On 4 March 2026, the European Commission adopted the European Union Ports Strategy and Industrial Maritime Strategy – two new strategies focussed on ports, shipping and shipbuilding.

Decarbonising the transport and energy sectors is critical to transitioning to a carbon neutral economy.

A wave of new EU legislation to decarbonise sectors across the economy and accelerate transformation of energy systems is coming into force. Our summaries of the initial proposals are here and here.

The Parliament has adopted the new TEN-T Regulation. Once adopted by Council, it will be published in the OJEU, following which it will enter into force.

The European Commission has published its much-anticipated Guidance on the requirement in Article 12g of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 for EU-based...

The Maritime Area Planning Bill has been published along with the National Marine Planning Framework. Ireland has committed to meeting 70% of electricity demand from renewable sources by 2030.

Drones are becoming increasingly more commonplace in Ireland and across the globe. From aerial photography to assisting search and rescue operations, drones can be put to a variety of beneficial uses.

Ireland boasts a very attractive tax regime for shipping operations known as the tonnage tax regime. It is designed to ensure that shipping businesses based in Ireland pay tax on a nominal profit which is based on the tonnage of a vessel as opposed to on actual profit generated by the business.

The Solvency II Framework Directive will introduce a risk based capital regulatory regime for insurers, reinsurers and captive companies with more than €5 million in gross premium volume that operate in the European Union.

Abbey, a limited liability Irish company was engaged in the business of aircraft leasing.

In September 2021, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") delivered a preliminary ruling in relation to the interpretation of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 1177/2010 concerning the rights...

The Irish High Court currently has exclusive jurisdiction to make orders against the Registrar (as defined below) pursuant to the Convention and the Protocol (both as defined below).

British Airways have found themselves the subject of a significant data breach where some 380,000 customers' data has been stolen.

Few areas of technological advancement catch the public imagination quite like driverless cars.

As the world aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, aviation faces very distinct challenges. As Rory Conway, Associate Director explains, science and technology will be central to delivering...

As part of the European Green Deal, the EU designed an "ETS2" to impose a cost of carbon on suppliers of fossil fuels used for buildings and road transport. The EPA is the national competent authority...

The Irish tonnage tax regime for shipping operations was introduced in Ireland in 2003. Similar in operation to tonnage tax regimes in other countries...

The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC"), coordinated through the Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce ("OWDT"), recently announced a suite of policy initiatives intended to support...