Official figures show that there was little change in supplementary pension coverage this year, with 67% of those in employment having some form of coverage outside the State pension. The figure ...

The Government has approved a plan for Ireland to intervene in South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel under the Genocide Convention. Filing of the intervention will ...

Legal-services group DWF has named James Colville as the new managing partner of its Dublin office. He will also be head of insurance in Dublin, taking up both roles in January. Colville has qualified ...

The final provisions of 2021 legislation on the Irish language are to come into effect on 21 December this year. The measures will give Irish speakers more language rights, as well as placing new ...

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal awarded €8.7 million to victims of violent crime last year, its annual report shows. This was up from just over €8 million in 2022. The body administers a ...

British government plans unveiled yesterday (19 December) to increase criminal legal-aid rates for solicitors by a further 12% are a boost to the profession and to access to justice, the Law Society ...

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 ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has asked the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to clarify why she has announced a temporary pause on the issuing of final decisions on ...

High Court President Mr Justice David Barniville has welcomed the establishment of the Users’ Group for the Planning and Environment Court, which holds its first meeting today (19 December). “It is a ...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The guidance follows a request from Ireland’s data watchdog ...

The EU's highest court has ruled that German law can prevent purely financial investors from taking a stake in a law firm. The case centres on a 2021 decision by the Munich Bar Association to revoke ...

A report from the European Commission shows that EU member states missed out on almost €90 billion in VAT revenue in 2022. The EU body says that the figure represents revenues lost mainly to VAT fraud ...