Lawyer Larry Fenelon is to lead a new firm specialising in litigation, regulation, and investigations. Fenecas Law will do business from 81 Merrion Square in Dublin 2 and promises a swift, affordable, ...

The Central Bank has disqualified the former chief executive of RSA Insurance Ireland (RSAII) from managing a regulated financial-services firm for 13 years. The regulator said that the sanction ...

Alcohol consumption in Ireland has fallen to a rate over 30% lower than two decades ago, Health Research Board (HRB) research has shown. Ireland’s average alcohol consumption now stands below that of ...

The Government has named the preferred bidders for contracts to manage investments arising from the new auto-enrolment pensions system. The recruitment processes for a chief executive and board ...

The European Commission has announced plans to introduce common criteria against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. The EU body says that the absence of common rules for companies ...

The Government has agreed to nominate Ms Justice Caroline Costello as President of the Court of Appeal. She is currently a judge in the Court of Appeal. The vacancy will arise due to the forthcoming ...

A review of the effectiveness of legislation known as ‘Coco’s Law', introduced in 2021, has described the early indications as “positive”. The law criminalises the sharing of, or threatening to share, ...

Workers in the contract cleaning industry are to receive a pay rise from 1 June this year, after the approval of an Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the sector. From 1 June, all workers aged 18 ...

The Law Society’s finance team has been nominated for three awards at the Irish Accountancy Awards. The team has been shortlisted for the ‘Finance Team of the Year’ award. It is also in the running ...

Amazon is considering an appeal against a €746 million privacy fine upheld by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the tech giant’s ongoing battle over data protection violations in the European ...

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been appointed as Special Rapporteur on Child Protection for a three-year term. UCD BCL graduate Gallagher was called to the Bar of Ireland (2001), the Bar of England and ...

The Courts Service’s civil-reform team has launched an information section on civil restraining orders on its website. Civil restraining orders, also known as ‘section 28 orders', direct a person to ...