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UK law firm Bristows LLP is to open its second international office in Dublin in response to the establishment of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The London-headquartered firm, which was founded more than 180 years ago, previously established its first international office in Brussels in 2017 as par

Legislation providing for the complete decriminalisation of abortion and the abolition of the mandatory three-day waiting period before an abortion can be carried out has cleared a major hurdle in the Dáil. The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023, introduced

A man who allegedly robbed a shop wielding Nintendo's iconic 1980s Zapper as a weapon has been arrested. David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, allegedly painted the video game controller most strongly associated with Duck Hunt and threatened a shopkeeper with it.

A discrimination disability case brought by a man against his former employer Home Bargains with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has been settled for £25,000 with no admission of liability. Ryan Walker, who lives with cerebral palsy, was employed in the chain's Armagh

An Garda Síochána has been designated as the competent authority in Ireland for issuing legal orders requiring internet service providers to remove online terrorist content. Under the EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation, each EU member state is obliged to designate a competent autho

International law firm Simmons & Simmons is to distribute funds to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) and environmental charity Voice Ireland as part of a £1 million global initiative. The firm is committed to donating £1 million to charity every year

Letterkenny-based Gallagher & Brennan Solicitors will now be known as Gallagher Brennan Ponsonby Solicitors following the promotion of Donna Ponsonby to partner. Ms Ponsonby joined the firm as an assistant solicitor in 2012 prior to being promoted to associate in 2014. She practises in the areas

Dublin-based intellectual property law firm FRKelly has appointed Judy McCullagh as a partner. Ms McCullagh has worked for over 20 years in the IP arena, with the majority of these years spent in the trade mark field. She represents clients before the Irish, UK and EU trade mark offices.

IP law firm Powell Gilbert has launched an office in Dublin to support the firm's work in advising and representing clients before the new Unified Patent Court (UPC). The London-based firm said the new office would complement its existing practice with a reputation for UK patent litigation and for d

A permanent commission of investigation body should be established to make future inquiries more efficient, the judge in charge of the long-running Siteserv inquiry has said. In his final report, published yesterday, Mr Justice Brian Cregan said all the "knowledge and expertise" built up over the co

Three out of four Irish organisations have seen an increased number of reported data breaches since 2018, according to a new survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran. The firm surveyed attendees at its recent ' Data Privacy In-House Counsel Masterclass' event, which took place at The Mar

A&L Goodbody LLP has provided pro bono housing law support to more than 500 people since the launch of a unique partnership with Mercy Law Resource Centre and Focus Ireland five years ago. Established in 2018 with the help of the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA), a project of legal rights gro

Domestic and family violence death reviews underpinned by new legislation should take place after criminal prosecutions or inquests to help prevent similar tragedies happening in future, a report has recommended. The Department of Justice today published an independent study on familicide and domest

The sale of vaping products to children will be banned under proposed new legislation. The Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill includes a range of measures aimed at tackling smoking and vaping among under-18s and adults, with a particular focus on preventing children

A suspected drug dealer who jumped into a river to escape police was apprehended after slowly floating downstream for six hours. Michael Cortez, 31, jumped into the Cache la Poudre River in the US state of Colorado while pursued by police who identified him as a wanted man.