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The High Court has granted a stay on the implementation of part of a decision by the Irish Aviation Authority which purported to cap passenger numbers in Dublin Airport in 2025. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell opined: “The potential consequences of a po
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Dillon Eustace has promoted Shane Harron to partner in the firm's Dublin-based restructuring and insolvency and commercial litigation teams. Mr Harron has over 12 years’ experience advising both private and commercial clients in all aspects of commercial litigation, insolvency, corporate
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Barrister Siobhán Caslin has been appointed to the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Ms Caslin, who has over 12 years' experience in public and regulatory law, is one of four new Council members appointed with effect from today until 3 November 2028.
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International law firm Clark Hill has appointed Conor Kenny to its transatlantic practice as an international business co-ordinator. Based in Dublin, Mr Kenny will focus on driving European-based business to the US in addition to supporting American organisations expanding into Ireland and Europe.
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A former PSNI chief superintendent has been appointed as the new prisoner ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Darrin Jones, who has spent over three decades in policing, takes up office today for a three-year term.
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Law student Marwa Zamir has been appointed to the new Young Ireland Advisory Council, which will advise the government on policies that affect children and young people. Ms Zamir is a third-year law student at Maynooth University and was recently named Law Student of the Year at the 2024 Dye & D
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TLT has recruited Anna Beggan, former head of employment at Tughans, as legal director in its employment team in Belfast. Ms Beggan brings over 25 years' experience advising a range of employers and businesses across a number of sectors on complex aspects of employment law.
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Investment in legal aid is necessary to speed up the criminal justice system, the Bar of Northern Ireland has said in its response to the draft programme for government. The Bar today published its 11-page submission to the consultation on the first programme for government following several years o
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The Northern Ireland Assembly will be asked to opt-in to new UK legislation which will end the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2009. The UK is set to become the only country in the world with legislation creating a "smokefree generation" after a similar law in New Zealand was repealed
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Northern Ireland firm McCay Legal has promoted Kirsty Holmes to associate director and head of residential property. Ms Holmes was promoted on her return from maternity leave last month.
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Northern Ireland's Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) has paid a substantial settlement to its former interim chief executive who complained of sex, race and age discrimination and constructive dismissal. The sum paid to Margaret Farragher, who resigned in June 2022, was
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Tughans remains Northern Ireland's most prolific M&A firm according to figures spanning the first three-quarters of the year. The firm has acted in 42 transactions in the year to date, well ahead of A&L Goodbody and Carson McDowell on 35 each, according to the latest Experian MarketIQ report
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Transition Year students have been invited to enter the Law Society of Ireland's 2025 Gráinne O'Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. To enter, students are asked to submit a 1,500-word essay examining "the role the law can play in addressing hate crime" by Friday 22 November.
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Mason Hayes & Curran has partnered with the Trinity Corporate Governance Lab as its legal knowledge partner. The Corporate Governance Lab, an initiative of the Business School at Trinity College Dublin, explores and defines corporate governance best practice. It aims to bridge the gap between ac
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Law student Marwa Zamir has been appointed to the new Young Ireland Advisory Council, which will advise the government on policies that affect children and young people. Ms Zamir is a third-year law student at Maynooth University and was recently named Law Student of the Year at the 2024 Dye & D
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Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell has been awarded an honorary degree by Dublin City University.
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Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors LLP has introduced a new tort prize for undergraduate students of University of Galway School of Law. The new tort prize is worth €500 for the first-year student who achieves the highest mark in the tort module.
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Barristers appearing in the most serious criminal cases in Northern Ireland are effectively being asked to do twice the work for half the pay they were getting two decades ago, the chairperson of the Bar of Northern Ireland has told Irish Legal News. Donal Lunny KC, who took up office in September,
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It’s a long way — in every sense — from swimming in the sea off Australia’s fabled Bondi Beach to a dive into the dramatically more glacial waters off Sandycove, south-east of the city of Dublin. Dannie Hanna, a senior member of Taylor Wessing's corporate team, has however sh
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ILN's Connor Beaton talks to Philippa Greer about how UNRWA is battling to preserve international humanitarian law in Gaza, where at least 42,800 Palestinians have now been killed in Israel's military response to the October 7 attack. Philippa Greer had already accepted the top job in UNRWA’s
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When Marie O'Brien spoke to Irish Legal News, it was from a hotel half an hour away from Istanbul Airport, a major international hub and the second busiest airport in Europe. The location was an appropriate one: the partner and head of the finance department at A&L Goodbody in Dublin is also the
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If, as Shakespeare nearly said, some are born lawyers… and some have the law thrust upon them, Flor McCarthy certainly appears to fit the latter. The Clonakilty-based solicitor is managing partner at McCarthy + Co LLP, which was founded by his mother Ann in 1987. Ann had, unusually, re-qualif
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