The Employment Equality and Equal Status Acts provide protections from racial discrimination to employees and to non-employees who are accessing goods and services, and place obligations on employers ...

Mr Justice Gerard Hogan gave judgment on 31 January 2022 on behalf of a five-judge Supreme Court consisting of Dunne, O’Malley, Baker and Woulfe JJ, writes Donnchadh McCarthy BL (small picture). His ...

A measure aimed at providing greater protection for those in residential care centres for older people and people with disabilities has come into effect. The measure gives the chief inspector of ...

Lawyers at A&L Goodbody (ALG) has said that businesses are “starting to feel the bite” of a tougher regulatory approach to consumer issues from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC ...

The Law Society’s Conditions of Sale 2019 for conveyancers came into effect on 1 January 2019. They provide that title is now investigated before the contract is entered into. The conditions radically ...

The Government has launched a recruitment campaign for the country’s first regulated guardian ad litem (GAL) service, which is due to formally begin work in the middle of next year. A GAL is an ...

Bosses should be wary of ‘bright ideas’ by staff members to run with AI technology, without a full awareness of the risk landscape, an MHC employment-law webinar has heard. Automating and enhancing HR ...

District Court Judge Conor Fottrell (small picture) has flagged serious concerns about Tusla’s performance and the consequences for children in care. He described the agency’s failure to allocate ...

Lawyers at Matheson say that a recent High Court judgment has provided the “most detailed judicial analysis” of the composition of classes of creditors since the inception of examinership. In a case ...

The DisAbility Legal Network has launched a guide aimed at helping teams in the legal sector to plan and host events that are inclusive and accessible. The Accessible Events Guide has been launched to ...

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard Ireland has officially opened its new offices in Dublin. Since arriving in Dublin in 2022, the firm has recorded 45% growth in revenue in Ireland and has ...

Nearly half of respondents never use bus services because of a lack of direct routes and services nearby, a new CSO national travel survey shows. The survey, carried out in Q4 last year, shows that ...