The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has submitted a complaint to the European Commission about the recent appointment of a third commissioner to Ireland’s data-protection watchdog. The ...

In light of Leaving Certificate results and CAO options this month, the Law Society is reminding future solicitors that there are many different pathways to a successful career in law, and sometimes ...

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 ...

Business and legal leaders see regulatory changes as the biggest challenge to their company this year, according to a survey carried out by law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC). Almost one-third of the ...

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 May 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) included burnout as an occupational phenomenon in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD–11), the 2024 Law Society Skillnet wellbeing summit ...

The Government has published a draft bill that would ban imports of goods originating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The bill says that the legislation will provide ...

A report by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has expressed its concern at the haste with which the (now enacted) Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 proceeded towards ...

When documents disclosed in discovery have been redacted, the courts face a balancing act between the public interest in the confidentiality of documentation and the public interest in securing ...

Mr Justice Gerard Hogan gave judgment on 31 January 2022 on behalf of a five-judge Supreme Court consisting of Dunne, O’Malley, Baker and Woulfe JJ, writes Donnchadh McCarthy BL (small picture). His ...

The Construction Contracts Act and statutory adjudication in Ireland – how are we doing so far, and can we do better? Deirdre Hennessey and Éamonn Conlon SC get marking the papers. The Construction ...

London’s High Court has ruled that a law firm that agreed to run data-privacy claims on behalf of professional sports people is not entitled to invoice for the work. According to the England-and-Wales ...