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The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (the "Department") has published its final decision on the interaction ...

In this update, we look at a range of topical issues relevant to the Irish renewable sector including Wind Turbine Planning, Tie-breaks, constraints and curtailment, the Construction Contracts Bill, and REFIT 2 & 3.

In Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2026] IEHC 205, Humphreys J dismissed a challenge to a decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála (Commission) to approve a 600 MW...

In Tenderbids Limited t/a Bastion v Electrical Waste Management Limited [2026] IEHC 5, the High Court (Court) rejected that "smash and grab" adjudication applies under the Construction Contracts Act 2013...

The High Court refused to enforce an adjudicator's decision in Albert Connaughton v Timber Frame Projects Ltd t/a Timber Frame Ireland [2025] IEHC 469.

For insights on key legal and regulatory developments impacting sectors across the economy including energy, construction & engineering, real estate, industrials, transport and digital infrastructure...

The European Commission has launched consultations on alternative fuels infrastructure and air transport state aid guidelines, while new regulations address greenhouse gas emissions accounting and railway capacity coordination. Recent proposals aim to simplify cross-border rail travel through unified booking systems and passenger protection measures, alongside guidance for the transport sector on fuel supply disruptions.

Political agreement has been reached on a Regulation known as the Net Zero Industry Act, intended to ensure access to a secure and sustainable supply of net-zero technologies.

The Irish Government recently published a policy document in relation to data centre development (the "Policy Document"), highlighting that data centres

REMIT came into force on 28 December 2011 and provides for an EU-wide monitoring regime to detect and deter market abuse in wholesale energy market.

New EU legislation to decarbonise sectors across the economy is expected to be finalised in late 2022 and early 2023. As we start November, we look at progress.

The High Court dismissed a challenge by the CEO of Caraglass Limited against a decision of the Minister for Education to cancel a procurement process to supply mobile phone pouches.

Given that electricity and gas systems on the island of Ireland are physically connected to those of GB, clarity on post-Brexit rules for trading across these systems is important to the energy sector here.

The application window for the fourth annual batch of grid connection offers under ECP-2 has now closed.

Two electricity producers successfully challenged decisions to exclude them from the Capacity Market auction scheduled in November 2024, in the cases of Kilshane Energy Ltd and Coolpowra BESS Ltd (the "applicants") v EirGrid plc and Commission for Regulation of Utilities ("CRU") (the "respondents") [2025] IEHC 174.

The Irish government has announced €5 million in funding from the Climate Action Fund to support nine district heating pilot projects across seven counties. This pre-construction funding aims to bridge the gap until significant capital funding becomes available, advancing Ireland's decarbonization goals through centralized thermal energy networks that can heat thousands of homes and buildings.

We looked here at recent indications from DECC that there will be a faster move to a plan-led approach to developing offshore renewable energy.

The Irish energy regulator, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities ("CRU"), has introduced a new grid connection policy – the Enduring Connection Policy ("ECP-1").