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A new master of the High Court will not be appointed until the enactment of legislation making solicitors and deputy masters eligible for appointment to the post, the government has confirmed. The quasi-judicial post has been vacant since the retirement of long-standing master Edmund Honohan SC in A

An expired web address printed on hundreds of thousands of licence plates is now directing visitors to online casinos in the Philippines. Nearly 800,000 licence plates in the US state of Maryland with a unique design commemorating the War of 1812 feature the web address, WBAL-TV reports.

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to complete the British Heart Foundation’s RevivR CPR training. The training was organised by the firm's responsible business group and delivered using the RevivR online training platform, with the assistance of Adele Harr

Disposable vapes could be banned in Ireland under one of the options set out in a public consultation launched yesterday. Disposable vaping devices, which are not rechargeable, contain electronic components, including a battery, and require safe disposal when they become waste. They contain a comple

The new Unified Patent Court (UPC) has become operational with effect from today, with 17 EU member states initially participating in the new body — though Ireland is not yet one of them. The UPC has jurisdiction over the new unitary patents as well as existing European patents and will allow

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