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An interview with Kevin O’Malley, newly appointed US Ambassador to Ireland.

In October 2017, the Article 29 Working Party, the collective group of European data protection authorities (WP29), adopted new Guidelines on profiling and automated decision-making under the GDPR.

The recent Finance Bill has introduced draft legislation for a welcome new tax incentive scheme to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to attract and retain talent through the use of share options.

As companies gear up to get GDPR ready, many of those doing business in the EU also face another wave of conditions around cyber security.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (the "Act") significantly alters the Irish competition and merger control landscape.

Following the long awaited overhaul of Ireland's competition and merger control regime in 2014, the past year has proven to be the busiest year for Irish merger control in a decade.

The Minister for Justice and Equality recently published the draft scheme of the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill 2012, 123 years after the enactment of the statute that is the basis of our current law.

Tuesday, 2 August 2016, heralded a significant development in the Irish legal landscape.

On 21 June 2016, the Data Protection Commissioner (the "DPC"), Helen Dixon, published her Annual Report for 2015. The Report identified a number of issues which are relevant to organisations with employees in Ireland.

The new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") entered into force on 24 May 2016, and will apply with effect from May 2018. We review some of the main implications for employers.

The commencement on 29 April 2016 of the Spent Convictions Act 2016 (the "Act") and the National Vetting Bureau Acts 2012 - 2016 (the "Acts") represented a significant legal development in Ireland.

Last week’s publication of the Workplace Relations Bill 2014 is a significant development in Irish employment law.

2015 was another busy year for the Irish energy sector, as the industry works toward delivering the government's target of 40% of electricity generated from renewable sources by 2020.

On 20 January 2014, the Irish Stock Exchange ("ISE") announced plans to create a dedicated exchange for aviation related debt and other instruments.

On 31 May 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") released its opinion on achieving a common approach to supervision ("supervisory convergence") among EU member...

The European Commission’s recent online questions and answers section on the alternative investment fund managers directive was published.

Default interest and penalty clauses were revisited by the Irish High Court recently in two connected cases.

There have been a number of recent challenges to the ability of acquirers of loans to enforce the associated security.