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The Irish government has welcomed the launch of an updated information sharing system across the EU to help fight terrorism and serious crime.

Well-known criminal law solicitor Robert Purcell has passed away. Mr Purcell, originally from Co Galway, was a partner at M.E. Hanahoe Solicitors and a familiar face in the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin.

International law firm Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has promoted Frances Hamilton, Jordan O'Brien and Vanessa Lawlor to its growing partnership. Ms Hamilton has become a partner in the funds and investment management team, Mr O'Brien has become a partner in the corporate team and Ms Lawlor has be

UK law firm TLT has appointed Belfast-based renewable energy development expert David Miller as partner in the firm’s UK-wide real estate team. Mr Miller has over a decade of experience advising on the investment, sale and development of renewable energy projects as well as advising landowners

Employment law firm GQ|Littler has appointed Philip Gray as an associate in its Dublin office. Mr Gray joins the firm from KPMG Legal Services, where he worked as an associate in the employment law and corporate immigration team.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published a special podcast to mark International Women’s Day 2023. Hosted by radio and TV presenter Sarah Travers, the podcast features Paddy Kelly, former barrister and director of the Children’s Law Centre; Maria McCloskey, director of The PILS

McCann FitzGerald welcomed lawyers to a special event in Dublin's Westbury Hotel ahead of International Women's Day 2023.

Northern Ireland law firm Hewitt & Gilpin has relocated its headquarters from Belfast city centre to Holywood, Co Down. The firm, which retains an office in east Belfast, said the strategic move to larger premises on Holywood's High Street would extend its private client and commercial offering

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has launched a new partnership with Cancer Fund for Children NI to raise valuable funds, awareness and support for the local charity. Emma Rooney, associate director with Millar McCall Wylie, leads the charity committee at the firm.

ByrneWallace LLP has set out plans to support staff experiencing domestic abuse and menopause later this year. The firm will launch two new dedicated staff wellness programmes over the course of 2023, it announced on International Women's Day today.

Belfast solicitor Alphonsus Maginness has been appointed to the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) for a four-year term. Mr Maginness has practised as a solicitor for over 30 years. In February 1998 he was appointed chief legal adviser in what is now the Business Services Organisati

The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has commenced an investigation into the PSNI policies and practice and the obligations imposed on police officers when interacting with vulnerable people. Considered by the Ombudsman, Marie Anderson, to be an area of high risk where failings could lead to in

A man has taken revenge on his adulterous ex-wife by marrying her lover's wife. In retaliation for his wife eloping with her lover, the mononymous Neeraj, from the Indian state of Bihar, got his own back by marrying the wife of the man with whom she had had a long-running affair.

UK law firm TLT has introduced free menopause testing for women as part of a package of new supports for staff members going through menopause. The firm, with a well-established office in Belfast, announced the new measures on International Women's Day 2023 and said they would help to reach its ambi

A long-promised referendum to remove references to "woman's place in the home" from the Constitution will take place this November, the government has announced. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and children, equality, disability, integration and youth minister Roderic O'Gorman made the announcement today to