Cleaver Fulton Rankin has begun its two-year Trainee Solicitor Programme with five new trainees.

The trainees are Conor McGuirk, Tiernagh Shannon, Juno Chapman, Una Keenan and Matthew Hull.

The programme is overseen by Sinead Stewart, director of banking and finance, and Patrick O'Hanlon, director of commercial real estate.

It gives trainees experience across the firm's legal practice areas while they work with its legal professionals on cases and client matters.

The firm said appointments followed a competitive process and recognised the trainees' hard work and ambition.

It said the recruits will take on meaningful responsibility from day one and receive training to become confident, commercially minded solicitors.