Loneliness and meaninglessness are constituent reasons for asking for euthanasia, a Dutch academic told the Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying today (26 September). Professor Theo Boer, a ...

The managing partner of law firm RDJ has said he hopes that its partnership with the Law Society on a new initiative will bring attitudes to mental health in the profession “to the next level”. Jamie ...

An EU directive on working time has come into effect for the Defence Forces, after the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment signed regulations on the issue. The department said that members ...

The Government has approved the drafting of legislation to set up a new Building Standards Regulatory Authority. Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said that the move would improve compliance and ...

Practitioners may have received a phishing email purporting to be from a John Melson enquiring if the practice would be able ...

The quality of some voice-of-the-child reports is variable, although reform of the role of guardians ad litem is ongoing, a One Family webinar entitled 'Building a Family Law System for Separating ...

COVID-19 has prompted lawyers to rapidly familiarise themselves with the legal framework governing virtual closings and remote signings in a remote work environment. There is no doubt that COVID-19 ...

The body that regulates medical doctors has set out its policy on the publication and disclosure of information linked to fitness-to-practise (FTP) complaints and inquiries. The Medical Council ...

Drafting of a bill to significantly reform the Coroner Service to increase efficiencies and minimise the impact of the death-investigation process on the bereaved has been approved by Government. A ...

Corporate-law firm BHSM LLP has moved into its new offices at 76 Baggot Street Lower in Dublin. The firm will have more than 8,000 square feet of space in its new location, a building that was ...

A law that imposes a windfall tax on profits made by energy companies as a result of big increases in wholesale gas prices as a result of the war in Ukraine has come into effect from today (2 August).

The Legal Aid Board has today (29 May) launched its new Law and Family Mediation Centre in Ballymun, Dublin. Officially opened by the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, the new centre is located in ...