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: ...

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) has said that it is supporting the proposed ‘family’ amendment in the forthcoming referendums, but will not be supporting the proposal on ‘care’. The group, which ...

The Courts Service has said that the Dublin Small Claims and Licensing counter will be located on the Ground Floor of Áras Úi Dhálaigh, Dublin 7, from Monday 7 October. A new counter, dedicated solely ...

The Government has launched a public consultation on how to implement EU rules aimed at protecting media pluralism and independence. The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is a regulation that also ...

The revised District Court scale of costs has been issued. The new costs will see increases of at least five points across the board, the first such rise since 2014. The scale of costs has been ...

Solicitor Susan Martin has been elected as President of the Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association. Commenting on her election at the association’s AGM, the Clarehall, Dublin 5-based sole practitioner ...

Further legal-service categories should be subject to a lower Europe-wide VAT rate, according to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). The body has issued a statement following the ...

The head of Psychological Services at the Law Society Antoinette Moriarty is a keynote speaker at the IBA global conference in Mexico this week. Moriarty addressed two sessions on psychological ...

The Minister for Finance has told the Dáil that a framework for spending the €14 billion the State will receive in back taxes from Apple will be brought to Government in the first quarter of next year ...

The Government is to nominate Mr Justice Maurice Collins as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, and Judge Melanie Greally as an ordinary judge of the High Court. The Supreme Court vacancy arose ...

New figures show a sharp rise in fraud linked to online and mobile banking transfers in the first half of 2023. The figures from FraudSMART, an initiative led by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland ...