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The Oireachtas joint committee on employment affairs and social protection today heard from legal professionals on the public services card and its compatibility with the law. The committee heard concerns this morning from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), which "believes the scheme is q

Carla Lockhart An MLA has called for the creation of a "central register of people who are not allowed near pets".

A&L Goodbody hosted a recent roundtable with Ireland's consul general to Hong Kong, Peter Ryan.

A hospital in Cork subject to a personal injury claim from a man who contracted MRSA in 2005 has had its appeal dismissed in the Court of Appeal. The Hospital argued that the personal injury summons issued in 2008 was statute barred pursuant to the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act 1991, howeve

Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced the appointment of Peter Lennon to lead the firm's insurance and aviation disputes team.

Newry-based McKeowns Solicitors has expanded into Belfast by acquiring 3,500 sq ft of office space in Law Society House. The firm practices in various areas of law, including personal injury, employment, conveyancing and civil litigation.

A solicitor accused of bringing cocaine into Mountjoy Prison can avoid conviction if he makes a donation to a charity assisting drug users, the Irish Examiner reports. Dublin solicitor Aonghus McCarthy, 32, was charged last November on one charge of conveying a controlled drug into Mountjoy Prison o

New legislation is set to be introduced to speed up judicial reviews challenging planning permission for "strategic infrastructure projects", The Irish Times reports. The Cabinet has approved a bill which will seek to minimise delays in planning processes, which have been blamed for Apple's decision

Dean Strang at University of Limerick Star US lawyer Dean A. Strang, who featured in Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, is set to deliver six weeks of lectures to law students at University of Limerick.

A total of £834,000 was returned to law enforcement agencies, the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) and the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service last year out of £1.7 million recovered from organised crime groups. The Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF) dismantled 23 organised crime groups (

Alastair Todd Arthur Cox has responded to the publication of the latest Northern Ireland housing bulletin.

A man whose DNA was found on the number plate of a car which blew up outside Newry courthouse in 2010 has moved to appeal his conviction for IRA membership. Darren Weldon, 46, had pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court to membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Repu

Paula Lee Leigh Day has announced the launch of what is potentially, at £4 billion, the largest ever equal pay challenge in UK history, aimed at Tesco.

A judge in the High Court has granted an application for judicial review of a coroner’s ‘cab rank’ rule for unexpected deaths on the basis it raises issues for the Jewish and Muslim communities. Mary Hassell, senior coroner for north London, has refused to prioritise deaths for religious reaso

Technology in the 21st Century is providing us with the means to communicate our thoughts and ideas across the planet in a way that would have been unthinkable, even 10 years ago. However good the technology is, it cannot pick up the subtleties of a language, the culture that underpins it, or even t