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Helen McEntee is unlikely to stay on as justice minister in the next government, according to reports. Coalition talks between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and others are under way following last month's election, but few expect there to be a new government before Irish Legal News returns from the

Northern Ireland firm McKees has reported a 20 per cent growth in business over the course of 2024. The firm this year welcomed eight new team members and moved to a new 7,500 sq ft office in Belfast's Linenhall Building.

The Central Bank of Ireland has established a dedicated fitness and probity unit. The fitness and probity regime is a critical element of financial regulation, protecting the public interest by ensuring that people who work in key positions in a financial firm are competent and capable, honest, ethi

Some 138 prisoners have been granted varying periods of temporary release this Christmas. Prisoners — typically nearing the end of their sentences — can be granted periods of release from a few hours up to seven nights under the Criminal Justice Act 1960.

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has helped to raise over £46,000 for NI Hospice and Children’s Hospice. JMK Solicitors and CRASH Services together raised a total of £46,024.48 for the charity, which provides specialist palliative care to babies, children and ad

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. US violating law to fund Israel despite alleged human rights abuses, lawsuit says

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a new data protection toolkit for schools. The 73-page resource aims to assist schools in meeting their data protection obligations when processing the personal data of children.

There is no justification for the indefinite pause on decision-making on Syrians seeking asylum in Ireland, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The rights watchdog has confirmed it has written to justice minister Helen McEntee for clarification on the decision, which was an

Over the course of 2024, Irish Legal News published more than 240 articles in our popular And Finally section — sharing offbeat and weird legal news stories from around the world. But what were the most popular? Read on to find our most-read And Finallys of 2024.

New guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims in Northern Ireland's High Court has been published. The 16-page document aims to assist litigants, those instructing experts and experts to understand best practice in dealing with cases justly.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted a landmark opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The 35-page opinion, published yesterday, was requested by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) in September with a view to seeking Europe-

The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is "even wider than first thought", a solicitor in Northern Ireland has said. Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK, including in Northern Ireland, were wrongly accused of theft based on data provided by the faulty Horizon accountin

A new users' group for the Planning and Environment Court has been established on a pilot basis. The Planning and Environment Court was established last year as a specialised division within the High Court in a bid to speed up complex judicial reviews.

Temperament, patience and listening skills should be among factors taken into account in deciding whether to appoint a lawyer as a judge, a new report has recommended. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday published the new report on judicial selection procedures in Ireland, based o

An Irish man charged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with sending "threatening" emojis has been returned to Ireland. Stuart Quiney, 39, had been detained since September and faced a lengthy prison sentence in connection with the alleged messages, which he sent from Ireland to a Belgian man in Duba