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BHSM LLP has appointed Niamh Carragher as a senior associate in the firm's commercial real estate team. Ms Carragher has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions.

Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell has been elected as president of the Network of Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union. Ireland's top judge was elected to the post late on Friday afternoon during a meeting of the network in The Hague.

The Supreme Court is to hear human rights arguments in a case concerning the right to citizenship of children born abroad to same-sex couples of different nationalities. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been granted permission by the Supreme Court to appear as amicus curiae in two

Prison officials have caught an inmate who hacked into prison computers to change prisoners' sentences and bank balances. The unnamed prisoner in Târgu Jiu, in southern Romania, was caught by the prison accounting department after a suspicious level of spending, Romania Insider reports.

Lawyer John McEvoy has been appointed as chief executive officer of Duality Healthcare in Northern Ireland. Mr McEvoy has played a pivotal role in guiding Duality Healthcare's strategic vision and growth to date as chairman and co-founder.

Mayo solicitor Rosemarie J. Loftus has been elected as president of the Law Society of Ireland. Ms Loftus is a partner at family law firm Bourke, Carrigg & Loftus in Ballina, County Mayo. She qualified as a solicitor in 1991.

The Irish Maritime Law Association is hosting a one-day seminar on offshore renewable energy (ORE) on Thursday 27th November. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the ORE sector, and the practical aspects of planning, logistics, insurance and law both onshore and at sea.

The PSNI is to pay a five-figure sum to the widow of a Troubles murder victim whose body parts were removed and retained without permission. Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP acted on behalf of the widow of James Keelan, who was murdered by UVF gunmen on 30 June 1987.

Cork solicitor Padraig Sheehan has passed away. Mr Sheehan, who established Padraig J. Sheehan Solicitors in Douglas in 2009, passed away on Monday 10 November.

Northern Ireland firm Tughans has announced 16 appointments, including the promotion of Nadine Brennan to partner in the firm's dispute resolution practice.

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Lewis Silkin has appointed Olivia O’Kane as a partner to lead its specialist media law practice in both Belfast and Dublin. Ms O'Kane has over two decades of experience specialising in media disputes related to a wide range of complex media areas.

There should be a "complete and unconditional ban" on the use of counselling records in sexual offence trials, the Oireachtas justice committee has recommended. The joint committee on justice, home affairs and migration yesterday published its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of

Ireland’s online safety commissioner, Niamh Hodnett, has been appointed to chair the Global Online Safety Regulators Network (GOSRN). Ms Hodnett was appointed as GOSRN's annual in-person meeting, which took place at Coimisiún na Meán's offices in Dublin yesterday.

A coffee shop chain in China has been forced to drop its communist-style branding following heavy criticism in state media. The "People's Coffee Shop" deliberately designed its shopfronts to resemble the masthead of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.