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 ...

Families affected by an explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal that killed ten people in 2022 are to challenge a decision to grant planning permission for a new development on the site. The news comes ...

A Law Society team of PPC trainees Noor Choudry (Maples) and Meadhbh Jones (A&L Goodbody) took first place in the 2025 National Negotiation Competition, held at Blackhall Place on Saturday (22 ...

Lawyers at Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) have urged goods importers and distributors to start preparing now for an EU regulation on packaging that recently came into force. They say that the regulation ...

The State’s energy regulator, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), has published proposals for a new policy on connecting data centres to the electricity grid. Electricity demand from ...

An event at Dublin’s City Hall to celebrate 50 years of Community Law and Mediation (CLM) heard that ‘dig where you stand’ should be the motto of those wishing to campaign for social justice (26 ...

A report from the AI Advisory Council has said that there must be “a clear legal basis” for any use of facial-recognition technology (FRT) by the gardaí. The body, which was set up by the Government ...

A cross-border report has called on the Government to set up a Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) to investigate unresolved deaths and incidents of torture and ill-treatment. The report, from the ...

Britain’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved the settlement of a mass-consumer claim against payments company Mastercard, after it had been challenged by a litigation funder. The claim, by ...

Notifications to the competition watchdog increased by more than 20% last year, according to its annual report on mergers and acquisitions. All mergers and acquisitions that meet specific financial ...

Lawyers at Eversheds Sutherland say that the Companies Registration Office (CRO) has resumed enforcement activities against non-compliant companies. The firm’s lawyers note that the CRO Gazette dated ...

Lawyers at Pinsent Masons have warned businesses that they are opening themselves up to potential legal risks through detailed disclosure of their ‘double-materiality‘ assessments (DMAs). DMAs are ...