In this regular briefing, we summarise recent cases, developments and trends relevant to the ongoing efforts to resolve the mortgage arrears crisis.

Under Irish merger control rules, mergers or acquisitions which meet certain financial thresholds require competition clearance from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

The dedicated and experienced Global Funds Registration team at Arthur Cox provide a full service registrations and can obtain all local authorisation needed to allow the fund sell in any particular jurisdiction and/or to facilitate the listings.

Once enacted, the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 will significantly reform the regulation of online content in Ireland.

As the EU's CRD VI regulations introduce sweeping changes to cross-border banking operations, non-EU banks face a critical deadline of January 2027 to establish licensed branches or restructure their service delivery models.

There are now just over 20 working days before financial entities in scope of DORA will need to submit their first Register of Information ("RoI").

Trilogue discussions on the Commission's proposed new AML framework are likely to begin towards the end of April 2023, following yesterday's adoption by the European...

On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD"). The Council of the EU is expected to adopt the CSRD proposal on 28 November 2022...

The European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 (the  CSRD Regulations) have been amended by the European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) (No. 2) Regulations 2024.

Ireland's Cabinet has approved the General Scheme of the Pregnancy Loss Leave Bill 2026, which would establish a statutory entitlement to five days' paid leave annually for employees experiencing pregnancy loss before 23 weeks' gestation. The proposed legislation includes day-one employment rights, protection against penalisation, and provisions for employers with existing more favorable schemes. Employers should begin reviewing their current leave and bereavement policies in anticipation of potential enact

The right to request remote working arrangements for all employees and the right to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes...

Ireland's new Gender Pay Gap Portal centralises employer reporting data, enabling public comparison of gender pay disparities across sectors and company sizes.

Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices is now in force, mirroring to a large extent the draft, which we looked at here.

The Central Bank has launched a webpage with more details on how the central database of bank accounts, payment accounts and safe-deposit boxes will operate.

The Central Bank has launched a webpage with more details on how the central database of bank accounts, payment accounts and safe-deposit boxes will operate.

The Central Bank has introduced changes, effective 9 October 2018, to its fund authorisation/approval and post-authorisation requirements for UCITS and Retail Investor AIFs

The Act, which was approved in the United States this month, prohibits executive agencies ("EA") from contracting with or providing financial assistance...

The recent Recommendation of the OECD Council is part of the on-going work of the OECD to try to prevent collusion and bid-rigging in public procurement.

EIOPA recently held a conference on the subject of the application of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) over the last 5 years, in anticipation of EIOPA...

EIOPA published its report on the 2018 Insurance Stress Test on 14 December. The stress test assessed the insurance industry's resilience to shocks and catastrophes in the insurance market,