeanour", a barrister has said. English barrister Rehana Popal said the judge had "taken a stereotype, used it as a benchmark and compared my client to i

A no-deal Brexit would disrupt cross-border police co-operation on the island of Ireland, with serious consequences for victims and witnesses of crime, researchers have warned. Academics at the University of Glasgow, the University of Strathclyde and Queen's University Belfast were commissioned by t