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New guidelines on the use of AI in public services have been published by the government. The 84-page document has been developed to "actively empower public servants to use AI in the delivery of services", the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform said.

An English High Court judge has referred solicitors and a barrister to their professional regulators after discovering that five non-existent case citations were knowingly submitted to the court in a judicial review. Mr Justice Ritchie said the lawyers involved in Ayinde, R v The London Borough of H

Northern Ireland prosecutors are to appeal a sentence imposed on a man convicted of sexually exploiting and trafficking vulnerable young women. Oliver MacCormack, 71, was sentenced on 10 April 2025 in Belfast Crown Court to seven years' imprisonment for 40 counts relating to nine female victims.

William Fry has appointed three new consultants and four new managing associates.

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Bar of Ireland Human Rights Award. The charity's chief executive officer, Rachel Morrogh, will collect the award on behalf of DRCC at The Bar of Ireland's human rights conference on Saturday.

A woman who was compared to Darth Vader at work has won nearly £30,000 from an employment tribunal. The NHS blood donation worker had temporarily left a room when her colleagues decided to take a personality quiz which would tell them what Star Wars character they were, the tribunal heard.

So-called "sex-for-rent" arrangements are set to be criminalised under proposed new legislation. The general scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 proposes to create two specific criminal offences of offering accommodation in exchange for sex and advertising o

Séamus Hempenstall has joined Gary Daly in the partnership of their Dublin law firm, now known as Daly Hempenstall Solicitors LLP. Mr Hempenstall joined Gary Daly and Co Solicitors in 2017 and qualified as a solicitor while the firm was known as Daly Khurshid Solicitors LLP.

Eoin Hamill has been promoted to partner in Ogier's banking and finance team. Mr Hamill advises issuers, arrangers and managers on a broad range of securitisation structures (both public and private) across a number of asset classes including commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, auto lo

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has made its first award for a breach of remote working legislation. Salesforce was ordered to pay €1,000 to employee Thomas Farrell after failing to respond to his formal remote working request within the statutory four-week deadline.

The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against Ireland over its alleged failure to correctly dispose the Landfill Directive. The Landfill Directive, first introduced in 1999 and amended in 2011 and 2018, sets standards for landfills to prevent adverse effects on human health, wa

Complainants in sexual assault cases will no longer be able to waive their right to a pre-trial disclosure hearing under reforms proposed by the government. The general scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 sets out proposals aimed at ensuring that counselling

A prolific court artist has thanked those who attended an exhibition of his works in the Distillery Building last week. The “Prima Facie” exhibition presented over 60 works completed by Mike O'Donnell from the first day of the legal year in October 2024 to the end of April 2025.

The solicitors' regulatory body in England and Wales has authorised the first law firm providing legal services through AI. While many firms are already using AI to support and deliver a range of back-office and public-facing services, Garfield.Law Ltd is the first purely AI-based firm authorised to

Plans to give gardaí new powers to order protesters to remove face coverings risk creating a "chilling effect" on freedom of expression, campaigners have warned. Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan yesterday said new powers are necessary as "some protesters are covering their faces in an obvious