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 ...

Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan died yesterday (7 July) aged 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and ...

The Law Society’s annual human-rights lecture will be broadcast on Wednesday 11 September at 6pm via Zoom. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Professor Fionnula Ní Aoláin (pictured) and will ...

Dublin's Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has been approved for funds to develop its legal service for children and young people. The community law centre, which provides free legal, mediation and ...

Personal-injury specialist and partner at Tracey Solicitors, Maria Lakes has always had a strong sense of justice and a drive to right wrongs, she tells Mary Hallissey For Maria Lakes, it was a mock ...

A recent Supreme Court decision represents a welcome clarification of the test for ‘employee’ status. Maeve Regan pays cash in hand In October 2023, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Karshan ...

McCann FitzGerald LLP is now an official participant of the UN Global Compact. This is a global initiative for businesses committed to aligning their operations and strategies with the UN’s Ten ...

Tributes were paid at Mallow Courthouse earlier this week to Judge Brian Sheridan (pictured), who retired after 18 years on the bench. The judge was formerly a solicitor, and was chair of the Law ...

The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) is developing a new standard form contract for offshore wind projects, according to William Fry lawyers. In a bulletin, the solicitors ...

Spanish bank Bankinter is to seek regulatory approval to offer what it describes as a “full range of financial products and services” in Ireland. The bank is the parent company of Avant Money, which ...

The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC) has said that greater use of the employment-permit system can be part of the solution to increasing labour supply in the construction ...

The live caseload had increased by 73% from October 2023 to November 2024 despite no increase in judges, he said. “Dealing with this demands creativity and a careful allocation of limited judicial ...