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 Conference will include updates on developments in law and litigation practice and the keynote address will be delivered by Ms. Justice Eileen Roberts. Other speakers include Joe O’Malley (Hayes ...

The Common Proposal Form for Professional Indemnity Insurance in 2024/25 is now available. To help you to get a head-start on your PII renewal, you can now download the Common Proposal Form and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been appointed as Special Rapporteur on Child Protection for a three-year term. UCD BCL graduate Gallagher was called to the Bar of Ireland (2001), the Bar of England and ...

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 ...