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On 21 May 2024, the Council of the European Union (the "EU") formally adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act (the "AI Act"). The AI Act is the world's first piece of comprehensive legislation on artificial intelligence...

In a highly anticipated move pre-Christmas, the European Commission produced two proposals for regulating digital services in the EU...

On 29 December 2023, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, 2024 was declared to be the "year of AI" by top tech analyst Dan Ives. This Article will look at what we can expect from general...

The National Return to Work Safely Protocol ("the Protocol") was published on Saturday, 9 May 2020. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, stated that; "this Protocol is a critical component...

Unincorporated associations have been common in Ireland for many years, particularly in the sports sector and the chances are that you or one of your family or friends...

More and more, organisations are realising the potential for artificial intelligence-based systems ("AI"), machine learning (as a sub-category of AI) ("ML") and, more broadly, the exploitation of ‘big data'...

Ireland's merger notification regime has undergone significant reform with new financial thresholds taking effect from 1 July 2026, raising the aggregate turnover requirement from €60 million to €100 million and individual turnover from €10 million to €15 million. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's first-ever use of its call-in power in the Uniphar/TouchStore transaction demonstrates how below-threshold deals with competitive significance will remain subject to regu

Since the 23rd of February 2022, the European Union (the "EU") has adopted four separate sanctions packages in response to Russia's illegal and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine.

In these difficult times for all businesses, good corporate governance is more important than ever. Company boards are making decisions which may be essential for the survival of the business

Ireland's ageing population, and the challenges presented as a result, is a topic that continues to dominate both the headlines and HR practice and there have been a number of significant developments...

The Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Regulations 2022 ("the Regulations") came into effect on 16 December 2022. The Regulations transpose the EU Directive 2019...

In recent weeks the Government published the General Scheme or draft version of the long-awaited Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill which will introduce a number of ...

This Appeal was brought by the Defendant, Cork City Council specifically in relation to one element of the Costs Order granted by the Circuit Court following the hearing on 25 January 2022.

The Court of Appeal recently significantly reduced the award made by a jury to a plaintiff in High Court defamation proceedings where an "offer of amends" had been made.

Order 16 of the Rules of the Superior Courts provides a procedure whereby a defendant may join a person who is not already a party to an action as a third party to the proceedings, thereby creating a lis between.

Yesterday evening, the Dáil passed the much-anticipated Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 (the "Bill") with a significant majority—83 votes to 61. The Bill, initially presented to the Dail in August 2024, has been notably slow...

Before the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohue, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, had risen from their seats to deliver the joint Budget 2021, the media had already extensively reported on many of the measures included.

Artificial Intelligence ("A.I.") is rapidly advancing, and with it comes evolving (and real life) legal and ethical challenges. The European Union's proposed "AI Act" (the "Act") was first proposed in April 2021...