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John-George Willis, head of the firm's corporate department Belfast firm Tughans has said it believes transactional activity in Northern Ireland is beginning to return to normality after a slowdown in the wake of the UK's Brexit vote.

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone Children's Minister Katherine Zappone should negotiate with trade unions to end the industrial dispute at the Oberstown Youth Detention Centre, a leading prison reform group has said.

An Garda Síochána has announced it will scrap fees for documentation in relation to fatal road traffic collisions next year. Following representations from the Garda Commissioner, the force said it had reviewed documentation fees relating to fatal and serious injury road traffic collisions.

Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has called for urgent action to tackle racial discrimination in the wake of a new UN report.

Nominations have been opened for this year's elections to the Law Society of Ireland Council. Candidates must be nominated by two members of the Law Society by 19 September 2016 to stand for election to the governing Council.

The solicitors’ watchdog in England and Wales has said that self-regulation of the profession has created an “irreconcilable conflict”. In a response to a Competition and Markets Authority interim report on legal services, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) stated: “Those who represen

The High Court has refused a dairy farmer’s application for an order setting aside a judgment against him of more than €153,000, on the basis that no reasonable defence had been offered. Justice Baker stated that on the facts of the case, the farmer’s reasons for withholding payment were more

Commissioner Margrethe Vestager The European Commission has concluded that Ireland broke EU state aid rules by granting undue tax benefits of up to €13 billion to US tech giant Apple, which must now be collected from the firm with interest.

Deirdre Malone, executive director of the IPRT The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has clashed with trade unions over industrial action at the Oberstown Youth Detention Centre.

Prime Minister Theresa May A cross-party group of MPs and activists who campaigned to keep the UK in the European Union has demanded reassurances over employment rights after Brexit, The Guardian reports.

Judge Patrick McCartan of the Circuit Court has retired from the bench after a 19-year judicial career. His departure earlier this month has only just been announced.

The number of mortgage approvals in Ireland rose by 17.6 per cent in the past year, according to new figures. Data from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) shows a 17.6 per cent increase between July 2015 and July 2016, as well as a 4.3 per cent increase in approvals between June-Ju

Gareth Noble, partner at KOD Lyons Dublin firm KOD Lyons has launched a new Back to School guide for families with children with additional schooling needs.

George Hamilton The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said it is preparing for budget cuts of up to six per cent next year.

Two republican ex-prisoners have given the thumbs up to a new gourmet restaurant based in Belfast's Crumlin Road Gaol, where they were once incarcerated. Former IRA members Gerard Hodgins and Richard O'Rawe returned to Crumlin Road Gaol with The Guardian to sample the food at the new Cuffs restauran