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The European Commission has invited comments on commitments offered by Microsoft in response to competition concerns relating to Teams and its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites. A formal investigation launched by the Commission in July 2023 led to its announcement last summer of its preliminary fi

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TikTok has been accused by the European Commission of breaching advertising transparency rules in the Digital Services Act (DSA). Following the launch of an investigation in February 2024, the Commission yesterday informed TikTok of its preliminary view that its advertisement repository falls short

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The Central Bank of Ireland has become the first entity in the State to be named a "trusted flagger" under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). As a trusted flagger, the Central Bank will be able to notify online platforms about illegal content, which they are then legally obliged to deal with as a ma

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The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against Ireland over its alleged failure to correctly dispose the Landfill Directive. The Landfill Directive, first introduced in 1999 and amended in 2011 and 2018, sets standards for landfills to prevent adverse effects on human health, wa

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Legislative plans for the "most significant reform of Irish asylum laws in the history of the State" have been set out by the minister for justice. Jim O'Callaghan yesterday secured government approval to publish the general scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025, which will ultimately rep

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The European Commission has proposed that 16 countries should be considered "safe countries of origin" for the purposes of asylum claims across the EU. The first-ever EU list of safe countries of origin would include Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as all EU

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Plans to promote collective bargaining in Ireland in line with new EU legislation have gone out for consultation. The EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages requires member states where the collective bargaining rate is less than a threshold of 80 per cent — which currently includes a majority

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Plans to transpose new EU rules on the enforcement of sanctions, introduced in response to Russia's continuing war against Ukraine, have been published by the government. The Department of Justice yesterday published the general scheme of the Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) B

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been asked whether ex-Catholics have a right under the GDPR to have their baptismal record erased upon request. A request for preliminary ruling was submitted in January by the Brussels Court of Appeal, which is hearing an appeal in a case brough

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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is inviting feedback on guidelines for microenterprises on their obligations under the new European Accessibility Act (EAA). The EEA enters into Irish law on 28 June 2025 and aims to increase the accessibility of a range of products and servi

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