With less than three weeks to go, the Law Society is encouraging all legal professionals to continue to register for Calcutta Run charity partners, Dublin Simon Community and the HOPE Foundation.

Solicitors based in Leitrim, Donegal and Limerick and bordering counties can book now for the annual Law Society Skillnet cluster events in their region. If you’re based in Leitrim, Longford, ...

MOOCs are free, online courses open to all and are part of the Law Society of Ireland’s Public Legal Education initiative. This year’s MOOC will provide participants with an insight into this rapidly ...

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has welcomed a pledge by the Minister for Justice to examine alternatives to custodial sentences to help manage the overcrowding crisis in prisons. Minister Jim ...

International law firm Bird & Bird has expanded its team in Ireland by appointing Susan Battye as head of the country’s employment practice. Battye has more than two decades of experience advising ...

Lawyer Larry Fenelon is to lead a new firm specialising in litigation, regulation, and investigations. Fenecas Law will do business from 81 Merrion Square in Dublin 2 and promises a swift, affordable, ...

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 ...

The Law Reform Commission (LRC) has published a consultation paper that sets out the arguments for and against a liberalisation of the rules governing the third-party funding of litigation.

A new State agency, brought about by the merger of the Property Registration Authority (PRA), the Valuation Office, and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI), has officially begun operating. Tailte Éireann ...

Corporate-law firm William Fry is in talks with senior representatives of the Irish division of global firm Eversheds Sutherland about a potential agreement, according to a report in the Irish Times.