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Midlands firm Tormeys Solicitors LLP has presented its annual Barra Flynn Memorial Scholarship awards to local Leaving Cert students going on to study law. For 31 years, the firm has provided an annual scholarship to students from the Athlone, Moate, Ferbane, Ballymahon, Roscommon, Ballinasloe and T

An expert report by a KC on 22 cases prosecuted by the Post Office has been published by the inquiry into the largest miscarriage of justice in UK history. Duncan Atkinson KC’s report, Volumes 2 and 2A, have been released by the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. They contain a detailed analysis

A writer of Lord of the Rings fan fiction has failed in a copyright case over the publication of his own sequel to the series. Demetrious Polychron published 'The Fellowship of the King' in September last year. He described it as a “pitch perfect” follow-up to the original trilogy.

The latest Apple Watch is being pulled from US shelves at the height of Christmas shopping season due to a David v Goliath patent dispute. The move comes after the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in October that Apple infringed on the patents of medtech company Masimo in relation to th

The EU has opened formal proceedings against X, formerly Twitter, following concerns about disinformation, poor content moderation and other alleged breaches of the bloc's new digital services law. The announcement yesterday marks the first investigation of its kind under the landmark Digital Servic

Spiking will be clearly defined in English law under UK government plans to protect women and girls from violence and abuse. The forthcoming Criminal Justice Bill will put beyond doubt that spiking is illegal and will be backed with separate guidance, set in law, to provide a clear, unequivocal defi

Conveyancing solicitors have raised concerns about a change of practice at the Land Registry meaning that rejected applications no longer come with an explanation for the decision.

Road traffic legislation should be urgently amended to close a so-called loophole which has helped some motorists avoid six-month driving bans, Fianna Fáil's justice spokesperson has said. Concerns have been raised about section 2.8 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 which provides: "Where, upon co

A new European Board for Media Services is to be established alongside the introduction of new EU rules on editorial independence and media pluralism. The European Parliament and Council last week reached political agreement on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) proposed by the Commission last Se

A cardinal who was in charge of Vatican funds between 2011 and 2018 has been convicted of embezzlement after becoming the first cardinal to stand trial in the Holy See's criminal court. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once a former contender for the papacy, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in

Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan, a former president of the High Court and judge of the Supreme Court, has passed away at the age of 81. He died peacefully on Saturday following a short illness, The Irish Times reports. Funeral arrangements have not yet been publicised.

Former Arthur Cox and Matheson partner Mark Barr has been nominated for appointment as a director of Ireland's largest private landlord. Activist shareholder Vision Capital Corporation, which owns a five per cent stake in Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (IRES), today called for an extraordinar

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two election workers he defamed in relation to his baseless claims of electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Among his public claims about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss were that t

A bank robbery went unexpectedly awry when the alleged robbers' getaway vehicle was stolen in the middle of their heist. Three "armed and masked individuals" robbed a cheque-cashing shop in Commerce City, Colorado late on Saturday morning, local police said.

Temporary legislation allowing companies to hold their AGMs remotely has been extended for a further year. The interim period of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 related to the holding of virtual meetings, including AGMs, has now been extended to 31 December 2024.