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color:black" class="center"> </a> <div class="content p-3" style="height:228px;"> <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2025/february/solicitors-urged-to-help-maintain-public-trust--in-law/"> <h6 class="color-black">Solicitors urged to help maintain public trust in law</h6> <p class="tiny color-black">The chief executive of the Courts Service has told newly qualified solicitors that they have an important role to play in maintaining public trust in the legal system.</p> </a> <div class="tiny text-uppercase tag"> <a style='color: #5b9de8;' class='text-uppercase' href='/gazette/'>Gazette</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-4"> <div class="article-block background-color-white mb-2"> <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2025/february/firms-risk-over-disclosing-under-csrd-rules/" class=""> <img alt="" style ="height:176px; color:black" class="center"> </a> <div class="content p-3" style="height:228px;"> <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2025/february/firms-risk-over-disclosing-under-csrd-rules/"> <h6 class="color-black">Firms risk ‘over-disclosing’ under CSRD rules</h6> <p class="tiny color-black">Lawyers at Pinsent Masons have warned businesses that they are opening themselves up to potential legal risks through detailed disclosure of their ‘double-materiality‘ assessments (DMAs).</p> </a> <div class="tiny text-uppercase tag"> <a style='color: #5b9de8;' class='text-uppercase' href='/gazette/'>Gazette</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-4"> <div class="article-block background-color-white mb-2"> <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2025/february/dwf-promotes-seven-in-belfast-office/" class=""> <img alt="" style ="height:176px; 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