The Act was commenced by ministerial order on 30 July 2018.

The Minister for Justice’s plans to tackle corruption and white-collar crime are continuing, with a range of new measures being rolled out.

The Irish Government has recently published its Implementation Plan in respect of its review of structures and strategies to prevent, investigate and penalise economic crime and corruption.

New anti-corruption legislation has been signed into Irish law. The introduction of new corruption-related offences and tough penalties in the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 ..

The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment in Sweeney v Ireland [2019] IESC 39.

The Irish Government's "White Collar Crime Package" proposes a range of reforms for the financial services industry.

Regulatory authorities in Ireland and the UK have begun to adopt a more aggressive stance on legal professional privilege in the context of regulatory investigations.

Following confirmation from the Justice Minister, Helen McEntee, that the proposed incitement to hatred elements of the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022...

Obligation on third party service providers to draw up and maintain their own insider lists.

In a landmark judgment delivered on 31 July 2018, the Supreme Court has ruled in the case of SPV OSUS Limited v HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Limited & Ors [1] that the assignment...

The government has published the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021 Opens in new window("the Bill"). This provides for the establishment of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement as...

There are, typically, no issues with Irish Courts finding companies liable for strict, absolute and vicarious liability offences where appropriate as it does not have to be proved....

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") recently published its response to the Law Reform Commission's Issues Paper on "Regulatory Enforcement and Corporate Offences".

The Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 has been enacted. The Act is one aspect of the intended reform of the law relating to corruption and corporate crime in Ireland.

This article explains Ireland's experience with requests for judicial cooperation from the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). In a letter to the European Commission dated 23 November 2022...

The Irish white collar crime landscape has seen some significant developments in the past 24 months, including the introduction of a swathe of regulations and legislation intended...

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, announced Monday, 30 July 2018, that the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 has come into force.

The Irish Government, through the Departments of Business, Finance and Justice, has identified four distinct themes in order to strengthen the existing regulatory and legislative framework ...

The single defence available to corporates for this offence is demonstrating that the company took "all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence" to avoid the offence being committed.

The government's recently published Spring Legislation Programme features the Criminal Justice Bill 2020, which is currently at Committee Stage before the Dail.