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An illustrated children's book was inadvertently shortlisted for censorship amid a US book-banning frenzy simply because the author's last name is Gay. Read Me a Story, Stella by Mary-Louise Gay was included on a list of potentially "sexually explicit" books to be removed from an Alabama public libr

Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has announced seven senior appointments, including a new partner and two new senior associates.

Immigration consultants should be regulated along the same lines as solicitors and barristers, an independent senator has said. Speaking in the Seanad this week, Senator Sharon Keogan said UK press reports had highlighted how "migrants across the UK are being preyed upon by immigration advisers and

More than three per cent of Irish adults have a problem with gambling, according to new research — a figure that is 10 times higher than previous estimates. Research commissioned as part of the process of establishing Ireland's new independent statutory gambling regulator has found there are a

Dr John Stannard will deliver a talk on law and emotion as part of the Trinity College Law Review's Distinguished Speaker series later this month. The free event, taking place in Regent House on Friday 20 October, 6pm, is expected to draw interest from the wider legal and philosophical communities i

Darren Lehane SC has been elected as president of the Irish Maritime Law Association. The barrister will work alongside a senior leadership team consisting of vice-president Hugh Kennedy, treasurer Joseph Richardson and secretary Dermot Conway.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN-backed probe into Ethiopia's abuses is set to end. No one has asked for it to continue

Mercy killings in England and Wales will not always be prosecuted, new guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service states. Cases in which the victim had a clear and informed desire to end their life or in which the suspected killer acted under significant emotional pressure could make prosecution un

Customs officials have confiscated giraffe faeces from a traveller who said she planned to make a necklace from the droppings. The small box of ball-shaped droppings was declared by a woman returning from Kenya to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in the US.

Co Longford-based E. C. Gearty & Company Solicitors has appointed Lisa Duffy as a partner in the firm. Ms Duffy joined the firm in 2019 and is part of its wills, probate and conveyancing department, dealing with estate planning, estate administration, enduring powers of attorney and all property

The scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools run by religious orders has been granted a six-month extension to the deadline for its report. Mary O'Toole SC was appointed in March to lead the scoping inquiry, which was originally due to report to the minister for educa

Jon Boutcher, the former Bedfordshire Police chief constable leading Operation Kenova, is to be appointed as interim chief constable of the PSNI, according to reports. Mr Boutcher is the head of the long-running investigation into the alleged activities of the Provisional IRA informer codenamed "Sta

Sligo Solicitors Bar Association welcomed over 120 solicitors to the association's inaugural CPD day at the Sligo Park Hotel last Friday.

Yesterday's UK Supreme Court ruling on underpayments to PSNI officers and staff will have significant implications for employers in Northern Ireland, lawyers at Lewis Silkin have said. Thousands of PSNI officers are set to receive up to £30 million in backdated holiday pay after judges ruled t

Employment lawyers Orla Sheils and Sarah Havlin are among four new board members appointed to Northern Ireland's Labour Relations Agency (LRA). The LRA is a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for the Economy, offering impartial advice to both employees and employers. It has re