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The Central Bank of Ireland has imposed a fine of over €320,000 on a payments company which breached EU regulations. BlueSnap Payment Services Ireland Limited breached the requirements of the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 (the PSR 2018) between January 2021 and December 202

The next government must take further action to protect children online, the Children's Rights Alliance has said. In a statement marking World Children's Day yesterday, the NGO welcomed the coming into force of Ireland's new online safety code, but said it did not go far enough to achieve child safe

The Law Society of Ireland will host a special pre-election webinar tomorrow to discuss how issues of justice and law reform have featured in the campaign. Law Society director-general Mark Garrett will be joined by panellists including The Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy, Irish Independent c

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. In a significant decision announced today, the court's Pre-Trial Chamber I said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the pair were respon

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed four solicitors and a new HR manager. The Northern Ireland firm has recruited Rebecca Russell as HR manager and newly-qualified solicitor Caitriona Fitzpatrick to its banking and finance department.

US government lawyers have asked a judge to order Google owner Alphabet to sell its Chrome web browser and potentially also its Android mobile operating system. The US Department of Justice has proposed the remedies to Judge Amit Mehta following his ruling in August, in which he declared that Google

A passenger plane was grounded for days after nearly 150 hamsters broke loose and began to roam the aircraft freely. The animals escaped from the cargo hold during a commercial flight from Lisbon, Portugal to Ponta Delgada in the Azores last week, CBS News reports.

The State is to appeal a High Court judgment which said it breached asylum seekers' right to human dignity by failing to provide them with accommodation. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, which brought the judicial review proceedings in its own name, said it had received formal notice

Irish Legal News is now on Bluesky, the social media platform which has gained millions of new users in the past few days. Many communications and PR professionals across the country are no doubt weighing up whether their law firm employers or clients should establish a presence on the platform.

Galway International Arts Festival has released a recording of its event with Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, the Irish lawyer who appeared for South Africa in the International Court of Justice case against Israel earlier this year. Ms Ní Ghrálaigh made global headlines after she p

Former Maynooth University students Jobitha Prince and David Rattigan have been awarded a six-month internship in the asset management and investment funds department at Matheson. Mr Rattigan, from Sligo, and Ms Prince, from Meath, received the internship award on the basis of their results on the f

A team of trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland have won the 7th Ad Hoc Negotiation Competition in Dubai. Borbála Gyenge, Jennifer Maguire and Ruby Porter took first place in the competition, organised by ADR ODR International and the European Institute for Conflict Resolution (E

All-Ireland law firm PA Duffy & Co Solicitors has appointed Enda McGarrity as a director, making the 28-year-old the firm's youngest-ever partner. Mr McGarrity graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 2018 and qualified as a solicitor in 2021.

Police have seized tarot cards and crystal balls after arresting a group of "psychics" alleged to be fraudsters. Three arrests have now been made in Sydney, Australia following an investigation into what is alleged to be a crime syndicate using their supposed psychic abilities for cover, ABC News re

Barristers in England and Wales have rejected proposed new rules which would oblige them to "act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion". The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has proposed amendments to the equality rules forming part of barristers' conduct obligations — which curren