The provisional results of the Law Society Council Election for 2024 are now available. At their meeting of 18 October 2024, the Scrutineers approved the results of the online elections and agreed ...

Ivana Bacik is the Leader of the Labour Party and TD for Dublin Bay South. She was first elected as a Senator on the Dublin University panel in 2007 and was re-elected at each subsequent Seanad ...

The Law Society is committed to helping members cast their ballot and offers the following support during business hours until polling closes at 5pm on 17 October: ...

The EU’s highest court has ruled that Ireland has failed to meet its obligations under an EU directive on the quality of drinking water. The action, taken by the European Commission, centred on the ...

The Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has made an order setting Friday 8 March as polling day for two referendums on proposals to amend article 41 of the Constitution. Polling will take place ...

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 ...

Bosses should be wary of ‘bright ideas’ by staff members to run with AI technology, without a full awareness of the risk landscape, an MHC employment-law webinar has heard. Automating and enhancing HR ...

Solicitor Mary Rose McGovern is one of eight new full-term board members appointed to the board of An Bord Pleanála (ABP). The Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has also temporarily increased the ...

The DisAbility Legal Network has launched a guide aimed at helping teams in the legal sector to plan and host events that are inclusive and accessible. The Accessible Events Guide has been launched to ...

Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald LLP has delivered its first lecture as part of a new sustainability-focused curriculum for students at UCC. Partner Éamon Ó Cuív, the newly appointed Adjunct Professor ...

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 ...

Legislation that changes the law on the duty of care owed by businesses, community groups and event organisers to visitors and recreational users has been commenced. The legislation amends the ...