A teacher in a school applied for the position of deputy principal, however, she was unsuccessful following the interview process.

Financial institutions often treat borrowers who invest in property or shares as commercial or business customers.

We wrote on the Crowdfunding Regulation when it was first published in late 2020 and also when it began to apply in November 2021.

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) recently published its "Consumer Protection Outlook for 2021" (the Report). In the Report, the CBI states that one of its priorities in 2021 is to...

Following a thematic inspection of the sale of gadget insurance, the Central Bank has published a letter to industry calling on firms providing non-life insurance products

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently delivered a judgment (available here) in relation to unfair terms in group insurance policies.

Insurers should take note of recent guidance Opens in new window on the use of telematics which has been issued by the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") to private motor insurers (the "Guidance").

We have previously written about the European Commission's "action plan" for tackling non‑performing loans in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic where we also provided an update on the draft EU Directive ...

The Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers (2020/1828) (Directive) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) on 4 December 2020.

The European Commission has recently proposed a reform of Regulation 2006/2004 on cooperation in consumer protection matters.

The much-anticipated Digital Services Bill 2023 was published on 5 December 2023. The purpose of the Bill is to give effect in Ireland to certain provisions of the EU Digital Services Act...

The Act commenced on 7 November 2022 to modernise and consolidate Irish consumer protection law and align with EU law. The Act enhances consumer rights, increases...

Recent months have seen increased enforcement in the advertising and consumer protection areas.

In respect of the Consumer Protection Code review, the Report provides some much awaited clarity on the parameters of the review.

Digital Rights Ireland has become the third organisation to be designated as a qualified entity ("QE") by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (the "Minister")...

The European Commission has challenged the practice by car rental companies of using consumers’ countries of origin and IP addresses to determine the price that they are charged.

Following pre-legislative scrutiny, the Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 (Bill) was initiated before the Houses of the Oireachtas in December 2022. It is currently at Report Stage before the Dáil.

The Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) has today (16 November 2023) published a Feedback Statement (the Feedback) in respect of its Consultation Paper 153 – Enhanced governance...

Contained within Annexes to the European Commission's Work Program for 2025, was the withdrawal of the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual...

In July 2023, the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 (‘Act') was enacted.