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Holmes has congratulated newly-qualified solicitors Ciara Downes and Melissa Regan on completing their training at the firm. Ms Downes has now joined the firm's commercial team and Ms Regan has joined the financial lines team.

A&L Goodbody yesterday welcomed over 250 people to its inaugural "Future of Tech Regulation" event in Dublin, which brought together leading regulators and industry experts to discuss and explore the impact of new and incoming legislation at Irish and European level. Key speakers at the event in

Whitney Moore has congratulated newly-qualified solicitors Hannah Judge, Michael Coleman and Kate Dillon on their appointment to the firm. Ms Judge and Mr Coleman have been appointed to the firm's corporate and M&A team. Ms Dillon has been appointed to the firm's employment and data privacy team

Dillon Eustace has congratulated its four newly-qualified solicitors on entering the next stage of their careers. Julia Mulllin, Sam Dillon, Anna Mulcair and Andrew Tyrrell have completed their training contracts with the firm.

Philip Lee has congratulated five newly-qualified solicitors on continuing their legal careers with the corporate law firm. Claudia Macklin, Lee Boorman, Catriona Walsh, Laura O'Brien and Hazel Murphy have been appointed as associate solicitors.

PhD students from across Europe and beyond recently descended on Cork to discuss, explore and develop research in the area of children's rights.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has presented a cheque for €3,300 to Cork charity The Crann Centre after a fundraising quiz. Trainees in the firm took the initiative to organise a table quiz for young legal professionals which raised the remarkable sum for The Crann Centre, a charity which helps the

Never mind the boardroom — Belfast-based MKB Law left behind the office for the beach in its latest staff photos published on a refreshed website.

Almost 100 solicitors from across Mayo and the west of Ireland attended the recent Connaught Solicitors' Symposium 2022. Held at Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar, the event was addressed by expert speakers in conveyancing and regulation highlighting key issues for local solicitors and their clients.

The Bar of Ireland marked International Men's Day last week with a coffee morning raising funds for charity Pieta.

Eversheds Sutherland was among organisations which came together to tackle "skyrocketing" scams at the Northern Ireland Fraud Forum's first-ever annual conference in Belfast yesterday. The NI Fraud Forum was launched in April by organisations including Eversheds Sutherland, Grant Thornton, and FPM-A

Coleraine-based Turley Legal has been recognised at the inaugural Causeway Coast and Glens People Awards hosted by the Causeway Chamber of Commerce.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has welcomed four new trainee solicitors and four newly-qualified solicitors in Belfast.

Law students Dáire Collier and Debra Shotunde have been awarded the Mullany Walsh Maxwells LLP prize for highest mark in legal writing. The prize is awarded to the Maynooth University student who receives the highest marks for legal writing in their first year legal skills course.

RDJ has announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with Connacht Rugby. Rugby players Jack Carty, Alex Wootton and Diarmuid Kilgallen joined JP Gilmartin, partner-in-charge of RDJ's Galway office, to highlight the law firm's status as long-standing official legal advisor for the club.