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, ...

Two of Ireland’s largest law firms, ByrneWallace LLP and LK Shields Solicitors LLP, have agreed to merge their firms to create Byrne Wallace Shields. The deal is one of the largest involving two Irish ...

Commercial-law firm Philip Lee LLP has added New York to its network through a partnership with Skylight Law LLP, which is based in the US city. The US firm will now operate as Philip Lee (US) LLP and ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is inviting applications for paid internships in its legal division. The internships will be for a maximum of 18 months and will start in the third quarter ...

The Minister for Finance Michael McGrath has signed a statutory instrument that extends NewERA’s remit to the Land Development Agency (LDA). New Economy and Recovery Authority (NewERA) provides ...

Ireland’s data-protection watchdog has handed out the biggest fines linked to breaches of GDPR rules since the regulations came into effect, according to figures published today (18 January). Law firm ...

Professor Emerita of Law at University College Cork Carline Fennell is to chair the board of Cuan, the new agency being set up to tackle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence. The board members ...

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed a recent statement adopted by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on age assurance. The statement, adopted at the EDPB’s February meeting, lists ...

Lawyers at Eversheds Sutherland have described a recent ruling by the EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) as marking “a pivotal moment” in European patent litigation. They say that the decision allows EU ...

Legislation aimed at preventing children from falling into crime has come into effect. The Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024 makes it an offence for an adult to ...

CCPC chair Brian McHugh has issued a joint statement with competition colleagues from Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Netherlands, and Portugal on strengthening competition and competitiveness in the EU ...