Ireland’s data-protection watchdog was responsible for more than half of the €1.2 billion fines handed out across Europe last year for breaches of the GDPR rules on data privacy, according to figures ...

Personal-injury specialist and partner at Tracey Solicitors, Maria Lakes has always had a strong sense of justice and a drive to right wrongs, she tells Mary Hallissey For Maria Lakes, it was a mock ...

A recent High Court judgment has important implications for the aftermath of dawn raids and will inform the conduct of, and engagement between, regulators and regulated entities. Cormac Little ...

A bill that creates a statutory right to the conclusion of court proceedings within a reasonable time has passed all stages in the Oireachtas. The bill provides for a declaration and, where ...

Commercial-law firm RDJ has appointed partner Ronan Geary to lead its dispute-resolution team. The dispute-resolution group, which has more than 50 lawyers, covers several areas – including commercial ...

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 ...

The Law Society has said that litigants-in-person can be problematic in Irish courts. Some Irish judges have pointed to the excessive court time devoted to individuals or parties who are unrepresented ...

The Government has given the Minister for Health the go-ahead to draft legislation that would introduce further restrictions on nicotine-inhaling products (vapes). A law banning the sale of such ...

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has welcomed the Review of Policy Options for Prison and Penal Reform 2022-2024 and associated action plan approved by Cabinet. The review recommends reducing the ...

More than half (53%) of Irish 25 to 64-year-olds have a third-level education, according to new CSO figures. And 29% had a secondary-level education, with 4% at primary level or having no formal ...

In a historic moment for the legal profession throughout Europe, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer on 12 March ...