Legal aid, both civil and criminal, are in crisis, with serious consequences for those who rely on it and for the solicitors who provide these essential services, writes Rosemarie Loftus in the ...

The Law Society has renewed its call for the appointment of an independent mediator in the dispute over a new fee structure for criminal legal-aid payments. The call follows an information meeting on ...

Two community organisations in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides are facing potential bankruptcy due to an ongoing legal battle launched by an American woman living on the islands. The litigation, backed by ...

The Government has launched its first anti-money-laundering (AML) strategy, describing it as “a comprehensive plan strengthen the State’s response to financial crime”. The document sets out planned ...

EU government have reinstated a temporary regulation that allows online service providers to resume voluntary detection and removal of child sexual-abuse material on their platforms. The previous ...

The Minister for Health has appointed financial-regulatory lawyer Chris Martin to the Social Workers Registration Board. The board is the regulatory body for the social-worker profession. Martin, who ...

President Connolly has signed into law a bill aimed at speeding up the planning process. The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026 will speed up the implementation of new procedural rules for ...

Law firm Beauchamps has announced four further promotions, with two lawyers promoted to senior associate and two promoted to associate. Beauchamps said that the promotions reinforced its commitment to ...

Figures published today by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) show a significant surge in the number of legal professionals qualifying and entering training in Ireland. The Pathways to the ...

Irish human-rights-law expert Professor Aoife Nolan has been elected to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The committee is a body of 18 independent experts that monitors the implementation ...

The European Commission has put forward plans to simplify its tax rules and reduce compliance costs for businesses. The EU body says that, while significant developments in its tax framework over the ...

Law and history are “sibling disciplines”, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan has told the first of the 2026 Hardiman lecture series at the Supreme Court (17 June). The traits of a great historian, a great ...