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Regulated Structure: 24 hour authorisation process. No review of fund documents by Central Bank of Ireland (pre-submission required for funds investing in Irish property and crypto assets).

What is the current business climate in your jurisdiction including major political, economic and/or legal activities on the horizon in your country that could have a big impact on businesses?

The proposed framework significantly reduces the court's role and leverages the strength of the existing examinership process.

The Irish High Court has delivered its judgment on repudiation of contracts (including leases and guarantees)

As mentioned in our previous GDPR update, the third update in our series will deal with the types of employment related documentation that an employer should now have in place to demonstrate compliance with the GDPR.

Ireland's Building Control Regulations underwent significant expansion in May 2025, creating unexpected compliance challenges for developers and advisers. The certificate of compliance on completion has emerged as a critical bottleneck in transactions, while projects caught mid-stream face complex regime questions that can stall financing and occupation.

The Society of Construction Law Annual Conference took place in Leeds on 2 March.

The insolvency of any party to a construction contract can be disastrous for the project.

On 8 September, the timeframe for reviewing the award of public sector contracts was clarified by S.I. No. 420 of 2010 (the "S.I."). The S.I. substituted a new Order 84A in the Rules of the Superior Courts so that it is now consistent with European law.

Ireland's Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 has been signed into law, establishing the AI Office of Ireland as the central coordinating authority for EU AI Act compliance. The legislation creates a distributed oversight model involving multiple national bodies and introduces comprehensive supervision, enforcement mechanisms, and regulatory sandboxes to balance innovation with regulatory compliance.

When does a letter of intent become a contract?

The risk that confidential or commercially sensitive information might have to be disclosed to a competitor in litigation can be a real concern for commercial parties.

The High Court has examined the circumstances in which an asserted quasi‑partnership may provide a sufficient basis for granting an injunction restraining majority shareholders from removing a director from office.

Following an accelerated legislative process, the ‘stop-the-clock' measures set out in the European Commission's Omnibus proposals for reform to sustainability reporting requirements...

In a slightly surprising move, eleven member states agreed on 9 October, 2012 to adopt a financial transactions tax (FTT).