The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020 has completed the first stage in Seanad Éireann. The new proposed legislation will be for an "interim period", ending on 31 December 2020

Matheson recently advised the DPO Group, a leading high growth e-commerce platform and payments provider, on its recent acquisition

An employee who alleged that she had been discriminated against on the grounds of disability and had been constructively dismissed when she was forced to retire...

On 31 January 2022, the Irish government published the Transitional Protocol: Good Practice Guidance for Continuing to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (the "Transitional Protocol") .

On 23 June 2021, the Director of Insurance Supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Domhnall Cullinan, delivered the keynote address at the CBI's insurance industry event, setting out the regulator's ...

The Board of the European Investment Bank ("EIB") agreed on 26 May 2020 on the structure and business approach of the new €25 billion EGF to combat the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced its intention to stop compiling the interest rate benchmark LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) by the end of 2021.

The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (the "Department") has issued Contingency Arrangements (the "Arrangements") to allow the Employment Permit system to continue to operate during the current crisis.

The Health and Safety Authority ("HSA") has published new guidance on working from home for employers and employees ("Guidance").

On the 30th of April, 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") published a letter to fund management companies regarding certain COVID-19 related measures (the "Letter").

Nearly a year has elapsed since Ireland descended into the uncertainty and vastly changed financial landscape brought about by COVID-19.

In Budget 2021, the Government announced an extension of the waiver of commercial rates for certain properties for the final quarter of the year.

Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, certain industrial and provident societies ("Societies") may be required to conduct their AGM this year using electronic communications technology.

The complainant was a former employee of a facilities management service provider from 2014 until May 2020, when she resigned.

Looking back on 2020, we saw lots of interesting developments across many areas of employment law. However, each of these developments was part of an overarching theme in COVID-19...

In a recent judgment, the High Court has ruled that a hotel is not covered for losses from the Covid-19 pandemic under their business interruption insurance policy with AXA.

The plaintiff, Kenneth Treacy (Mr Treacy), was landlord and owner of 45 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork and the ground floor of 9 Marlboro Street, Cork (Premises).

COVID-19 and the associated social distancing and other public health measures have had far-reaching practical consequences for court hearings.

The recent Case of Oyster Shuckers Limited T/A KLAW (1) v Architecture Manufacture Support (EU) Limited and Wooi Heong Tan [2020] IEHC 527 tested the argument of whether COVID-19

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland, a range of temporary protections have been introduced for tenants affected by COVID-19.