On 14 February 2012, the Central Bank of Ireland issued a policy update in respect of the payment of dividends out of capital by Irish authorised retail collective investment schemes.

Against the backdrop of the increasingly important role played by electronic money institutions and payment institutions in the financial system...

In its latest Business Plan, the UK Financial Conduct Authority says that it will establish a presence in Belfast by the end of the year as part of its national location strategy.

The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2018 was signed into law on 14 November and came into force on 26 November,

The Central Bank of Ireland has recently published its insurance newsletter for September 2023. The two main areas detailed...

Sylvia Cronin, the Director of Insurance Supervision delivered a speech at the IDA Jurisdictional Insights event on 6 November.

In previous briefings we touched on the new restrictions that will be placed on various advertising and marketing activities related to gambling under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 (the "Act")...

On 17 March 2026, the European Commission opened two new Connecting Europe Facility calls worth €200 million for projects in high-capacity networks, including submarine cables. These investments are in line with the goals of the EU Action Plan on Cable Security and are intended to help ensure secure and resilient connectivity across the EU and beyond.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") has held that controllers must inform data subjects of the actual identities of the recipients of data subjects' personal data...

The Planning and Development Act 2024 was signed by the President on 17 October 2024. The sections of the Act that amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019.

At the start of the lockdown in March 2020 our Asset Management and Investment Funds Team initiated regular webinars to keep in touch with our clients, the director community and contacts.

The Spring European Employment Summit, hosted by International Employment Lawyer took place recently in Croke Park. The summit brought together senior in-house...

This is the April edition of the Arthur Cox Environment & Planning Update, the monthly bulletin of the Arthur Cox Environment & Planning Group ...

On 1 July 2021, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the "OECD") Inclusive Framework reached agreement but not unanimous consensus on key aspects of the two-pillar solution ...

In this episode of Back to Basics, Suzanne Kearney, Of Counsel and Tom Courtney, Partner discuss dividends, focusing on the requirements to be satisfied in order to pay a dividend...

The Irish Government has published its Climate Action Plan 2024 (CAP24) which sets out the roadmap to deliver on Ireland's legally binding economy-wide carbon budgets...

Significant changes to the international tax system are currently being negotiated. Tax partners at leading firms from eight key European jurisdictions, including Arthur Cox...

Unlike fund structures such as the investment company with variable capital or the ICAV (Irish collective asset-management vehicle)...

The new Irish client asset regulations have been published in the Irish Statute Book and will take effect from 1 July 2023.

Many people consider estate management as simply being a case of looking after bricks and mortar.