If you are a national of a Member State of the European Union and are qualified to practise as a lawyer in your home Member State, you may be able to register as a foreign qualified solicitor under ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is to grant temporary release to 138 prisoners this Christmas. The IPS says that many of the prisoners being released are nearing the end of their sentences, adding that ...

A legal watchdog has referred lawyers Shepherd & Wedderburn (S&W) to the Law Society of Scotland over its handling of the sale of Sheffield United and the advice given to the then co-owner, property ...

Solicitors who want to be placed on the Criminal Legal Aid (CLA) panel for 2025 are required to submit some documentation, the Law Society Criminal Law Committee has said. A completed application form ...

Official figures show that annual growth in the price of residential property eased for the second month in a row in October. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that home prices rose by 9.7% ...

The total number of homes approved in the third quarter (Q3) of this year fell by almost 11% compared with the same period last year, according to official figures. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) ...

The Central Bank is to set up a dedicated unit to oversee the system under which it approves the appointment of individuals to key roles in regulated financial institutions. The move follows a review ...

An expansion of the Courts Service’s digital court-management system is among the key objectives set out in the organisation’s latest technology strategy, published yesterday (17 December). UCMS ...

Dublin County Registrar Rita Considine has issued a notice for January 2021 lists relating to Dublin Circuit Court business. It follows the 6 January statement of the President of the Circuit Court in ...

Georgia will ban paid-for commercial surrogacy from 1 January, 2024. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said this week (12 June) that paid-for commercial surrogacy will now only be permitted for ...

BirdWatch Ireland has warmly welcomed the banning of lead shot ammunition in wetlands which was made illegal across all 27 EU countries, as well as in Iceland, Norway, and Lichtenstein. The law comes ...

PwC Australia is to sell the part of its business that works with the country’s government for A$1 (€0.60) after a scandal surrounding the leaking of confidential tax plans. It has also announced the ...