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Wolves are set to have their protected status in the EU downgraded with effect from next March. A proposal to downgrade the status of wolves from "strictly protected" to "protected" has been approved by the standing committee of the Bern Convention, which governs the conservation of European wildlif

Arrested protesters in Georgia are being denied their right to a lawyer and a fair trial, Amnesty International has said. For several nights now, protesters in Tbilisi have blocked key streets to oppose the government's announcement that it will not proceed with EU accession talks until 2028.

A Michelin-starred chef has urged thieves who stole thousands of pies in a Christmas heist to donate them to charity. A refrigerated vehicle carrying "nearly a tonne" of pies worth around £25,000 was stolen on Sunday night before it was meant to deliver the pastries to a Christmas market in Yo

One in five people living in Ireland believe that women "often make up or exaggerate claims of abuse or rape", according to new EU-wide research. The Eurobarometer survey was conducted with the aim of gaining a better understanding of EU citizens’ attitudes towards violence, and relativisation

William Fry marked the International Day of People with Disabilities with a special event which heard from Sofiya Kalinova BL, the first deaf person to qualify as a barrister in Ireland. The "Breaking Down Barriers at the Irish Bar" event took place at the law firm's Dublin office on 21 November, ah

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has been ordered to pay legal costs in an Irish court case brought by former British MP George Galloway. Belfast-based KRW LAW LLP represented Mr Galloway in his defamation case brought in Dublin — where X's European headquarters are based — after the pla

Belfast-based barrister Michael Bready has been named as the only arbitrator from Northern Ireland on the new Private Arbitration Court. The new alternative dispute resolution (ADR) platform has been launched by Hunt ADR, an Essex-based provider of mediation and arbitrator services, and The Barriste

NOW Group has been named as the Law Society of Northern Ireland's charity of the year.

A record 30,000 applications for Irish citizenship have been decided in 2024, according to new figures. The number represents a significant increase on the 20,000 decisions made in 2023 and is nearly double the number of decisions made in 2022.

A long-awaited review of Northern Ireland's criminal legal aid system has recommended an immediate 16 per cent increase in legal aid fees. Judge Tom Burgess was appointed last year to carry out a fundamental review of the criminal legal aid system and presented his findings to the Department of Just

A number of nationwide retailers are to be brought before the courts for allegedly breaking sales pricing laws. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced it has launched proceedings against a number of retailers active in the electrical, cosmetics, furniture, and clothing a

President Joe Biden has granted a controversial pardon to his son Hunter, who was convicted of gun and tax offences. In two separate trials, the younger Mr Biden admitted failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, and lying about his history of drug use in order to obtain a

Police have been led on a chase by a 12-year-old boy who travelled over 150 miles in his grandfather's car before being caught. The child took the stolen car on a 161-mile journey, starting in Issaquah in Washington, USA and travelling through the Cascade Mountains.

Jacqui Durkin has been reappointed as chief inspector of criminal justice in Northern Ireland. Ms Durkin has over 30 years' experience in the justice system, having held a number of senior leadership roles in operations and corporate services in what was then the Northern Ireland Court Service, incl

McGroddy Brennan LLP Solicitors has merged with Donal O'Kelly and Co Solicitors. The merger took effect yesterday, exactly one year after Merrion Street-based McGroddy Brennan's merger with Naas firm Paul A Ferris and Co,