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The High Court has dismissed a Tipperary farmer's claim that the mining activities of a nearby company had caused settlement to the surface of some of his 18-acre farmland and damage to adjacent buildings. Relying on the tort of nuisance, the farmer sought damages in excess of €3 million which the

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Declan Black, managing partner at Mason Hayes & Curran Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran is sponsoring this year's Plain English Awards, which rewards organisations that communicate clearly and offers free plain English training to those who don’t.

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European Commission inspectors have warned that Ireland is not fully adhering to EU regulations on the testing of genetically modified (GMO) food products. Officials from the European Commission's directorate-general for health and food safety reported on a visit to the Public Analyst's Laboratory (

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A legal financing start-up that uses an algorithm designed to calculate a would-be litigant's likelihood of winning a case has won a $100,000 grant from the Thiel Foundation. Legalist uses an algorithm designed by two Harvard undergraduates to determine whether a case can win.

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On average, women in paid work in the UK receive about 18 per cent less per hour than men, according to a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The IFS research, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, shows that the wage gap is smaller when comparing young women – before they be

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