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Melanie Crowley Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of partner Melanie Crowley as the firm's new head of employment law and benefits.

Kieran Kehoe Laois County Council is prepared to buy a greenfield site to allow a new courthouse to be built away from Portlaoise town centre, the Leinster Express reports.

Tributes have been paid to Michael Murray on his retirement as State solicitor for Limerick, the Limerick Post reports. Leading tributes in Limerick Circuit Courthouse, Judge John O’Donnell said locals were lucky to have been served by Mr Murray.

Six retired RUC officers have instructed a lawyer to prepare legal action against the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) over an alleged data breach. It comes as a criminal investigation continues into the naming of at least eight ex-police officers in papers unlawfully disclosed to a law

Matheson staff will welcome colleagues from the American Bar Association's (ABA) employment law section to Dublin this May.

Sligo-based firm Callan Tansey raised over €1,000 for local charity North West Simon Community this month.

In the ongoing dispute between former Presidential candidate Mr Sean Gallagher and Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the High Court has granted RTÉ an order for an independent expert to oversee the discovery process, after Mr Gallagher failed to comply with the discovery order made in his action against

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Mr Justice John L. Murray, former Chief Justice of Ireland, has completed his review of data retention legislation.

Colm O'Gorman The trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa in Cairo has been adjourned, despite hopes that the case was finally moving towards conclusion.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has thanked prison officers for their work with young offenders at St Patrick's Institution.

Sarah Ewing TLT has promoted Belfast-based real estate lawyer Sarah Ewing to legal director as part of its 2017 promotion round, effective from 1 May.

Following a successful pilot, Belfast firm Carson McDowell has announced it is partnering with the Citizenship Foundation to extend its legal education schools programme across Northern Ireland.

Two teams from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) recently competed successfully in two international legal competitions.

Construction of Cork's new courthouse is on track to be completed by December, the Courts Service of Ireland has confirmed. It is one of four new courthouses being delivered under the €135 million public-private partnership deal struck in late 2015.

A writer has lost a High Court action alleging negligence and other unlawful conduct against a solicitor he instructed in protracted proceedings against Roddy Doyle and the Abbey Theatre. Finding that there was no causal link between the professional losses suffered by the writer and the actions of