Awards

Niamh O'Shea, partner at Maples and Calder LLP, has been recognised as a "Rising Star" at the European Women in Business Law Awards 2020, which happened virtually last week. Ms O'Shea, who is based at the firm's Dublin office, joined the firm's graduate programme as a trainee in 2008. She qualified

Arthur Cox has been recognised as Ireland's top law firm at the 2020 International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Europe Awards. The firm also advised on the Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year and was recognised for its work on the Stenn trade receivables securitisation deal.

Anne-Marie McAlinden, professor of law and criminal justice at Queen's University Belfast, has been awarded the Kevin Boyle Book Prize for outstanding legal scholarship. Professor McAlinden received the award for her book Children as 'Risk': Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Children and Young People

The Law Society of Ireland has honoured the work of journalists at its Justice Media Awards. Sorcha Pollak and Kathleen Harris, of The Irish Times, were recognised for their work on “From Syria to Wicklow: A Desperate Family, an Irish Welcome”, a report that followed a family's esca