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The Irish government has joined widespread condemnation of new Hungarian legislation effectively banning Pride marches in the country. Legislators yesterday passed a bill making it a crime to organise and an offence to attend events that violate an existing law prohibiting the "depiction or promotio

Three people have been convicted in England in connection with the theft of a solid gold toilet worth nearly £5 million. The 18-carat lavatory was one of a series created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and titled America.

Media lawyer Paul Tweed has put Amazon on notice after a seemingly AI-generated biography appeared for sale online next to his recently-released memoir. Online shoppers looking for From Holywood to Hollywood: My Life as an International Libel Lawyer to the Rich and Famous, published by Merrion Press

One of New York City's top judges was recently honoured at the Brehon Law Society's annual dinner.

The London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) welcomed members and guests to its third annual St Patrick's Dinner last week.

All lawyers might brace themselves for an emergency to arise over a bank holiday weekend — but Chris Chan BL was more prepared than most. After eight months of training as a first aid responder with St John Ambulance Ireland, Mr Chan completed his first official duty yesterday at the St Patric

A new House of Lords committee has launched an inquiry into "Northern Ireland's voice" in the context of the post-Brexit Windsor Framework. The Northern Ireland scrutiny committee, which was established in January, will begin taking oral evidence from a panel of academic and legal experts tomorrow.

Lawyers Denise Hunt and Gemma McKeown are among a number of new appointments to the Probation Board for Northern Ireland. Ms Hunt is a qualified barrister with over 20 years' post-qualification experience. She owned and managed the Londonderry Arms Hotel in Carnlough from 2011 until her retirement i

Eggs are being smuggled into the US from Mexico and Canada to satisfy black market demand amid skyrocketing prices. Egg prices have become synonymous with inflation in the US, where the price of a dozen eggs roughly doubled in a year to reach a record $5.90 (around €5.40 or £4.54) in Febr

The Supreme Court has handed down two significant rulings concerning the sentencing and anonymity of young offenders. Ms Justice Iseult O'Malley gave the judgments in the separate cases of DPP v CC & anor [2025] IESC 11 and DPP v PB [2025] IESC 12 yesterday.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has accused Meta of "silencing" a former director who was ordered this week to refrain from promoting her new book. Careless People, published this week, provides an account from Sarah Wynn-Williams of her time as Meta's director of global public policy f

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired Declan O'Sullivan as a partner in its Dublin funds practice. Mr O'Sullivan brings three decades of experience to the firm, which he is joining from the Dublin office of a US-headquartered international law firm.

Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed Gerard Kelly as co-head of the firm's dispute resolution practice alongside Maurice Phelan. Mr Kelly, who brings a wealth of experience in business-critical litigation and arbitration, will also continue as head of the business law firm's intellectual property

Planning fees in Northern Ireland will be increased by 2.1 per cent from 1 April 2025. The inflationary uplift is based on the consumer price index (CPI) rate of 2.1 per cent from January 2024 to September 2024.

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