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KPMG Law Ireland director Emma Ritchie has been appointed as KPMG Law's co-head of data, digital and technology law for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMA). Ms Ritchie has been appointed to the international role alongside Noemí Brito Izquierdo from KPMG Spain.

Legislation introducing an inward investment screening mechanism in Ireland for the first time has come into effect. The Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 will come into force in full from 6 January 2025, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed yesterday.

Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men have been convicted of rape and other offences in the French mass trial which made global headlines. Dominique Pelicot, 72, who drugged and raped his then wife, also 72, and arranged for other men to come to their home to rape her while she was dru

Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) has appointed Maria McCloskey as its new executive director. Ms McCloskey was previously director and solicitor at The PILS Project, leading an organisation which seeks to secure improvements in the protection and realisation of human rights and equality in Nor

Japanese crime syndicates have reportedly begun using Pokémon trading cards to launder vast amounts of money. The former head of a crime syndicate told Japanese magazine Shunkan Gendai that his organisation used the cards to transport stolen money abroad, according to a translation published

Hilkka Becker, chairperson of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT), has been appointed as an adjunct professor in law at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology. An expert in migration and asylum law, Ms Becker has a distinguished career spanning over 25 years in leadership

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has promoted eight of its solicitors across five legal practice areas. Dispute resolution lawyer Maria McNally, private client lawyer Brid McColgan and commercial real estate lawyer Michael Boyce have been promoted to director, raising the firm's total num

Nine new partners have been appointed at Matheson, with seven promoted internally and two joining the firm. Energy and infrastructure lawyer Owen Collins, commercial litigation and dispute resolution lawyer Aishlinn Gannon, private client lawyer Maeve Lochrie, international business group lawyer Se&

A new "rapid response protocol" is to be established for Defence Forces personnel who are charged with serious criminal offences in the civilian courts following a report by Peter Ward SC. Mr Ward was appointed in June to undertake a high-level analysis of the application of military law and process

The Bar of Ireland has backed proposals to include non-citizens on juries for the first time. The Department of Justice recently consulted on recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission in a paper on jury reform published more than a decade ago.

McCann FitzGerald partners Megan Hooper, Paul Lavery, and Orlaith Sheehy have been appointed to lead the firm's diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts. The trio have taken over from outgoing DE&I partners Niall Best, Eleanor Cunningham and Laura Deignan, who the firm thanked for thei

Sarah Jones has been awarded the inaugural Paul Anthony McDermott Memorial Scholarship to support her journey to becoming a barrister. The scholarship was awarded on the fifth anniversary of the barrister and law lecturer's tragic passing in 2019 at the age of 47.

New language rights for Irish speakers and additional Irish language obligations on public bodies are to come into effect this week. The final provisions of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 will come into force on 21 December 2024 in line with a statutory deadline.

James Colville has been appointed as head of insurance and managing partner in the Dublin office of global legal business DWF. Mr Colville, who will take up both posts in January, brings a wealth of experience, having qualified, trained, and worked in both England and Ireland with firms such as Gree

An American politician has been roundly mocked after sharing an image of a downed "drone" which was actually a Star Wars prop. Doug Mastriano, a US army veteran and Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate, later claimed he was joking after he posted the image of the TIE fighter to X, formerly T