The Seanad has passed a bill that will set up a new dedicated Family Court within the existing courts structure. Once enacted, the legislation will provide for judges who have specialist training or ...

The Irish Legal History Society is holding its annual general meeting on Friday 29 November. The meeting will be followed by a lecture from the society’s president John G Gordon DL. The lecture is ...

Law firm Dillon Eustace has announced eight promotions across three practice areas, due to what it describes as “strong client demand”. It has promoted five lawyers to the position of ‘of counsel’ 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 Government has agreed to nominate High Court judge Mr Justice Michael MacGrath for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal. The Appeal vacancy arose after the retirement of Mr ...

Dillon Eustace has appointed Shane Harron as a partner in its Dublin-based teams that are responsible for restructuring and insolvency, and commercial litigation. Harron has more than 12 years’ ...

Dublin-based law firm William Fry LLP was the highest-ranked of three Irish firms listed in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report, published on Friday (13 September). The report, which ranks ...

The former chief justice Frank Clarke will be one of the speakers at an event on law and economics hosted by the Trinity College Law Review next week. Patricia Lucas, former judge of the Supreme ...

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 ...

The competition watchdog has outlined its preliminary concerns about a proposed merger between two companies that own towers used by mobile-phone operators. US-based Phoenix notified the Competition ...

London-based law firm Schillings is to open an office in Dublin, saying that it will give its clients the opportunity to access legal services in the EU. The firm says that the expansion will enable ...

The Department of Justice has received a record allocation of €3.9 billion for next year in Budget 2025. Current spending of €3.6 billion represents an increase of 6.4% compared with 2024, while the ...