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On 1 May 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its first newsletter of 2025 for investment firms and intermediaries (Newsletter).

This guide provides a timeline and summary of important upcoming legislative changes for telecommunications and online businesses operating in and from Ireland.

Consumer-facing businesses, particularly those operating in sectors which are subject to EU regulation, are bracing themselves for a potential increase in consumer litigation following...

The sale of non-performing loan ("NPL") books by Irish banks has been the subject of intense political and media scrutiny for a number of years due to the perceived impact of the sales of such loan books on underlying borrowers, particularly consumer and small and medium enterprise ("SME") borrowers.

On 29 June 2017, the Central Bank published a Discussion Paper: Consumer Protection Code and the Digitalisation of Financial Services.

The General Scheme proposes amendments to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (2017 Act), most notably to take account of the Supreme Court decision in Zalewski v Adjudication...

On 18 February 2022, ESMA published its latest update relating to AIFs' exposures to commercial real estate. This update contains data as of 31 December 2020.

Many law firms renewing their professional indemnity insurance (PII) on 1 October this year were faced with higher premiums and a reduced choice of insurer.

The latest Central Bank of Ireland's (CBI) Intermediary Times newsletter (Newsletter) covers various topics of interest to (re)insurance intermediaries (Intermediaries),

The Hunt Report states that the annual funding requirement for higher education in Ireland is €1.3 billion.

The influencer industry continues to grow and thrive around the world and in Ireland. A number of celebrity influencers boast over 500 hundred million followers...

The Regulations have come about due to Ireland being obliged to implement EU Directive 2019/633 into Irish law.

Registration was sought for a very wide range of goods as well as for publishing, education, entertainment and sports services.

On 24 March 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a newly revised Consumer Protection Code (Revised Code) following a public consultation process.

The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015 was introduced to ensure that consumers and SMEs whose loans have been sold to unregulated entities will continue to enjoy the same protections they enjoyed prior to the sale of their loan.

The General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022 (General Scheme) has been published and proposes to give effect to...

On 24 March 2026, the revised and modernised Consumer Protection Code (Code) came into force.