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An organisation representing sex workers in Ireland has called on the government to reverse a decision to complete a review of the 2017 sex buyer ban law in-house. Solicitor Maura Butler SC was initially appointed in July 2020 to lead an independent review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offen
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Legislation providing for the establishment of two new funds, the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund, has been published. The Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024 follows the announcement of the two funds in Budget 2024.
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New legislation on automatic pension enrolment will end Ireland's status as an international "outlier", the government has said. The Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024, which will shortly be brought to the Oireachtas, will pave the way for around 800,000 workers to be brought in
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Belfast-based McCartan Turkington Breen has announced a new charity partnership with Hope House Ireland.
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The mayor of a small Italian island is offering free goats to anyone who can remove them from the island. Alicudi, a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, is said to be overrun by wild goats — with around 600 goats to 100 human residents, CNN reports.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has promoted Dorian Rees and Karen Gallagher to partner in its Dublin office. Mr Rees has been appointed as a partner working across the firm's real estate, technology, science and industry, and corporate teams.
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Business insurance premiums rose by eight per cent in 2022 despite a slight decline in the total cost of settlements, according to a new Central Bank report. The Central Bank today published the third Employers' Liability, Public Liability and Commercial Property Insurance Report based on figures co
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The Irish government is reportedly considering the establishment of a dedicated agency for migrant accommodation. A scoping exercise has already been completed and work is now taking place to examine "the feasibility of establishing such a migration accommodation agency", The Irish Times reports.
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A defendant who assaulted an RTÉ cameraman outside the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) has been given a four-month suspended sentence. Matthew Coward, 32, admitted assaulting Mícheál Mac Suibhne in December 2022 after he filmed him leaving the court building, RTÉ reports
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The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has issued a pointed reminder about contempt of court laws amid widespread speculation regarding criminal charges against former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. Sir Jeffrey resigned from the party leadership after being charged with one count of rape, one
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An attempt to overturn an anti-gay law has been rejected by Uganda's constitutional court. “We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement,” said Justice Richard Buteera, the country's deputy chi
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Three former UK Supreme Court judges have joined hundreds of senior lawyers in calling on the UK government to immediately suspend arms sales to Israel because of a "serious risk of genocide". Former Supreme Court president Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Sumption and Lord Wilson are among the highe
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The "black sheep" of a German brewing dynasty is suing his sisters because he was allegedly tricked out of his inheritance while hungover. Carl-Clemens Veltins, 61, claims that he is entitled to a stake in the 200-year-old Veltins brewery company in North Rhine-Westphalia, which produces one of Germ
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Professor David Kenny has been elected as the next head of Trinity College Dublin School of Law. An expert in constitutional law, Professor Kenny joined the faculty in 2012. He was elected as a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin in 2021 and promoted from associate professor to professor last year.
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IP law firm Powell Gilbert has promoted Bryce Matthewson and Peter FitzPatrick to partner, bringing the total number of partners across the UK and Irish firms to 15. The London-headquartered firm opened a Dublin office last summer to support its work in advising and representing clients before the n
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