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, ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that a man whose long-term partner died in 2021 is entitled to a widower’s contributory pension (WCP) John O’Meara and Michelle Batey, who died in 2021, had lived together ...

COVID-19 has prompted lawyers to rapidly familiarise themselves with the legal framework governing virtual closings and remote signings in a remote work environment. There is no doubt that COVID-19 ...

Taylor Wessing Ireland has launched its new Fitzwilliam Square Dublin 2 office, demonstrating significant investment by the global law firm, which has revenue of €500 million, in its Irish arm.

A Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) report ‘Social Housing, Domestic Violence and the Public Sector Duty’ which will be launched by Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik on Tuesday (5 September). The report ...

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin has appointed solicitor Maura Kiely as a Revenue Commissioner. Kiely, who was appointed Revenue’s solicitor in 2021, succeeds Gerry Harrahill, who recently retired from ...

Drafting of a bill to significantly reform the Coroner Service to increase efficiencies and minimise the impact of the death-investigation process on the bereaved has been approved by Government. A ...

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said that overcrowding is contributing to some of the issues with drugs in Irish prisons. Its executive director Saoirse Brady was commenting after 11 prisoners ...

Solicitor Cian Smith is now chief legal and regulatory officer at Premier Lotteries Ireland, operator of the National Lottery, after acting in the role for the past year and a half. He joined the ...

Beauchamps has appointed two new partners. Fiona Egan joins as a partner in projects, infrastructure and energy and Yvonne O'Byrne as a corporate partner. Fiona joins from Arthur Cox where she ...

The Government has launched a public consultation on a new plan aimed at boosting competition in the insurance market. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to a new Action Plan on ...