On 24 November 2021, the Office of Government Procurement ("OGP") issued general guidance for Contracting Authorities whose public works tenders were impacted by the marked price inflation...

The Scheme is in line with the National Retrofit Programme which has already seen the deep retrofit of a number of properties across Ireland.

Yesterday the Government published the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021.

Revenue has extended the deadline for Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) returns to May 30, 2025.

The Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys TD, announced on 21 September 2021 that the Cabinet had approved the drafting and imminent introduction of legislation to remove the deadline of 30 November 2021...

The Tax Appeals Commission and the Courts have considered the following questions in recent months...

In order to assess whether the use of data in training AI would amount to copyright infringement, we need to understand the nature of the data collected, the way in which it is stored...

In our recent insight relating to petitioning for examinership in these current challenging times (available here), we noted that at the time of writing that examinership petitions did not fit...

Generative AI has a high resource requirement and a large carbon footprint when answering queries. A traditional search engine will use between .2 grams of Co2 and 1 gram of Co2 per search...

Part 3 (comprising Section 9) of the Bill would insert a new Section 251A into the Planning and Development Act 2000. It would place a freeze on various time limits...

One of the Covid-specific regulations introduced by the Irish government last year was that, for a specific period, change of use from the sale of food for consumption on the premises

A recent decision of Judge Susan Ryan in the Dublin Circuit Court is likely to have a substantial impact on debtors seeking to enter into a Personal Insolvency Arrangement with their creditors.

In a judgement that is set to have implications for Insurers, the High Court on 30 March 2022 found a business interruption insurance policy held by the ...

A very recent High Court judgement in the case of Kenneth Treacy v. Lee James Menswear Limited and James O'Regan followed on from a 2021 High Court decision in the case of Footlocker...

Children require specific protection with regard to their personal data as they may be less aware of the risks, consequences and safeguards concerned and their rights in relation to the processing of personal data.

The EU Pay Transparency Directive is set to transform workplace practices in Ireland, introducing new obligations around pay disclosure, shifting the burden of proof in equal pay claims, and requiring employers to scrutinize job categorization and pay structures. With Ireland delaying transposition and no draft legislation yet available, organizations face a critical window to prepare for these far-reaching changes before the detailed requirements are finalized.

On 6 July 2022, the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (the "Act") came into effect. The Act is part of the government's new housing plan to 2030...

RDJ Partner Alison Bearpark and Consultant Denise Kennedy were joined by guest speakers Ronan McGee, Director at Duke McCaffrey Consulting and Seamus Duggan, Joint Managing Director at Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Limited...

RDJ are very proud to have successfully represented the all-risks insurers in one of the most complex and high-profile disputes to come before the Irish High Court in recent years.

On 2 October 2018, Minister Heather Humphries, the Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation, signed the Competition Act 2002 (section 27) Order 2018.