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The Central Bank of Ireland's 2025 Authorisations and Gatekeeping Report reveals significant insights into regulatory processing times, fitness and probity reforms, and authorisation trends across Ireland's insurance sector. Notable developments include the establishment of a centralised F&P Unit, variations in post-authorisation processing times, and a High Court decision on prohibition notices that underscores the importance of procedural fairness in regulatory enforcement.

The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 (the "2024 Act") which sets out amendments to the Companies Act 2014...

The Irish Government's "White Collar Crime Package", announced in early November 2017, identifies a number of initiatives for further strengthening the corporate governance framework.

Sustainability reporting looks set to feature prominently on the agenda for most large companies in 2022 and beyond. The anticipated extension of the ‘balance sheet oath' to...

The Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) goes live on 1 July 2024.

Organizations face significant compliance challenges under the EU AI Act, with many uncertain about their classification as Providers or Deployers. Survey data reveals a critical gap between how companies...

The Irish High Court has addressed a fundamental question about legal advice privilege in corporate law: can a company assert privilege against its own shareholders? This decision examines the controversial 'shareholder rule' and its compatibility with the principle of separate legal personality established in Salomon v Salomon, following the Privy Council's recent rejection of this rule in England and Wales.

On 5 November 2018, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published its Corporate Governance Requirements for Investment Firms and Market Operators 2018 (the "CG Requirements").

Corporate governance has evolved far beyond the old "tick-the-box" approach.

In 2016 the DPER) published a revised and updated Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies which is aimed at ensuring that "both commercial and non-commercial State bodies meet the highest standards of corporate governance".

The Pensions Authority has released its 2025 supervisory findings, revealing critical governance gaps that trustees must address before the upcoming scheme authorisation regime. With master trusts facing authorisation in 2027, followed by DC schemes in 2028 and DB schemes in 2029, the report's expectations around documentation, risk management, and active oversight will directly inform authorisation standards.

How will the implementation of the European Union’s AIFMD impact on Ireland’s investment funds industry, ask Adam Donoghue and Ann-Marie Teehan.

On 12 June 2015 the Central Bank published detailed feedback to its consultation on fund management company effectiveness and delegate oversight (CP 86).

The Central Bank of Ireland has published the findings of its themed inspection of Irish fund management company governance, management and effectiveness.

In this series of articles, Gráinne Boyle (Partner, International Business, Corporate), Catherine Carrigy (Senior Associate, International Business, Corporate), and Elaine Hayden (Solicitor, International Business, Corporate), together with Marie McGinley (Partner and Head of Technology & Innovation) and Stephanie McCarthy (Associate, Technology & Innovation), provide an overview of the key governance considerations arising from recent and upcoming EU tech-focused regulations.

This chapter focuses on the corporate governance framework of an Irish public limited company whose equity securities are listed on a stock exchange

On 7 July 2025, the Irish government signed new regulations into law that amend the Irish CSRD regime to transpose the ‘stop the clock' delay of two years and to fix other drafting issues, aligning the Irish CSRD...

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