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Budget 2027 was presented as setting out a path to bring us to a place in which work is rewarded, risk repaid and investments in our future can bear fruit. Whilst such sentiments are noble, the focus of the Budget tax measures was almost entirely on addressing the cost of living pressures for middle income earners through tax reductions which were largely publicised in the media in advance of the Budget being delivered.

It is expected that draft legislation aimed at reducing the gender pay gap ("GPG") will be initiated by the Government before the summer recess and will be far stronger than that recently enacted in the UK.

As lockdown eases, and businesses are preparing to re-open workplaces under the Government's Roadmap, how does an employer handle an employee's refusal to return?

More and more, the RDJ Employment Team is asked to advise around the development of workplace remote and flexible working policies.

RDJ held its Geopolitical event, Global Currents: Navigating Geopolitical Shifts and their Impact on Ireland, at its Cork office at 85 South Mall with keynote speaker...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") announced in July that it had opened an inquiry in the GAAGO Media online streaming service...

In November 2022, the Consumer Rights Act 2022 (the "Act") was enacted and (with the exception of s.161) entered into force. The Act implements the Digital Content Directive (2019/770), the revised Sale...

This Insight provides an update to our previous Insight published on 25 March 2020 prior to enactment of the Bill.

We previously reported on the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations, 2016 (S.I. No. 560 of 2016) (the "2016 Regulations").

Addressing capability issues and manging performance in the workplace, whilst protecting the employer organisation from legal liability, takes time and lots of patience.

Gig economy platforms like Deliveroo operate in Ireland also, and the recommendations emanating from the Report are interesting when considering if and how they might be applied in this jurisdiction.

Lloyd's Insurance Company SA v Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman and Joanna Donnelly and Harm Luijkx [2022] IEHC 290 (hereinafter ‘Lloyd') is an appeal to the High Court...

On 17 December 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland published its latest update on the financial position of the credit union sector in Ireland.

The Data Protection Commissioner ("DPC") has recently published a report entitled "Data Protection Investigation in the Hospitals Sector" (the "Report"), which details an investigation into data protection in the healthcare sector, specifically across twenty hospitals carried out by the DPC's Special Investigation Unit between January and December 2017.

The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Promontoria (GEM) DAC v Ciaran Redmond, Michael O'Neill, Clody Norton and Peter Crean T/A "The NORC Partnership"

Online media platforms such as Facebook and Google strongly deny that they are publishers of online material, most likely to avoid assuming liability for online defamation by users of their services.

The law is not so absurd as to force a man to take an estate against his will (Townson v Tickell [1819] 3 B. & Ald. 31) is a well-known judicial pronouncement from the 19th century.

From 1 January 2024 a new mandatory filing obligation is imposed on the recipients of certain loans from close relatives.