The provisional results of the Law Society Council Election for 2024 are now available. At their meeting of 18 October 2024, the Scrutineers approved the results of the online elections and agreed ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is to receive more than half of an additional €93 million in capital spending allocated to the justice sector over the next three years. The funding, under the National ...

Legislation that clears the way for rules on the use of e-scooters on public roads has been signed into law by President Higgins. The new law, which is aimed at modernising Ireland’s regulatory system ...

Co Louth-based solicitor Paddy Goodwin has been given eight and a half stars for his latest album of guitar music by Hot Press magazine. The lawyer, who specialises in criminal and defamation law, is ...

Co Kildare firm Powderly Solicitors LLP has named Eoghan O’Sullivan as a partner specialising in criminal defence and childcare law. Qualified since 2017, O’Sullivan is experienced in criminal-defence ...

The Law Society Small Practice Training Grant was given to six legal firms countrywide in 2023. The grant can make a real difference to a rural practice’s ability to continue to provide much-needed ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is to award 24 organisations a total of €350,000 in funding for projects under its 2024-25 grants scheme. This year, the scheme supported ...

Ross Little has joined ByrneWallace LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate team. Little has more than 20 years’ experience advising Irish and international clients on a range of corporate issues – ...

Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Stg £750,000 for a data breach last year in which the ...

The Legal Aid Board has today (29 May) launched its new Law and Family Mediation Centre in Ballymun, Dublin. Officially opened by the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, the new centre is located in ...

Ireland’s data-protection watchdog has handed out the biggest fines linked to breaches of GDPR rules since the regulations came into effect, according to figures published today (18 January). Law firm ...

Galway firms MG Ryan & Co and Kieran Murphy & Co are to merge on Friday, 1 September, into a new entity called MG Ryan Kieran Murphy LLP. The practice will consist of four partners, four solicitors ...