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Justice minister Helen McEntee has announced details of additional funding for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) services for 2024. Approximately €3.8 million will made available through a targeted call to established DSGBV organisations operating services and supports specific

UCD Sutherland School of Law has welcomed Dagmar Schiek to the faculty as full professor of EU law and labour law. Professor Schiek joins UCD from University College Cork, where she held the Synnott Family Chair in EU law and directed the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence EU Integration and Citizens&

Ireland's human rights watchdog has said it is examining a Supreme Court decision on the extent to which non-citizens may rely on the rights guaranteed by the Constitution when subject to deportation orders. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission had been joined to the case of O v The Minist

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An £11 million boost to Northern Ireland's legal aid budget was announced today as more than 200 criminal barristers staged a day of strike action over lengthy payment delays. The Department of Justice announced the additional £10.9m in funding following talks with the Department of Fina

An ultra-marathon runner has been given a year-long ban after using a car to secure third place in a race. Scottish athlete Joasia Zakrzewski travelled by car for about two-and-a-half miles before finishing third in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race, the BBC reports.

John Fuller has been elected as president of the Southern Law Association (SLA). Mr Fuller, a partner in the corporate and commercial department of J.W. O'Donovan LLP in Cork, succeeds Emma Meagher Neville, who he supported as vice-president over the past year.

Irish solicitor Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty and Northern Ireland barrister Orlagh Kelly have been recognised in a new report as "trailblazers in the law". The pair are among 23 women leaders named in the 2023 Women Who Will report published by Obelisk Support in partnership with Next 100 Years, the projec

ByrneWallace has appointed Orla Riddell as a partner in the firm's tax team. Ms Riddell is a dual-qualified solicitor and tax advisor specialising in corporation tax and works across a broad range of industry sectors. She has several years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of taxatio

Eversheds Sutherland and University College Dublin this month welcomed financial services industry leaders, academics, lawyers and representatives of the Central Bank to a conference exploring the implications of the new individual accountability framework. Ciaran Walker, consultant in financial ser

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has launched a new unit which will "investigate, litigate and advocate" to protect human rights globally. The new unit, called Enforce, will respond to the "tech threat to democracy and human rights" by investigating technology and tech industry practices

Helen Dixon is to stand down as Ireland's data protection commissioner next February, she has announced. Ms Dixon was appointed to the role in September 2014 — nearly four years before the role was transformed by the GDPR — and will depart on 19 February 2024, she confirmed in a rare Lin

Over 200 people have received letters from the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland advising them that their complaints will no longer be investigated as a result of the new legacy law. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, which is facing several legal challenges, end

The Central Bank has issued regulations and guidance to firms on the new individual accountability framework (IAF). The guidance follows a three-month consultation on the implementation of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2022.

Solicitor Kevin O'Keeffe has been appointed to the board of directors of Dyspraxia/DCD Ireland. Mr O'Keeffe is a solicitor in the debt recovery and mortgage litigation team at Lavelle Partners LLP, where he works principally on behalf of banking clients.