A solicitor with a “very bad record” of professional misconduct has failed in the High Court to overturn a decision that he can only practice under the supervision of another solicitor.

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Country came to town last Sunday as a tourist town celebrated its new streetscape after months of upheaval due to resurfacing and drainage works.

Lawyers in the North were warned not to divulge details about a billion-euro property controversy minutes before they appeared before a Stormont scrutiny committee, MLAs have heard.

A solicitor tried to defraud Revenue by underpaying €147,000 stamp duty due on a property transaction because a client persuaded him to do so, the High Court has heard.

Two solicitors overcharged by €340,000 for their work on administering the estate of a woman who left €14m to the St Vincent de Paul charitable society, the High Court has heard.

A solicitor fell victim to a classic scam when he handed over €242,000 in client monies on the promise of getting €26.8m from a Nigerian oil company, the High Court has heard.

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Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) chairman Pat Wall believes the organisation is doing enough to ensure equestrian sport is clean, but concedes “we have to continue to be vigilant”.

The Law Society has apologised in the High Court to a Kerry carpenter over an article which incorrectly stated that he had been certified insane.

If anyone was in the slightest doubt how much technology touches all our lives, they only have to look to the success of the annual Web Summit in Dublin.

A struck-off solicitor described as a "devout Christian" has been jailed for three years for stealing €2.8m from former client accounts to fund investment properties and buy on the stock market.

Two youth groups from Cork have taken top awards at the Irish Cancer Society’s X-HALE Film Festival, an annual event designed to combat smoking among young people.

The Law Society has said access to justice will be hampered by the closure of courts around the country, and also questioned the amount of money that would be saved.

A Wicklow solicitor who fraudulently borrowed nearly €1m in mortgage bridging loans in an “elaborate and sophisticated deception” has been jailed for three years.

A Wicklow solicitor was suffering from Battered Housewife Syndrome when she fraudulently borrowed nearly €1m in mortgage bridging loans a court has heard.

The Law Society of Ireland could face a class action for compensation by clients of Thomas Byrne, the solicitor jailed for committing one of the biggest frauds by a legal professional in the history of the State.

The Law Society claims that it has done everything in its power to help the victims of fraudster Thomas Byrne.

The theft and fraud trial of Thomas Byrne has heard of the day “everything went horribly wrong” for the former solicitor when one of his employees reported him to the authorities.

The second week of the trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard further allegations of him defrauding clients, including an 91-year-old woman, out of their homes.

A company director who was served with legal proceedings last Saturday checked himself into St John of God’s the following day, the High Court has heard.

Women who work night shifts are at greater risk of suffering miscarriages than those who work regular office hours, according to research.

The Law Society has expressed “grave concerns” that proposals to increase the limit over the jurisdictions of the two lower courts will lead to huge delays unless extra resources are put in place.

Soccer referees cope with the pressures of the game by thinking they are better than other referees, a study claims today.

MODERATE alcohol consumption may reduce the risk of asthma, research suggests.

VINTAGE car fans travelled from all over Ireland to Crookstown, Co Cork, yesterday for the national rally of the Irish Vintage Society, which was held in the village for the first time.

THE Law Society has secured further orders against a Co Cork solicitor who is alleged to have withdrawn large sums of money from his firm’s client account for his own benefit.

INTERNET dating and online sites such as Facebook and Twitter are damaging intimate human relationships and creating a new generation of goldfish bowl voyeurs.

American security services received intelligence suggesting “a Nigerian” in Yemen was planning a terrorist attack weeks before a passenger jet was targeted on Christmas Day, reports said today.

UP to 80% of child abuse survivors availing of the state’s National Counselling Service (NCS) say their lives were transformed by the service.

THE former chief executive of Arranbawn Co-op Jimmy Murphy is the 2009 winner of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) Plunkett Award for co-operative endeavour.

Nationwide UK (Ireland), a branch of Nationwide Building Society, opened for business in the Irish market today.

Long-running Coronation Street star Sally Whittaker said she believed the cast had "turned a corner" after the tragedies which hit the show earlier this year.

A lawyer who stole €1.6m from up to 100 clients faces being struck off the roll of solicitors.

A building society said today it has launched the UK's first totally online mortgage application process.

TEN banks and other financial institutions which had dealings with solicitor Michael Lynn in relation to an unknown number of properties are to pool information to try and establish the extent of the solicitor’s liabilities, estimated at up to €50 million, the High Court heard yesterday.

A solicitor is being banned from a town's leisure centres for secretly filming a bikini clad teenager girl in a swimming pool changing room, it was disclosed today.

JAILED crime bosses will not be able to use smuggled mobile phones to direct operations on the outside, under a new crackdown.

A NEIGHBOUR of mine has a large garden and about 30 years ago he planted a lot of trees in it. The trees grew well, perhaps a little too well, and he became uneasy about the fact that they were starting to crowd him out. I was called in to give my opinion.

Wallace and Gromit have topped a poll to find the most inspirational figures in the creative arts world.