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Nearly three-quarters of Irish property professionals believe that 50,000 new homes must be built every year to solve the housing crisis, according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The business law firm surveyed more than 200 agents, developers and property managers at its recent ‘

Landmark legislation establishing a regulatory framework for online safety overseen by the new Coimisiún na Meán has been signed into law. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 will allow for the appointment of an online safety commissioner empowered to make binding online sa

English prosecutors have dropped a case against a 25-year-old woman accused of illegally procuring an abortion. The woman was reported to police after she underwent an emergency caesarean section 31 weeks into her pregnancy and was found to have evidence of abortion pills in her system.

Three murder convictions dating back to 1981 have been referred back to the Northern Ireland courts by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). George Kirkpatrick, Eric Cullen and Cyril Cullen — the so-called Castlewellan Three — each received life sentences on 24 June 1981 for the k

Trinity College Dublin will next week host a roundtable discussion on censorship and freedom of the press, drawing on the experience of the Northern Irish Troubles. Organised by the Schuler Democracy Forum, in partnership with Boston College and the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Resear

The UK government should consider withdrawing controversial legislation aimed at addressing the legacy of the Troubles, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner has said. In a report on the UK published today, human rights commissioner Dunja Mijatović said the UK government should reconsid

Irish barrister Michael M. Collins SC has been called as a Bencher of Middle Temple in London. Mr Collins was unanimously elected by a decision of the Benchers of Middle Temple at Parliament and called as an Ordinary Bencher at a Bench Dinner on 29th November 2022.

Almost 100 solicitors from across Mayo and the west of Ireland attended the recent Connaught Solicitors' Symposium 2022. Held at Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar, the event was addressed by expert speakers in conveyancing and regulation highlighting key issues for local solicitors and their clients.

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University College Cork School of Law has announced the renewal of its nearly 20-year partnership with Temple University School of Law in the US. The transatlantic partnership, which was first forged in 2004, creates opportunities for study abroad and faculty exchange.

People in South Korea are set to become a year younger under new legislation scrapping the century-old "Korean age" counting system. Under the Korean age system, a person turns one on the day they are born and grows a year older on the first day of the new year.

Reform of the civil legal aid scheme has moved into its second phase with the launch of a public consultation. The public consultation launched yesterday is in addition to the stakeholder consultation which launched in November and remains open until February. A further targeted consultation for har

A senior Irish lawyer has criticised a European court ruling restricting access to information about company ownership on privacy grounds as "a gift to money launderers and their credulous allies". Paul Egan SC, a senior consultant at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP and chair of the government's Compan

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Arthur Cox has been named as Ireland's legal adviser of the year at the Mergermarket M&A Awards Europe 2022. An awards ceremony in London this week recognised the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and rewarded innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative