Do regulatory agencies have phone tapping powers? For now, no – but there have been calls for the Government to give certain regulatory agencies, such as the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) will establish rules concerning the market power of "core platform services" who are "gatekeepers" (e.g. online search engines, social networking services, app stores...

Welcome to our monthly update, featuring a curated selection of articles published over the past month.

The European Union (Unfair Trading Practices in the agricultural and food supply chain) Regulations 2021 (the "Regulations") came into force on 1 July 2021.

The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (the "Department") has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to Irish competition and consumer law.

As set out in our Initial Observations on the Central Bank of Ireland's Consumer Protection Code Consultation Paper the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") has proposed a revised structure...

The CPC has been revised, updated and consolidated into the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48) (Consumer Protection) Regulations 2025 (Consumer Protection Regulations).

Unlike the US, whistleblowers in Ireland do not generally receive financial rewards. But Irish individuals with information on corporate wrongdoing in US organisations can benefit from the US whistleblower.

In updating the Consumer Protection Code, the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") has taken the opportunity to respond to and account for the significant digital transformation of the financial...

Following on from our Initial Observations on the Central Bank of Ireland's Consumer Protection Code Consultation Paper we will be releasing a series of Insights...

Indications from the Central Bank at its Financial System Conference on 8 November 2023 were that the consultation paper on planned changes to the CPC is likely to be published early in Q1 2024...

The Newsletter includes many noteworthy articles for Irish (re)insurers, including the Central Bank's annual Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report, the use of asset-intensive reinsurance...

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has two consultations under the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025 (the Act) closing on 4 March 2026.

On 13 March 2023, following hot on the heels of facilitative legislation, the Central Bank published its long-promised individual accountability framework (IAF) for industry consultation.

The Department of Finance published the Financial Consumer Protection Roadmap on 13 September 2023, highlighting what we can expect to see from a legislative and policy perspective over the next two years.

The Corporate Enforcement Authority ("CEA") has been established with effect from 7 July 2022, following the commencement of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (the "2021 Act") ...

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank") became a federal law in the US in 2010.

The Government recently published the Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021 which is aimed at regulating the PCP sector in Ireland for the first time.

The Credit Union Act 1997 (Regulatory Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (the "Amending Regulations") entered into force on 30 September 2025.

The Central Bank of Ireland has completed of its Review of Differential Pricing in the Private Car and Home Insurance Markets. In this briefing we consider its Final Report ...