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McCartan Turkington Breen has raised £1,000 in aid of Hope House Ireland.

Legislation to enable more victims of human trafficking to come forward will be enacted in the coming days, justice minister Helen McEntee has said. Ms McEntee was speaking in Cork at a conference on tackling human trafficking yesterday.

The National Rape Crisis Helpline recorded over 18,600 contacts last year – the highest level ever in Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s 45-year history. This and other data are detailed in DRCC’s annual report which will be launched in Dublin today by justice minister Helen McEntee.

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has opened applications for its business accelerator programme, AG Elevate, providing Irish tech companies with the opportunity to secure a package of tailored legal advice to help them grow at scale. Last year's programme featured two Irish businesses, both from the Healthcar

A three-bedroom house in San Francisco's affluent Russian Hill neighbourhood has been listed for an astonishingly low price of $488,000 (around £385,000).

Justice minister Helen McEntee has welcomed the vote by the Oireachtas to renew legislative provisions designed to combat terrorism and serious organised crime for another year. The Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 made amendments to the Offences against the State Acts 1939-1985,

A man impersonating a cop unwittingly pulled over an actual police officer in an unmarked car. The New Orleans man turned his illegally installed flashing lights on as he pulled behind the real detective.

McCann FitzGerald LLP has announced the appointment of Stuart McCarron as the new head of its debt finance group. He succeeds Niall Powderly, who has now retired.

Microsoft breached EU competition rules by tying Teams to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 productivity product suites, according to a preliminary investigation by the European Commission. The Commission yesterday announced it had informed the tech giant of its preliminary view that Microsoft gave T

Maynooth University student Marwa Zamir has been named Law Student of the Year at the recent 2024 Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards.

The Irish Immigration Lawyers' Association (IILA) welcomed over 80 delegates to its annual Cork conference last week. After a welcome from chairperson Thomas Coughlan, the first session heard from Michael McGrath SC on "Advocacy at the International Protection Appeals Tribunal", followed by Shannon

The disAbility Legal Network is to host a Disability Pride brunch with support from A&L Goodbody. The sit-down brunch will take place at Roberta's on Saturday 20 July 2024, 11am-2pm, after which participants will join the Disability Pride parade in Dublin city centre at 2pm.

A secret court hearing overseen by an anonymous judge has again approved mass surveillance of the Irish public for the next 12 months. A High Court order obtained by justice minister Helen McEntee requires communications service providers to retain certain data — including user, traffic and lo

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has published accounts of seven local authority equality action plans that address issues arising in the provision of Traveller accommodation and services. The accounts have been published alongside the Commission's annual report, amid a warning from th

The Irish Women Lawyers' Association (IWLA) is to host its 2024 AGM on 18 July followed by a summer soiree. The AGM will be held at 6pm in the main lecture theatre at the Law Society of Ireland's Education Building, with the option for members to join remotely.