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Penal experts have raised concerns that youth detention is not being treated as a last resort in spite of a statutory obligation. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) said the youth detention system is "now regularly at capacity" as it responded to a new report on conditions in Oberstown Children Det

The Bar of Ireland has congratulated its 27 members who are being called to the Inner Bar at the Supreme Court. The call to the Inner Bar, often referred to as “taking silk” in reference to their silk robes, is a recognition of a barrister’s exceptional legal expertise, professiona

Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors LLP has introduced a new tort prize for undergraduate students of University of Galway School of Law. The new tort prize is worth €500 for the first-year student who achieves the highest mark in the tort module.

The Sligo Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) welcomed over 100 solicitors to its successful CPD day at the Sligo Park Hotel on Friday. Guest speakers at the event included Katie Da Gama of Coaching for Lawyers, Susan Bourke of Legal RSS, Ger Mason of Finders, Anne Heenan of the Probate Office at

The UK government has published a "once in a generation" set of employment rights reforms which will apply across Great Britain. The Employment Rights Bill contains 28 individual employment reforms, from ending zero hours contracts and fire and rehire practices to establishing day one rights to prot

Northern Ireland councils are to be given new powers to prepare and publish planning application validation checklists. The Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. No.176) will amend The Planning (General Development Procedure) Order (Northern Ireland

Landmark reforms to the planning process have been approved by the Oireachtas and will be signed into law. The Planning and Development Bill 2023 introduces statutory timelines for all consenting processes and will see An Bord Pleanála reorganised into a new body called An Coimisiún Pl

Families who experience a stillbirth can now register their loss in a public record of stillbirths. The new opt-in register has been introduced this week following the enactment of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024.

A man has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment in Iran for having a pet cat. Niloufar Ghazaleh and Mohammad Ali Moghimi, a married couple living in the Middle Eastern country's Isfahan province, drew the ire of authorities after breaking mandatory hijab rules, IranWire reports.

The Law Society of England and Wales is to begin paying Council members for the first time in its history. Over 93 per cent of members at yesterday's AGM voted in favour of the proposal, which could cost the Society around £500,000 in back pay, the Law Society Gazette reports.

The European Law Institute's annual conference is currently under way in Dublin — the first time it has been held in the Irish capital. Over 400 delegates from across Europe are taking part in the event, which is being held across the King's Inns and the Law Society today and tomorrow.

"Significant progress" has been made in implementing the recommendations of a landmark review of the role of experts in the family courts, the Department of Justice has said. The review, published in June 2024, examined the commissioning, availability, content, and use of these reports, which may be

TikTok is facing a fresh lawsuit in the US over the video-sharing platform's alleged harm to children's mental health and well-being. A coalition of 13 states and Washington, D.C., co-led by California and New York, has filed separate enforcement actions against TitTok for alleged violations of stat

Judge Suzanne Kingston and Judge Colm Mac Eochaidh have been formally reappointed to the General Court of the European Union for a further six-year term. The two Irish judges will serve an additional term from 1 September 2025 until 31 August 2031.

New legislation is to address the rights of parents who undertake a donor-assisted human reproduction (DAHR) procedure abroad. The amending bill is being brought hot on the heels of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, which was approved by the Oireachtas in the summer.