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Patrick Walshe Patrick Walshe, partner and employment law expert at Philip Lee in Dublin, writes on Government action on zero hours contracts.

Google has been handed a record-breaking €2.4 billion fine by European regulators after it abused its dominant market position in the online shopping sector. The European Commission said the search giant has 90 days to bring an end to its misconduct or face penalty payments of as much as five per

Mark Kavanagh ByrneWallace advised Griffin Group on an award-winning deal to refinance the historically multi-banked Group's funding under a five-year agreement with AIB.

Cork County Council will begin seizing roadside advertising billboards on lorries and trailers next month, the Irish Examiner reports. Councillors yesterday approved a new by-law allowing council employees to remove billboards if the owner does not comply with a notice to remove the offending vehicl

A British couple are mounting a legal challenge after they were denied permission to adopt a child because of their “cultural heritage” and were told instead to adopt one from India, The Times reports. Sandeep and Reena Mander, who are ethnically Indian, but were both born in the UK, were told t

The body of the great surrealist artist Salvador Dalí is to be exhumed after a tarot card reader who stands to inherit part of his fortune claimed to be his daughter. A court in Madrid ruled that Dalí should be dug up because there are no other biological remains which can be used to determine pat

Pictured (l-r): Nicola Byrne and Kevin Hoy Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of Nicola Byrne from senior associate to partner in the firm's real estate team.

The ‘lenient’ decision of the Medical Council to sanction a consultant anaesthetist who was found to have fallen below expected professional standards in the care of a man who suffered catastrophic brain injury has been confirmed by the High Court. The GP who made the original complaint had not

The Association of Judges of Ireland (AJI) has criticised the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill as "seriously flawed", the latest blow in a mounting row over the Government's reform proposals. In a statement warning that the proposals "do not accord with international standards and will not serv

Pictured (l-r): Áine Coghill, Rachel Niall, John Glynn, Joeanne Kenny, David Phelan, Katy Meade, Stephen McGuinness and Laura Fannin. Dublin-based Hayes Solicitors has announced the appointment of three partners and four associates to the firm.

Legislative provisions requiring judges to request the licenses of drivers convicted of road traffic offences are not being implemented, The Irish Times reports. Figures provided by the Department of Justice to Tommy Broughan TD show only 301 drivers' licenses recorded in the month since section 22

Victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord has launched judicial review proceedings aimed at clarifying the circumstances in which a border poll would be held in Northern Ireland. Mr McCord, who lodged a failed legal challenge against Brexit in the Northern Ireland courts, has applied for a judicial

Limerick-based Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors has announced the completion of work to extend its Dublin office.

Pictured (l-r): Niamh Ryan and Enda Hurley A&L Goodbody has been named Best National Firm in a Diversity category at the European Women in Business Law Awards 2017.

A&L Goodbody chair Catherine Duffy has been named one of Ireland's most powerful women. Ms Duffy was acknowledged in the Business Leaders category of the Women's Executive Network's (WXN) annual awards.