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Ireland's new automatic enrolment retirement savings system (AERSS and known as My Future Fund) will take effect from 1 January 2026. It raises some specific considerations for directors...

The Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment recently published the General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024 (the Bill)...

For all charities, 2015 was the first full year of regulation by the Charities Regulatory Authority, and many charities have now registered with the Charities Regulatory Authority and completed their first annual report.

On 3 December 2024, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment announced the commencement of the majority of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024...

There has been a number of significant recent updates related to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD").

In a recent episode of the Phoenix Talent Talks podcast series, Partner, Caoimhe Clarkin describes how Diversity and Inclusion is a key priority for DLA Piper

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Minister) has secured the Government's agreement to draft the Co-Operative Societies Bill 2022.

The Newsletter highlights specific areas of interest to Irish retail intermediary firms and notably, what the CBI regards as the potential risks to a firm's business.

In the second of a series of articles providing insights on the management and corporate governance of Irish companies, Pat English and Grainne Boyle examine who can represent a company and explain the importance of the establishing and ...

The Financial Reporting Council published its new UK Corporate Governance Code on 22 January 2024 (available here).

The Central Bank of Ireland is consulting on a new framework for assessing the impact of its regulatory actions, introducing structured principles for evaluating policy interventions...

The EU Green Bond Regulation reaches a critical juncture on 21 June 2026 when the transitional regime for external reviewers ends and mandatory ESMA registration becomes operational. This shift transforms the European Green Bond framework from a soft-launch phase into a fully regulated system with strict compliance requirements, ongoing supervision, and enhanced investor protections. Market participants must understand how these changes affect issuers, external reviewers, and the broader sustainable finance

Euronext Dublin is currently consulting on proposed amendments to the listing rules for its regulated market with the stated aim of simplifying and streamlining the existing rule book including the removal.

The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 which amends the Companies Act 2014 was signed into law on 12 November 2024.

Solvency II, which came into effect on 1 January 2016, introduces a risk-based approach to the supervision of insurance companies.

Until the introduction of the Irish Companies Act 2014 ("Act"), the duties of a director of an Irish company were governed by over a century of case law. Fortunately for directors, companies and their advisers...

his is the fourth version of the Code, coming 25 years after it was first introduced. We outline the key components of the new Code and examine how they interact with the existing "soft law"...

The Companies Bill 2012 was published on 21 December 2012 by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and seeks to consolidate the existing 16 Companies Acts and reform existing Irish company law.