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A public consultation is seeking views on proposed changes to an uncommenced legislative provision governing charities operating in Northern Ireland but based elsewhere. Northern Ireland's Department for Communities is currently consulting on changes to section 167 of the Charities Act (Norther
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A Russian court has fined a woman who said a new school uniform had a "slight Hitler vibe". The 33-year-old woman from Yaroslavl, identified only as Viktoria B, was found guilty of "displaying Nazi symbols" after posting the comment online.
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An Irish TikToker has reportedly reached a settlement in a legal dispute with the manufacturer of the children’s toys she uses to tell soap opera-style stories involving sex and drugs. More than 2.5 million people follow @sylvaniandrama on TikTok, where Thea Von Engelbrechten posts short stori
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The Sligo Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will host a CPD day on Friday 3 October 2025. Retired Court of Appeal judge, mediator and arbitrator Michael Peart and Maura McNally SC are among the guest speakers at the event, taking place at the Sligo Park Hotel from 9am–5.30pm.
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A memorial event for the late Professor William Duncan will be held at Trinity College Dublin tomorrow. Professor Duncan passed away at a nursing home in Dublin on 3 August 2025.
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Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the return of Keith Newman as a partner in its energy team. Mr Newman returns to the firm after three years as lead in-house counsel at a major global technology company, where he focused on construction and energy matters across EMEA. During
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A prison has banned inmates from volunteering at an animal shelter amid allegations that they secretly ate its guinea pigs. Prison officials in Western Australia have suspended community work programmes while they investigate the allegations, ABC reports.
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has reported a three per cent increase in revenue to £854 million (around €985m) in its latest financial year. The firm, which has offices in Dublin and Belfast, also saw profit increase by 1.8 per cent to £177.5 million (around €205m) in the year
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A solicitor specialising in car accident claims has backed a campaign aimed at ensuring child car seats are properly fitted. Maria Lakes, a partner at Tracey Solicitors LLP and the mother of two children, has encouraged fellow parents to take advantage of free checks offered by the Road Safety Autho
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The PSNI has launched a new race and ethnicity action plan which commits the force to "being an anti-racist police service". Human rights campaigners have given the new plan a cautious welcome, warning that its success "won't be measured by words on paper, but by whether communities see real change
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Judges should use plain English in judgments and avoid "Latin terms or terms of art, known only to lawyers", a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Michael Twomey made the remarks as he handed down a ruling on costs in the case of Propiteer Ireland Limited v Castlehaven Property Finance DAC & O
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The Irish grocery retail sector remains competitive with food price increases generally below the European average, according to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). The CCPC yesterday published an update to its 2023 high-level analysis of the grocery sector in Ireland.
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A police force has defended spending nearly €15,000 on a coffee machine after criticism from auditors. Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia spent a total of €4.66 million on a new "innovation lab" which was originally set to cost just €250,000.
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A drag queen who was subjected to a campaign of online abuse after hosting a children's storytelling event has instructed Belfast firm Phoenix Law to take legal action. Lady Portia Di'Monte was one of the two drag performers running the family-friendly event at Holywood Arches Library in Belfast as
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Northern Ireland's agriculture, environment and rural affairs minister was welcomed to Law Society House this week for a high-level seminar on climate policy and legal engagement. The first-of-its-kind event was hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's climate justice group and featured a mod
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