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 ...

Legislation that changes the law on the duty of care owed by businesses, community groups and event organisers to visitors and recreational users has been commenced. The legislation amends the ...

Official figures show the significant growth experienced by the aircraft-leasing industry in Ireland in recent years. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that the industry employed just over ...

This year marks the 850th anniversary of the Norman invasion of Ireland. James Meighan considers the Brehon legal system that was in place before the invasion and discusses its common law replacement.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing 473 data-protection lawsuits as a result of the 2021 cyberattack. RTÉ News reports that there have also been 140 pre-action letters issued to the HSE. The ...

In her opening address at the 24th Annual National Prosecutors’ Conference (25 November), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Catherine Pierse highlighted the development of smartphones as one ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm, has announced a significant expansion of its Irish real-estate practice with four senior appointments, as the firm celebrates its 20th ...

District Court Judge Conor Fottrell (small picture) has flagged serious concerns about Tusla’s performance and the consequences for children in care. He described the agency’s failure to allocate ...

Three commissioners have been appointed to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC), the independent body responsible for appointing members of the judiciary in the North. Britain ...

The Government has designated the nine public bodies that will be responsible for protecting rights specified under the EU's AI Act. The act, which entered into force in August, provides a harmonised ...

The majority of the measures contained in the recently enacted legislation on defamation are to come into effect from 1 March. The Defamation (Amendment) Act 2026 includes a plan to abolish juries in ...

The data-protection watchdog imposed fines totalling €652 million last year, according to its annual report. This was down from the previous year’s €1.55 billion, which included a fine of €1.2 billion ...