Irish-trained lawyer Ronan MacSweeney, who now lives in Australia, and trainee Nina Jayne Carroll (Matheson) spoke at this week’s Shrink Me session on the psychology of belonging (30 May). The Law ...

The Department of Justice has received a record allocation of €3.9 billion for next year in Budget 2025. Current spending of €3.6 billion represents an increase of 6.4% compared with 2024, while the ...

A judge of the Court of the Justice of the EU (CJEU) will speak at a DCU Brexit Institute seminar next month. A keynote speech by Judge Savvas Papasavvas, (vice president of the EU General Court) at ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has appointed Michaela Herron as its new head of life sciences. She specialises in the intersection of technology and life-sciences regulation, particularly the EU ...

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 ...