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In this article, Alice Whittaker, partner in the environment and climate group in Philip Lee, outlines how a new ‘stop the clock' provision in the Planning and Development Bill 2023 is intended to operate, why it is being introduced, the risk of unintended consequences, and possible alternative solutions to minimise the risks of injustice in future planning judicial reviews under the Bill.

We did not expect, when the European Commission began the roll out of its highly significant Fit for 55 package to speed up decarbonisation that, 10 months later, rising commodity prices and then war in Europe...

As this decade began, the EU and Ireland enshrined strong 2030 targets for a more realistic trajectory towards carbon neutrality in 2050.

The European Commission’s Grids Package has been welcomed by many in industry as a catalyst for accelerated grid delivery and reform.

The promise of clean energy, economic growth and climate leadership is undeniable.

The new planning legislation was signed into law by President Higgins on 17 October 2024, but is not yet in force. The process of bringing the legislation into force is by commencement orders and is expected...

EirGrid is consulting until 24 November 2025 on a procurement mechanism for Long Duration Energy Storage ("LDES") of continuous electricity import and export...

On 12 October 2023, as part of the European Insurance Forum, Insurance Ireland launched the outcome of a report which it had commissioned on the future of the Irish insurance industry.

On 28 November 2024, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank"), Sharon Donnery, delivered a speechOpens in new window ("Speech") at the Fintech Ireland Summit 2024.

On 28 January 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank) published a consultation paper on prohibition notices under the fitness and probity (“F&P”) regime (“CP166”).

The Newsletter outlines that the Central Bank carried out a survey (“Survey”) to gather information on the use of generative AI systems (“Gen AI”) and other AI systems (“Other AI”) in (re)insurance. In May 2025, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA”) launched a survey on the use of Gen AI – for more information, see FIG Top 5 at 5 dated 22 May 2025.

On 27 March 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") published its Opens in new windowFinal Guidance for (Re)Insurance Undertakings on Climate Change RiskOpens in new window ("Guidance").

The Government of Ireland published its Policy Statement on the Future Framework for Offshore Renewable Energy, which we look at in a briefing here.

The Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan (the Report), marks a watershed moment in Ireland's approach to infrastructure delivery, presenting a comprehensive package...