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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 ...
The Charities Regulator has introduced a traffic-light system on the Register of Charities that will show more clearly and simply whether or not a charity has submitted its annual report on time.
CCPC chair Brian McHugh has issued a joint statement with competition colleagues from Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Netherlands, and Portugal on strengthening competition and competitiveness in the EU ...
Lawyers at Eversheds Sutherland have described a recent ruling by the EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) as marking “a pivotal moment” in European patent litigation. They say that the decision allows EU ...
The Government's legislative programme for the upcoming Dáil summer session includes 23 bills that have been prioritised for publication. Another 28 have been prioritised for drafting during the ...
Sinn Féin has named its TD for Cavan-Monaghan, Matt Carthy, as chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. The post was one of seven secured by the party. “This committee ...
There were 20,348 marriages registered in Ireland in 2024, which included 668 same-sex marriages, CSO statistics show. The number of marriages fell by almost 4% from 21,159 marriages in 2023, and 7.7% ...