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Human rights campaigners have expressed concern after the European Commission proposed a 12-month delay to a landmark new anti-deforestation law. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), adopted last year, aims to ensure that certain goods on the EU market will no longer contribute to deforestation a

Environmental disputes were put under the spotlight at an event held yesterday as part of Dublin International Disputes Week 2024. The panel discussion, entitled "Comprehensive Resolution of Environmental Disputes – Is a Multi-Dimensional Approach Required?", was hosted at The Bar of Ireland&r

William Fry welcomed former Munster and Ireland rugby player Alan Quinlan to its offices for a special event aimed at tackling mental health stigma. The lunchtime talk on Wednesday was organised ahead of World Mental Health Day next Thursday 10 October.

The Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) at Trinity College Dublin has appointed Robert McTernaghan BL as assistant director for Northern Ireland. Mr McTernaghan practises in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and is currently vice-chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Immigration Bar Asso

The Bar of Ireland has said it will consult its members on next steps after an eight per cent increase in legal aid fees fell "short of what criminal practitioners had been expecting". The increase, which follows an unprecedented withdrawal of services by barristers over three days this summer, will

Philip Lee lawyer Maeve Delargy has been recognised with an award for her role in establishing a network for women working in the Irish solar industry. Ms Delargy, a senior associate in Philip Lee's planning and environmental team, won the Empowering Diversity in Solar award at the first-ever Irish

Ireland has failed to properly transpose EU rules on combating racism and xenophobia, the European Commission has said. The Commission yesterday sent a letter of formal notice to Ireland for only partially transposing the Council Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia (Council Framewo

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A police officer's gun was allegedly sucked onto an MRI machine during a botched raid carried out after police mistook a medical facility for an illegal cannabis farm. Police in Los Angeles raided NoHo Diagnostic Center last October, apparently believing that the medical imaging centre was a front f

Irish soldiers are no longer providing a 24/7 armed guard at Portlaoise Prison for the first time in more than 50 years. The Defence Forces were deployed to the prison at the height of the Troubles in the 1970s in order to prevent IRA prisoners from escaping.

The Irish prison system is "creaking at the seams" and promises of new prison places will not adequately address the crisis, penal experts have warned. The prisons budget has been increased by 18 per cent to €525 million in Budget 2025, which the government said will increase prison capacity an

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been slapped with a £750,000 fine over its unprecedented data breach last year. The force inadvertently published the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff on its website just over a year ago.

Mauritius is to assume sovereignty over the Chagos Islands following a historic deal which brings a decades-long dispute with the UK to an end. The UK, which currently administers the islands as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), expelled the local Chagossian population in the 1960s and 1970

Matheson has appointed Anthony Byrne as director of international listing services and Luke Tyrrell as director of information technology. Mr Byrne has extensive experience in the listed bond markets, having worked for 20 years in the stock exchange industry.

Economic inequality is "dangerously exacerbated" by climate change, the Irish Human Rights and Equality has warned as Ireland goes under UN scrutiny. The rights body yesterday published its submission to the UN Human Rights Council, which is reviewing Ireland's implementation of recommendations made