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While data protection and privacy have been the focus of EU regulators in recent years, artificial intelligence is a more recent area...

The Product Liability Directive EU 2024/2853 introduces sweeping changes to Irish product liability law, expanding definitions to include software and digital products, introducing new categories of compensable damage, and establishing rebuttable presumptions that shift the burden of proof. How will these modernized protections impact Irish businesses operating in technology, medical devices, and digital services sectors as they navigate increased compliance obligations and extended liability exposure?

On 28 February 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland introduced its new supervisory approach which seeks to integrate conduct, integrity and prudential supervision.

On 2 March 2023, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") issued a statement setting out principles and practical steps regarding the treatment of material that is seized...

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

The concept of a ‘dark pattern' is not yet defined in law, although several pieces of legislation touch on the concept.

In November 2022, the Consumer Rights Act 2022 (the "Act") was enacted and (with the exception of s.161) entered into force. The Act implements the Digital Content Directive (2019/770), the revised Sale...

On 24 February last, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal brought by Mary Stokes against CBS High School Clonmel ("the School").

On 2 December 2019 Ireland introduced the Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act which sets a minimum five-year expiry period for gift vouchers and prohibits any charge for changing the name on...

To mark World Consumer Rights Day, the William Fry Technology team prepared a three‑part series highlighting key EU consumer law developments set to shape consumer digital contracts in 2026.

It appears to be common practice in some schools, to employ a large number of teachers on part-time contracts.

The Central Bank has announced the launch of its new Consumer Protection Risk Assessment model (the Model) and published a Guide to Consumer.

The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021 (the "Bill") was published on 23 June 2021. Its enactment is expected later this year.

Providers of hire purchase products (including personal contract plans) or consumer-hire products to consumers, and servicers of those products, now need to be authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Following targeted reviews of investment firms' offerings of structured retail products (SRPs), the Central Bank has sent a Dear CEO Letter to MiFID investment firms, highlighting six areas where it has identified deficiencies/failures.

The European Union has modernized its consumer financial services framework through new rules for distance contracts, fundamentally reshaping how financial institutions must interact with consumers in digital environments.

The Central Bank of Ireland has published the much anticipated Feedback Statement to its Consultation Paper on the Consumer Protection Code ("CP158"), along with the finalised regulations and guidance documents.