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France is to fine shops that leave their lights on too long as it cracks down on energy waste. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the energy transition minister, said that firms that break rules on when they can have their lights on will face fines of €1,500 (£1,294).

A corporate solicitor at Baker McKenzie's Belfast office has launched a new YouTube channel to document his training and progress as a runner. Patrick Sheridan launched the 'Patrick the Runner' channel to share his journey after last year taking up running again for the first time since his school y

Sofiya Kalinova has become the first Deaf person to qualify as a barrister in Ireland and the first to practice law in Irish Sign Language (ISL). A graduate of University College Dublin and the King's Inns, Ms Kalinova was called to the Bar by Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell yesterday.

Almost two-thirds of Irish workplaces have had to conduct an investigation in the last year, according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran. The business law firm surveyed 280 employers from both the public and private sectors during a recent employment law webinar which provided practical tips a

Kathlene Burke has joined Maples and Calder's dispute resolution and insolvency practice as an of counsel in Dublin. Ms Burke will provide Irish restructuring advice to the firm's European and global clients from Dublin and will work closely with the firm's global dispute resolution and insolvency p

Five artists are set to benefit from a new bursary established in memory of the late Arthur Cox partner Paul Robinson. The Paul Robinson Studio Award, worth €7,000, will be awarded to one artist at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) per year for the next five years.

Jon Boutcher, the former Bedfordshire Police chief constable leading Operation Kenova, has been confirmed as interim chief constable of the PSNI. The Northern Ireland Policing Board confirmed the appointment yesterday after it was approved by Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.

Suspected fraudsters who are alleged to have bought 20 bottles of fine French wine with €95,000 in fake banknotes have been arrested — but the bottles are believed to be lost. The two men and a woman are accused of swindling a Parisian wine merchant out of 18 bottles of Petrus claret, whi

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel using white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon, endangering civilians: HRW | Al Jazeera

Belfast-based GDPR consultancy Briefed has backed calls for governments across the UK and Ireland to introduce statutory leave for employees who have experienced a baby loss. Briefed — a UK-wide company founded and led by three Northern Ireland barristers — is supporting the campaign led

Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC was welcomed to William Fry's offices this week to deliver a keynote address on Ireland's implementation of the EU digital reform package and the government's work to combat hateful content online. Mr Fanning's speech was followed by a fireside chat moderated by Wil

A technical error in legislation requiring single mothers to name the father of their child when registering their birth is to be fixed nearly a decade after it was signed into law. Section 6 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, which concerns the registration of a child's father where th

The Charities Regulator today announced it has appointed inspectors to carry out an investigation into the affairs of the Peter McVerry Trust. The investigation follows concerns arising from correspondence sent by the charity to the regulator in July 2023 and engagement with the charity since then i

Northern Ireland's leading animal welfare charity has called for tougher sentences for animal abusers after a man who kicked a cat to death received only three months' imprisonment. Mark Carson, 44, this week lost an appeal against his three-month sentence in Coleraine County Appeal Court. He previo

New protections for Ireland's historic and archaeological heritage will soon come into effect after being approved by the Oireachtas. The Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023, once enacted, will replace the existing National Monuments Acts 1930–2014 and o