The Government has made the decision to advise the President of Ireland to appoint solicitors Sandra Murphy and Alec Gabbett as judges of the District Court. Alec Gabbett is a partner at Leahy Reidy ...

Former Law Society President (2012-13) James McCourt has been appointed to the Circuit Court, along with senior counsel Garrett Simons who goes to the High Court and solicitor John Hughes who is ...

‘Environmental law and climate change – shaping a greener future’ is the theme for the Law Society Diploma Centre’s 2021 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) starting on Tuesday, 18 May. MOOCs are free ...

Making a will ensures that, when you die, your property and other possessions go to the people that you choose. Solicitors often help clients to draw up their wills and act as executors of estates, as ...

Law firm A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced a partnership with Harvey AI, which provides a generative artificial-intelligence (AI) platform designed for the legal profession. ALG has been using AI ...

Matheson has been named ‘Ireland Tax Firm of the Year’ at the International Tax Review (ITR) EMEA Tax Awards 2024. The ITR awards, which have been running since 2005, recognise the achievements of ...

Climate activists backed by the charity Community Law & Mediation (CLM) have been given the go-ahead to challenge what they describe as “inadequate” Government action on climate change. As well as CLM ...

The Government has approved the drafting of legislation to set up a new Building Standards Regulatory Authority. Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said that the move would improve compliance and ...

A law that imposes a windfall tax on profits made by energy companies as a result of big increases in wholesale gas prices as a result of the war in Ukraine has come into effect from today (2 August).

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 ...

A&L Goodbody LLP has appointed nine new partners. Seven of the new partners are in Dublin, and two are in Belfast. The firm has also appointed three new of counsel – two in Dublin and one in Belfast.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is to award 24 organisations a total of €350,000 in funding for projects under its 2024-25 grants scheme. This year, the scheme supported ...