In a historic moment for the legal profession throughout Europe, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer on 12 March ...

A report by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has expressed its concern at the haste with which the (now enacted) Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 proceeded towards ...

A seminar on the evolving topic of social media posts as grounds for dismissal will be held at the Distillery Building in Dublin 7 next Wednesday 22 January. Presented jointly by the Employment Bar ...

The Law Society has scored a victory in this year’s 2024 Dye and Durham Irish Law Awards as its Four Courts Consultation Rooms scooped the Service Provider to the Legal Profession prize (14 June). The ...

An event taking place next month will bring solicitors and barristers together to discuss a new EU law on nature restoration. The event is being organised by the Law Society’s Environmental and ...

A group of investors, think-tanks, and policymakers has expressed concern about potential changes to sustainability rules set to be announced by the European Commission tomorrow (26 February). The ...

The Government has decided to nominate barrister Mícheál P O’Higgins SC as a judge of the High Court. O’Higgins is a former chair of the Bar Council, who was called to the Bar in 1990, and appointed ...

Solicitor Ciarán Mulholland has been appointed to the criminal-law committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). Mulholland is founder and principal solicitor of Dundalk-based MulhollandLAW, ...

The In-House Pro Bono Network (PBN) and A&L Goodbody have hosted two in-person events at the Mayson Hotel in Dublin to mark In-House Pro Bono Day. Established in Ireland last November, the PBN is a ...

A legal challenge has been launched by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE), against the Irish Government over its failure to meet its legal obligations on climate change. Represented by the Centre ...

Several solicitors will make their declarations as judges early next week. Solicitor Stephanie Coggans will make her declaration as a judge of the District Court on Monday (11 September) at 10am in ...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The guidance follows a request from Ireland’s data watchdog ...