In Pictures

Reader Johnnie McCoy BL has shared with Irish Legal News a picture of the Christmas tree erected in The Bar of Ireland's legal research centre.

Solicitors, barristers and judges in the Pro Bono Choir have raised cash for two vital Northern Ireland charities at a sold-out Christmas carol concert.

Ms Justice Sara Phelan, Mr Justice Anthony M. Collins and Mr Justice Denis McDonald have been formally appointed as judges. The three new judges were appointed by President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday following their nomination by the government in October.

Sports lawyers and athletes reflected on the 2024 Paris Olympics — the most successful in Ireland's history — at the Sports Law Bar Association (SLBA) annual conference last week.

The Probate Bar Association of Ireland held its annual conference on the theme "Estates: Home and Abroad" on Friday.

William Fry marked the International Day of People with Disabilities with a special event which heard from Sofiya Kalinova BL, the first deaf person to qualify as a barrister in Ireland. The "Breaking Down Barriers at the Irish Bar" event took place at the law firm's Dublin office on 21 November, ah

The Supreme Court yesterday hosted a launch event for Dr Niamh Howlin's new book, A Century of Courts: The Courts of Justice Act 2024. Published by Four Courts Press, the book brings together legal scholars, historians and members of the judiciary to reflect on the legacies of the Courts of Justice

International experts were warmly welcomed to Ireland for the 12th annual Dublin International Arbitration Day on Friday. Arbitration Ireland president Paul McGarry SC welcomed attendees to Ireland's leading conference on international arbitration.

Over 500 corporate counsel, risk and compliance professionals, executives and directors across a range of business sectors from corporate Ireland attended A&L Goodbody's annual Corporate Crime and Regulation Summit this morning in Croke Park.

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

A bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, commissioned by Art for Human Rights and Human Rights in China (HRIC), has been unveiled at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway. It was announced last week that the bust by Czech sculptor Marie Šeborová

Housing minister Darragh O'Brien addressed over 400 delegates at a major housing conference recently hosted by Beauchamps.

The Law Society of Ireland has unveiled a new Elephant in the Room sculpture to promote mental health awareness. Elephant in the Room is a social enterprise which aims to challenge the stigma around mental health using sculptures of elephants.

Solicitors joined the annual Belfast Pride parade on Saturday, marching through Belfast city centre in celebration of the LGBT+ community in Northern Ireland.

Lawyers lined the front of the Four Courts yesterday during the third and final day of withdrawal of services by criminal barristers this legal term.