Ireland’s data-protection watchdog was responsible for more than half of the €1.2 billion fines handed out across Europe last year for breaches of the GDPR rules on data privacy, according to figures ...

Pre-trial hearings are now part of the Irish legal system with today’s (28 February) commencement of the Criminal Procedure Act 2021. The legislation will bring about changes in the courts system, ...

Lawyers at Eversheds Sutherland have urged business leaders in certain sectors to prepare for requests from EU member states about their overseas investments. This follows a call from the European ...

The Central Bank has appointed Karen O’Leary as its director of currency, workplace and regulatory services. O’Leary will take up her role in March. In the job, O’Leary will be a member of the Central ...

A webinar hosted by Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has heard that the scale and sophistication of financial crime has increased, fuelled by technological advances. The event, entitled ‘Financial crime ...

Lawyers at Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) have said that a new bill aimed at strengthening protection for whistleblowers represents a “change of culture” for employers. They were speaking at a webinar on ...

Lawyers at Matheson believe an upcoming Supreme Court case will have a significant impact on how non-material damage claims are pleaded and advanced in future. The court recently granted the plaintiff ...

The latest batch of 12 solicitors join their 17 predecessors who were granted patents of precedence in 2020. Mark McDermott reports. Law Society President James Cahill has congratulated the 12 ...

The Law Society has been notified of an unsuccessful attempted cyberattack, using a sophisticated approach and mirroring a bank's valid fraud number. The attack followed the same approach as previous ...

Over 250 people participated in A&L Goodbody's inaugural ‘Future of Tech Regulation’ event in Dublin yesterday. Regulators and industry experts examined the impact of incoming legislation at Irish and ...

With striking red curls beneath a barrister’s wig, the commanding voice of Armagh-born Caroline Carberry KC rings out across court five in London’s Old Bailey. She is a blazing Celt, flaming at the ...

The 46-nation Council of Europe has published its latest annual conclusions, assessing member states’ compliance with provisions of the European Social Charter on labour rights. It finds Ireland in ...