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The biggest farmers' association in Italy has condemned the use of mafia terms to sell food and drink around the world — including a machine gun-shaped bottle of whisky produced in Scotland. Coldiretti found that some 300 restaurants are mafia-themed, among them El Padrino in Spain, Don Corleo

Law students are more likely to misuse alcohol and have suicidal thoughts than their peers, according to a new study by researchers north and south of the border. A research paper produced by academics at Ulster University (UU), Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and Uppsala University explores

Northern Ireland's High Court has granted leave for a prisoner's judicial review of restrictions likened to solitary confinement imposed on inmates returning from compassionate temporary release. The legal action — brought by prisoner Curtis Tanner, represented by solicitor Owen Beattie &mdash

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has officially launched its new Dublin office, with Gayle Bowen, Shane Geraghty, and Michele Lloyd named as its founding partners. News of the US-headquarted firm's plans to expand into Ireland — opening its 48th office worldwide and ninth in Europe — fi

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed fines totalling €390 million on Meta Ireland in connection with its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Meta has said it strongly disagrees with the DPC's findings and will "appeal the substance of the decision" in the Irish courts.

Nearly €1 million has been paid out to workers because of Ireland's failure to properly implement an EU directive on workers' rights, according to reports.

The Times has published an obituary of Judge Robin Rowland which recalls his military service in World War II as part of the British Empire's "Forgotten Army". Judge Rowland was born in Co Antrim in 1922 and began studying law at Queen's University Belfast in 1940, where he also joined the British A

Ireland's data protection watchdog has launched an inquiry into media reports of a Twitter data breach affecting millions of users. In a statement issued just before Christmas, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) said it had launched an own-volition inquiry pursuant to section 110 of the Data Prote

Airbnb has failed in an EU court challenge to Italian tax rules requiring the platform to collect a 21 per cent rental income tax and share information with tax authorities. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rejected arguments that two of the three obligations introduced in 2017 are

Most rape trials in France will take place without juries under a widely-opposed cost-saving reform that undoes a change instituted by the 1789 revolution. All cases involving crimes with maximum sentences of between 15 and 20 years will be tried by courts of five judges rather than three judges and

The teenage stars of a famous 1968 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet have launched a $500 million lawsuit against Paramount Pictures over its controversial nude scene. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were 15 and 16 respectively at the time of filming, allege that they agreed to film the bed

A court has dismissed charges against dozens of people who allegedly took part in an illegal dissident republican parade after a successful challenge to the prosecution evidence. A total of 43 people — 35 men and eight women — were charged with failing to comply with conditions put in pl

Solicitor Vicky McCarthy Keane, who publicly spoke and wrote about her battle with motor neurone disease (MND), has passed away. Mrs Keane died on Wednesday 28 December 2022 and her funeral took place on Monday at St Joseph's Church in Rathwire, Co Westmeath.

A pair of bungling burglars were caught after they called police for help transporting their stolen goods. The couple — named only as Martin and Liz — were arrested in Poinciana, Florida on New Year's Eve after officers responded to a 911 call from the house they were burgling.

The number of new King's Counsel (KC) named in England and Wales has declined for the second year in a row. Some 95 lawyers were appointed as KCs just before Christmas, down from 101 in the previous year and a fifth less than the 116 named in 2020.