The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has made a further set of Regulations amending the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 ("2001 Regulations").

The European Commission approved a €1.3 billion French scheme aimed at developing cost-efficient and non-fossil flexibility technologies.

The text of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Act 2017 (the "2017 Act") was published online on 23 August 2017.

The Commission is consulting until 20 September 2024 on its draft rules for land and multimodal transport (to replace the Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings)...

The new agency has consenting and enforcement functions in the maritime area, as set out in the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. Notably, MARA has assumed responsibility for the assessment of Maritime Area Consent applications.

This is an important step in the process towards the development of a national Private Wires policy for Ireland.

Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices is now in force, mirroring to a large extent the draft, which we looked at here.

The Commission has published the Proposal for a Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices following the request from energy Ministers which we looked at here along with considerations applying in Ireland.

The Commission published a Staff Working Document on the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework ("CISAF"). The CISAF was adopted on 25 June 2025 and encourages investment in clean energy...

The European Commission approved a €902 million German state aid measure to support the construction of a plant for the production of batteries for electric vehicles.

A successful court challenge of an EU Commission State aid approval decision addressed to the UK has caused the suspension of the UK electricity market's capacity mechanism.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (“CRU“) is consulting until 13 May 2026 on a minded-to interim decision that energy storage units (“ESUs”)...

The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC") today published its consultation on the terms and conditions for the fifth onshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS 5).

These BESS projects (at 200MW in total) are the largest of their kind in Ireland and one of the largest in Europe.

Terms and Conditions and the Timetable for RESS 4 are now available, with the qualification process opening on 20 May 2024.

The development of the Fit for 55 & REPowerEU packages continues, impacting all sectors including transport. The Parliament provided its position on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive...

On 1 April 2026, the High Court upheld the Commission’s grant of permission to Shannon LNG Limited in a challenge taken by Friends of the Irish Environment.

The European Commission is calling for evidence until 25 September 2025 on three sets of Implementing Regulations under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Regulation.

The Government published a Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026 and Circulars, following on from the Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan (PDF 7.8MB). We consider the Bill in our insights post...

RESS 5 is the fifth auction held under the Irish Government's Renewable Electricity Support Scheme.