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On 11 September 2025, the Revenue Commissioners announced an opportunity for employers to correct payroll tax issues arising in 2024 and 2025 due to a bona-fide misclassification...

Recent Workplace Relations Commission decisions reveal critical distinctions in how compensation caps apply under Ireland's Employment Equality Acts, particularly when employees resign before filing discrimination claims. The €13,000 statutory ceiling may not always hold, as one landmark case suggests EU law could require higher awards in certain circumstances.

No one wants to consider that an employee or a past employee might bring a claim against them in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

A no fault dismissal occurs where an employer exercises a contractual right to terminate an employee's employment with notice, but without fault or without providing a reason.

Further to our previous Insight on the recent Supreme Court case of The Revenue Commissioners v Karshan Midlands Ltd T/A Dominos Pizza [2023] IESC 24 (Karshan)...

The recent Labour Court case of DHL Express (Ireland) Ltd. and Michael Coughlan (UDD1783) serves as a useful touchstone for employers in terms of the high bar that must be satisfied where employees...

The landmark High Court judgment delivered by Judge McDonald on Friday, 5 February 2021 in Hyper Trust Limited t/a The Leopardstown Inn & Others v. FBD Insurance plc ...

The much-anticipated decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Dillon v Irish Life Assurance was published on the 24 July 2025.

The personal injuries realm has often been known to be "pro-plaintiff" with little risk involved in bringing a claim and no real incentive to settle a claim before the "Court steps"...

The laws governing betting and gaming activities in Ireland date back to 1931 and 1956 respectively, those being: the Betting Act 1931 and the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956.

One of the more noteworthy aspects of the 2016 Annual Report of the Data Protection Commissioner (the "DPC"), launched earlier in 2017, was the statement that the Special Investigations Unit of the DPC ...

Ireland's residential tenancies regime has undergone further significant reform through the Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026, introducing new enforcement mechanisms and procedural changes that landlords must navigate. The RTB now wields expanded powers including fixed payment notices for compliance breaches, while adjudication hearings have shifted to public forums with published outcomes.

It is recognised that one of the challenges that start-up companies face is competition from large multinationals when it comes to the acquisition and retention of talent.

As the COVID-19 outbreak initially swept across the globe, disrupting commercial operations and markets on an unprecedented scale, our clients raised many queries regarding the mechanisms available to minimise the risk ...

We live in a world where technology enjoys exponential growth and limitless developments. Such technological advances are commonly fuelled by the ever-evolving phenomenon known as "Artificial Intelligence" ("AI").

On 21 September 2017 the European Commission sent out its latest communication calling on the European Parliament and international bodies to undertake and engage in substantial, far reaching reforms...

On 30 January 2020, the Director General of the World Health Organisation announced that the outbreak of the coronavirus (officially named Covid-19) met the criteria for a Public Health...