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Former Maynooth University students Jobitha Prince and David Rattigan have been awarded a six-month internship in the asset management and investment funds department at Matheson. Mr Rattigan, from Sligo, and Ms Prince, from Meath, received the internship award on the basis of their results on the f

A team of trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland have won the 7th Ad Hoc Negotiation Competition in Dubai. Borbála Gyenge, Jennifer Maguire and Ruby Porter took first place in the competition, organised by ADR ODR International and the European Institute for Conflict Resolution (E

All-Ireland law firm PA Duffy & Co Solicitors has appointed Enda McGarrity as a director, making the 28-year-old the firm's youngest-ever partner. Mr McGarrity graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 2018 and qualified as a solicitor in 2021.

Police have seized tarot cards and crystal balls after arresting a group of "psychics" alleged to be fraudsters. Three arrests have now been made in Sydney, Australia following an investigation into what is alleged to be a crime syndicate using their supposed psychic abilities for cover, ABC News re

Barristers in England and Wales have rejected proposed new rules which would oblige them to "act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion". The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has proposed amendments to the equality rules forming part of barristers' conduct obligations — which curren

The UK's electoral watchdog has imposed a £250 fine on the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) following an investigation into its accounting records. The party failed to keep accounting records that were sufficient to show and explain the party's transactions.

Amazon Prime is to remove parts of a Chilean TV series after reaching a "groundbreaking" settlement in a defamation case before the Irish courts. Solicitor Paul Tweed brought the High Court proceedings on behalf of Dr Jorge Segovia Bonet, a Spanish businessman who owns the Chilean football club Uni&

Data centre construction companies may be colluding in breach of EU law, the European Commission has said. The Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the data centre construction sector, and has also sent out formal requests for information to sever

Victims of crime have been invited to complete a short survey about their experience to assist research into the criminal justice system. The anonymous online survey, which should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete, is open to anyone aged 18 or over who, as an adult, has made an official com

Irish lawyers are abandoning Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, in droves as they now see it as a "toxic" hub of misinformation and hate speech, according to a poll conducted by Irish Legal News. Subscribers to ILN's popular email newsletter were invited last week to have their say on X in the wake of

Police in Thailand were forced to barricade themselves into their station as their town came under attack from around 200 escaped monkeys. Special enclosures in Lopburi — around 100 miles north-east of Bangkok — are used to manage the local monkey population.

O’Flynn Exhams LLP has welcomed former trainee Niamh Carey back to the firm as an associate. The Blarney native completed her solicitor training at OFX in 2022 after studying for a bachelors in law and French at UCC and graduating with a master's in European law from the College of Europe, Bru

Venture capital funding into Irish technology SMEs stalled in the third quarter of the year, according to a survey published in association with William Fry. VC funding finished at €192.5 million in Q3 2024, just one per cent ahead of the same period last year, the Irish Venture Capital Associa

Criminal defence solicitor Cahir O'Higgins has been convicted of stealing €400 from a client and attempting to pervert the court of justice. O'Higgins, 49, denied the five charges — one of theft and four of attempting to pervert the court of justice — but was found guilty by a jury

Lawyers from north and south of the border are being sought to join the Cricket Club of the Lawyers of Ireland ahead of the 2025 Lawyers' Cricket World Cup. The ninth annual competition is taking place in Oxford, England from 20-29 July 2025.