On 17 October 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "CBI") published its fitness and probity ("F&P") performance report (here) for H1 2024.

For OTC derivatives, the documents to be entered into consist of the 1992 Master Agreement or 2002 Master Agreement, as published by ISDA (the "ISDA Master Agreement")...

Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets ("MiCA") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union in June 2023.

Please briefly describe the main laws that govern real estate in your jurisdiction. Laws relating to leases of business premises should be listed in response to question...

On 24 May 2024, the Council of the EU gave its final approval to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the "CS3D" or "CSDDD") (see here).

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "CBI") has released its ‘Authorisations and Gatekeeping Report 2024' (the "Report"), previously covered in our briefing.

On 18 December 2024, the European Parliament announced via a press release (here) that its Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee ("ECON") has reached a political agreement with the Council of the EU...

Irish cyber security law is on the cusp of a number of significant developments. DORA and NIS 2, in particular, have imminent deadlines.

Since modernisation of EU and Irish competition rules in the early 2000’s, four major competition law judgments have been handed down by Ireland’s Competition Court: ILCU, Hemat, BIDS and, most recently, Panda Waste. Each has been controversial.

As of 1 July 2024, the Senior Executive Accountability Regime ("SEAR") has taken effect for credit institutions, certain insurance undertakings, and certain investment firms...

Ireland is home to a wide variety of financial services providers. To support both providers and their customers, there is an array of financial services legislation...