With less than three weeks to go, the Law Society is encouraging all legal professionals to continue to register for Calcutta Run charity partners, Dublin Simon Community and the HOPE Foundation.

Solicitors based in Leitrim, Donegal and Limerick and bordering counties can book now for the annual Law Society Skillnet cluster events in their region. If you’re based in Leitrim, Longford, ...

MOOCs are free, online courses open to all and are part of the Law Society of Ireland’s Public Legal Education initiative. This year’s MOOC will provide participants with an insight into this rapidly ...

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has welcomed a pledge by the Minister for Justice to examine alternatives to custodial sentences to help manage the overcrowding crisis in prisons. Minister Jim ...

Just over half of workers in Ireland have either experienced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace, according to a survey. The survey of 1,400 people, by recruitment firm Matrix, found that 20% ...

International law firm Bird & Bird has expanded its team in Ireland by appointing Susan Battye as head of the country’s employment practice. Battye has more than two decades of experience advising ...

Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has announced the appointment of Aoife Kelly-Desmond as its new chief executive. UCC graduate Kelly-Desmond previously served as managing solicitor at Mercy Law ...

International law firm Hogan Lovells has hired the former head of legal at the Bank of England, Sinéad Meany, to join its London office. She will work in the group covering financial institutions and ...

The fact that an increasing number of people in Ireland now want to work beyond the State pension age of 66 is causing “huge issues” from an employment-law perspective, delegates at the Annual Review ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, has appointed 19 lawyers following a period of exceptional growth and activity. Five senior lawyers were appointed to partner ...