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The Irish Cabinet has approved a comprehensive legislative programme featuring 64 priority bills spanning artificial intelligence regulation, cybersecurity, tourism, and civil reform. This breakdown examines how these proposed laws will impact various industries and sectors across the economy.

Earlier this week, we considered the Irish Government's proposals to further regulate the PBSA sector in Ireland by banning student accommodation contracts exceeding 41 weeks.

Circular 06/12 was recently issued.

Initial guidance – described in our post here – recommended that ex gratia payments to contractors would not continue beyond early March 2021.

RDJ advised the Annesley family when Annes Grove House and Gardens was donated to the State. The historic estate in Cork recently reopened following a €2 million restoration.

The Government published NDP 2021-2030, the largest to date, foreseeing €165 billion of public investment in infrastructure projects over 2021-2030 and setting out Departmental allocations for 2021-2025.

The Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012 and the supporting Scheme (the "Microfinance Act") established Microfinance Ireland to provide newly established or growing microenterprises with access to limited funding where they have been unable to access bank credit or sufficient bank credit to start or develop their business.

The Government's Autumn 2024 Legislation Programme includes 29 bills for priority publication, focusing on employee protection during employer insolvencies, remediation of apartment defects, and energy performance in buildings, alongside 32 bills prioritized for drafting.

The Government Legislation Programme for the Summer 2025 session has been published. The Cabinet has approved 23 bills for priority publication and 28 bills for priority drafting. Priority legislation includes...

The Cabinet has approved 21 bills for priority publication and 29 bills for priority drafting. Priority legislation includes the EU Data Regulation Bill, the Media Regulation Bill and the Protection of Employees.

A mere 4 months into 2016 and it has already been a year of change for construction contracting in Ireland both in the private and public sector.

Major infrastructure projects across Ireland are bringing the compulsory purchase process to the forefront for many landowners encountering it for the first time. Understanding the CPO process, from objection procedures to compensation principles, is crucial for landowners whose property may be affected by transport and greenway developments.

The 2010 Planning Act expanded the categories of projects that may qualify for strategic infrastructure status to include a very broad definition of "health infrastructure" of "a health care facility providing in-patient services, but excluding a development which is predominantly for the purpose of providing care services within the meaning given to that term by section 3 of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009".

The closing date for submissions is 12 July 2019. Employers

In October 2019, the Irish Government published Budget 2020.

The legislation programme for the forthcoming Summer Oireachtas session has been published by the government.

Ireland's infrastructure challenges mirror global trends, and Addleshaw Goddard's Dublin roundtable revealed how international expertise can unlock progress.