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The Council for the West has again called for a shake-up of the planning laws of the country which, it says, are counter-productive to rural development and sustainability. The council made its first call for a more sensible approach to planning three years ago following objections to two planned developments, in Boyle, County Roscommon, and in Rossinver village in Co Leitrim. Upwards of 600 jobs and inward investment were lost.

Constance Cassidy SC is to be the guest speaker at the BPW summer lunch to be held next month at The Ardilaun.

A Northern Irish man living in Mayo was given a stark warning by Judge Mary Devins that if he was convicted for drug offences for a third time in a district court he could face a prison sentence.

A native of Westport has been elected by the Law Society as its new president.

A solicitor from Ballinrobe, who is facing an application to suspend him over lack of insurance for his practise and other issues, has agreed not to attend his office or to practise for the next week pending his case returning to the High Court, The Irish Times reported this week.

The mandatory professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal deadline is imminent for solicitors in Kilkenny and soon all practising solicitors will be required to have renewed their PII and to have ensured that it complies with the new regulation rules.