It had been “a single ill-judged remark” that had been made in the privacy of the retiring room and “was made without malice”, the finding continued. The magistrate was issued with a formal warning ...

The Family & Child Law Conference will take place in person on 6 December. This conference has been designed by family and child care law practitioners for their colleagues in the profession and aims ...

The email requests recipients to open an attached file. The firm has advised the Law Society that this email is fraudulent and that recipients should delete it immediately.

The tender, titled Provision of Legislative Drafting/Settling Services, is set to commence in December 2024. This initial contract will span 12 months, with the potential for further extensions.

Bring the year to a close and top off your CPD tally with the Regulation Recap Seminar in Blackhall Place on 10 December.

Plans to introduce new hate speech laws have been shelved, justice minister Helen McEntee has confirmed. The minister is to withdraw section 2 of the bill, which is the hate speech element, following ...

A bill that would provide for higher sentences for crimes motivated by hatred has passed all stages in the Oireachtas. Minister for Justice Helen McEntee had brought the bill back to the Dáil last ...

A new State agency, brought about by the merger of the Property Registration Authority (PRA), the Valuation Office, and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI), has officially begun operating. Tailte Éireann ...

A report published by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), part of the Council of Europe, has found that European states spent an average of €79 a year per inhabitant on ...

International law firm Bird & Bird has further expanded its team in Ireland with the appointment of IP litigation specialist Michael Finn (pictured) as a partner in its intellectual-property practice.

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) made determinations in more than 20 complaints against practitioners last year, according to the annual report of the Legal Services Regulatory ...

A new law banning the sale of nicotine-inhaling products, such as e-cigarettes, to people under 18 will come into effect on Friday (22 December). The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said that he ...