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Beauchamps has announced a new three-year partnership with the National Centre for Family Business at Dublin City University (DCU). The law firm will join existing partners AIB and PwC, who have supported the centre since 2015.

The High Court has ordered the surrender of Polish man Artur Celmer to face trial in Poland despite finding "generalised and systemic" violations to the independence of Poland's judiciary. Polish authorities had sought the surrender of Mr Celmer, 31, to face trial in his native Poland on drugs

EU citizens who are unwelcome in the UK could be banned from Ireland to prevent them crossing the border into Northern Ireland, according to a report in The Irish Times. Security sources told the newspaper that Government officials are working on a mechanism to prevent EU citizens using Ireland to "

Ronan Daly Jermyn is advising a UK-based company on its move into Ireland through the acquisition of the former Coca-Cola bottling plant in Cork. Future Generation aims to transform the disused site into a flagship 600-bed student accommodation scheme.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will bring proposals to Cabinet by the end of the month on a new two-year study on sexual abuse and violence in Ireland. It follows a recommendation from a scoping group set up last year to consider the availability of data on sexual abuse and Ireland following the

Law programmes at University College Dublin are among the best in the world, according to the latest Times Higher Education subject rankings. Now placed 47th globally, UCD Sutherland School of Law is one of the top destinations globally for those looking to study law.

A pilot of so-called flexible operating hours will go ahead in family and civil courts in England and Wales in spite of opposition from barristers. The UK government dropped its proposals for early starts and late finishes in the criminal courts after the Bar of England and Wales warned it would thr

A seven-person team from Cantillons Solicitors in Cork took part in the Run in the Dark 2018, a charity fundraiser for the Mark Pollock Trust.

A care assistant who said his fear of nappies constituted a disability has lost a discrimination case against his employer. The Irish worker, who cannot be named, was on sick leave for over three years before his dismissal on the grounds of incapacity last year.

Only lawyers and professional journalists will be allowed to text and tweet from court under a new practice direction announced by the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke. Speaking at an event jointly organised by the Courts Service and the NUJ, Mr Justice Clarke said the "potential fo

A woman who was unfairly dismissed from her job in a food production company has been awarded nearly £12,000 in compensation. Finding that the company had failed to make reasonable adjustments for the woman who suffered with glaucoma and chronic uveitis, and could therefore not peel onions bec

Solicitors Bill Holohan and John Lane have announced the rebranding of their firm, which focuses on the legal needs of SMEs, as Holohan Lane. The firm was founded by Mr Holohan in 1998 as Bill Holohan & Associates, later becoming Holohan Solicitors and then Holohan Law.

A&L Goodbody (ALG) participated in a major pro bono forum hosted by PILnet in Berlin this week, a month after becoming the first Irish firm to appoint a full-time pro bono associate.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has issued the statement below in response to the draft Brexit deal announced this week. It is reproduced by Irish Legal News in full. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has today noted the publication of the draft agreement for the UK&rsquo

Two men have been charged under an Irish law criminalising the purchase of sex for the first time, the Irish Examiner reports. The men will appear before the courts next year accused of offences under section 25 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017.