Ireland has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence (see the related Gazette article on the Istanbul Convention). The ...

A famous Indian yoga teacher was once asked by a student how he might give up smoking. The reply came as something of a shock: “Don’t stop smoking – very bad for your health – the effort to stop ...

The new Family Law Act changes more than just the minimum living-apart period. The Family Law Act 2019 was enacted on 25 October 2019 and is expected to be commenced very shortly. The act follows on ...

It is estimated that as many as 25,000 people currently live in some kind of residential care. It is hoped that their cases will be reviewed by the newly created Decision Support Service, once the ...

Two judgments delivered in recent weeks appear to have created something of an earthquake in the usually tranquil field of freedom of information (FOI) law. Among the comments from information ...

Warm tributes were paid yesterday to departing Supreme Court Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan who has retired. With a double first from UCD in maths and maths physics, Justice Finlay Geoghegan first ...

Solicitors based in Leitrim, Donegal and Limerick and bordering counties can book now for the annual Law Society Skillnet cluster events in their region. If you’re based in Leitrim, Longford, ...

Solicitors who conduct conveyancing transactions are being asked for their cooperation with an important project that is being undertaken by the Government’s Anti-Money Laundering Steering Committee.