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 ...

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) has said that it is supporting the proposed ‘family’ amendment in the forthcoming referendums, but will not be supporting the proposal on ‘care’. The group, which ...

Just over half of workers in Ireland have either experienced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace, according to a survey. The survey of 1,400 people, by recruitment firm Matrix, found that 20% ...

The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brigid Delaney v Personal Injury Assessment Board, the Judicial Council, Ireland and the Attorney General (9 April) confirms that an appeal against compensation ...

DLA Piper has promoted Michael Twomey to legal director of the litigation and regulatory team. Lindi Raath (litigation and regulatory), Katie Ryan (finance), and David Sheehan (real estate) have all ...

The Oireachtas has passed a bill aimed at strengthening protections for victims of sexual offences and human trafficking. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 implements ...

Legislation that clears the way for rules on the use of e-scooters on public roads has been signed into law by President Higgins. The new law, which is aimed at modernising Ireland’s regulatory system ...

Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody (ALG) have both won prizes at the Legal Benchmarking Group’s Social Impact EMEA Awards 2024. Arthur Cox was named ‘Ethnic Minority Advocacy Firm of the Year’ at a ceremony ...

A total of 10,033 abortions were carried out in Ireland in 2023, the fifth year of legalised termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. The figures ...

Solicitor Susan Bryson has been appointed to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. The body is responsible for overseeing the construction of the new national children’s hospital in ...

The annual Law Society Human Rights Lecture for this year will take place online on 7 June. The Human Rights and Equality Committee, in partnership with the Law Society Professional Training, will ...

The Injuries Resolution Board’s (IRB) mediation service for personal-injury claims has been extended to motor insurance. The board has been offering the service for employer-liability claims since ...