Judicial-review provisions contained in new planning legislation are not as radical as initial reaction to the bill suggested, lawyers gathered at Blackhall Place have heard. A conference at the Law ...

Lawyers for Marian Price say that she has begun formal legal proceedings against Disney for its streaming service’s series Say Nothing. Say Nothing is a 2024 historical drama series published by ...

Over one-quarter (27%) of offenders who received a probation order in 2020 re-offended within a year, CSO data shows. This is a rise of two percentage points when compared with the equivalent rate for ...

A study commissioned by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has found that many disabled people face “barrier layered upon barrier” in trying to access their legal rights. Carried ...

Most parts of a new law that gives regulators more powers to encourage and enforce compliance with company law have come into effect today (3 December). The act will also allow companies to hold ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has said that there are “good policy reasons” why the public does not get access to the evidence and reasoning underlining the office’s decisions not to ...

The total number of new private cars licensed in the first 11 months of 2024 fell slightly in comparison with the same period in 2023 (115,639 vs 116,360). CSO data shows that the number of used ...

The first solicitor-barrister legal partnership to be formed under the new regulatory framework has been welcomed by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). Simmons & Simmons (Ireland) LLP is ...

Blackhall Place PPC trainees have been busy with volunteering and fundraising efforts during their time at the Law Society this semester. On 3 December, the PPC Connect Committee held a Christmas ...

If you are a national of a Member State of the European Union and are qualified to practise as a lawyer in your home Member State, you may be able to register as a foreign qualified solicitor under ...

The Irish legal community can be key actors in taking the first steps to a national ‘justice’ pathway that responds to the ongoing climate and energy transition, argue Raphael Heffron and Aonghus ...

A new Central Bank measure of total credit in the domestic economy shows the total amounts to €219 billion. Banks are the largest providers of domestic loans to individuals. The majority of this ...