Ivana Bacik is the Leader of the Labour Party and TD for Dublin Bay South. She was first elected as a Senator on the Dublin University panel in 2007 and was re-elected at each subsequent Seanad ...

The Law Society is committed to helping members cast their ballot and offers the following support during business hours until polling closes at 5pm on 17 October: ...

High Court proceedings taken by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) against social-media platform X have been struck out. Welcoming the development, the DPC said that the proceedings had ended on the ...

Malawi achieved independence from Britain in 1964. Macdara Ó Drisceoil looks at the effects of colonialism on the country’s justice system. In Decolonising the Mind, Ngugi wa Thiong’o described ...

Putting in place an enduring power of attorney should be considered as necessary and important as making a will, write Niamh Doyle, Aoife Sheehy, and Neva Watchorne. Recent research by Safeguarding ...

The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 as amended, which finally commenced on 26 April 2023, is important, complex, reforming legislation, writes Áine Flynn (Director of the Decision Support ...

Former Law Society President (2012-13) James McCourt has been appointed to the Circuit Court, along with senior counsel Garrett Simons who goes to the High Court and solicitor John Hughes who is ...

The Conference will include updates on developments in law and litigation practice and the keynote address will be delivered by Ms. Justice Eileen Roberts. Other speakers include Joe O’Malley (Hayes ...

The Common Proposal Form for Professional Indemnity Insurance in 2024/25 is now available. To help you to get a head-start on your PII renewal, you can now download the Common Proposal Form and ...

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The Law Society Taxation Committee has an update for the profession on the Revenue Return Preparation Facility and ROS offline. The Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) IT38 is available on the Return ...

William Fry hosted a special in-person event at its offices as part of Dublin International Disputes Week (DIDW 2024). The discussion, entitled ‘Winds of change, trends in construction, energy and ...