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A student president who intervened on the basis of legal advice to remove potentially illegal information on abortion from a student magazine has been impeached, The Irish Times reports. Katie Ascough, president of UCD Students' Union, came under fire from pro-choice students after removing informat

A woman has been awarded over £20,000 in the Northern Ireland Fair Employment Tribunal after it was found that she was discriminated against and victimised on the grounds of her religious belief or political opinion. The woman had been working for the company for over four years when a dispute aros

Pinsent Masons has confirmed plans to take new premises at the 1 Windmill Lane development in Dublin's SOBO district.

Professor Colin Harvey Academics at Northern Ireland's universities have expressed concern over the "serious implications" of Brexit for human rights and equality.

Judgment in four cases concerning the use of single separation at Oberstown Children Detention Campus will be handed down at the end of October. The High Court was expected to rule on the cases on Monday, but proceedings were adjourned until this Friday. Irish Legal News has since learned a judgment

Pictured (l-r): Stephen Beattie, Allen & Overy; Ian Huddleston, President of LSNI; Andrew Bennett, Allen & Overy; Michael Robinson, head of UK delegation to Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe Over 50 solicitors attended a special conference at Law Society House in Belfast this week

Ivana Bacik A bill mandating companies with over 50 employees to publish information about any pay gap between men and women in their organisation is likely to come into force next year.

The Bar of Ireland has launched a new Find A Barrister app for smartphones to coincide with European Lawyers Day. The app gives users instant access to The Bar's member directory, making it "easier than ever" to connect with barristers - fitting with the theme of this year's European Lawyers Day, wh

Bill Holohan Holohan Law has been named Ireland's Maritime Law Firm of the Year by Corporate Insider.

Selected parts of the EU's 2016 banking reform package will be fast-tracked to strengthen the "resilience" of the EU banking sector. The European Parliament, European Council and European Commission reached an agreement on Wednesday regarding elements of the review of the Bank Recovery and Resolutio

Salil Shetty Eight human rights activists arrested in the crackdown that followed last year's failed coup in Turkey have been conditionally released by a court in Istanbul while their trial continues.

Advocate General Bot Lack of appropriate psychological care in the country of origin of a person who was tortured there in the past is not sufficient to allow that person to claim subsidiary protection, according to Advocate General Bot.

A man alleged to have committed 51 offences of fraud in the United States has been unsuccessful in his challenge to an order for his extradition under s.15 of the Extradition Act 1965. The man contended that the State was prohibited from ordering his extradition in circumstances where his offences w

Commercial law firm A&L Goodbody has revealed its "brand refresh" following an extensive consultation with clients, the business community, and internally with the firm's partners and employees.

Law firm Appleby has suffered a serious "data security incident" that may lead to customers' private information being leaked, British newspaper The Telegraph reports. The firm has admitted that there was "a data security incident last year which involved some of our data being compromised".