Instant messaging service WhatsApp is to challenge the €225 million fine brought against it earlier this month by the data watchdog in Ireland for breaching privacy regulations. Highest Ever DPC…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 17, 2021
Those with disabilities and their rights are not sufficiently protected in Irish law, according to a survey commissioned by Safeguarding Ireland. The survey, which was carried out by Red C…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 13, 2021
Huge fine WhatsApp has been fined €225 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission for breaching data protection rules. The tech giant has criticised the fine, calling it excessive and…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 8, 2021
A judge has warned a combative couple that they will have to “sit down now and get re-housed or move on”. The couple, who have been married for over forty…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 7, 2021
The WRC awarded compensation to senior staff nurse of €85,000 for discrimination after a compulsory retirement from the nursing home she worked in. The WRC said that the award was…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 6, 2021
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled that a man who had been drinking alcohol just hours before starting work and subsequently lost his job has been unfairly dismissed. The…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 3, 2021
A new hotline mechanism is to be established for people who have intimate images of themselves shared online without their consent. They will now be able to report these instances…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 2, 2021
Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) and the HSE have apologised to the family of a woman and her three-day-old baby who died after what was thought to be an epileptic…
FeltonMcKnightAugust 31, 2021
A High Court challenge has been brought by a man over the refusal of the Minister for Social Protection to grant him access to his late partner’s pension. 2005 Social…
FeltonMcKnightAugust 30, 2021
