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William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, Leo Moore and Aoife Keenan explain the key features of the EU's Digital Identity Wallet. The Regulation (EU) 2024/1183, which establishes the European Digital Identity Framework (EUDI Regulation), came into force in May 2024 and will take legal effect across the Eur

Nina M. Hart makes the case for Ireland taking a stronger approach to the enforcement of EU sanctions. Ireland has long maintained a framework for implementing the European Union’s economic sanctions, or restrictive measures, but not prioritised enforcing them.

The High Court has indicated that it will refer questions concerning the principle of equivalence and the legality of charges for time spent by public authority staff in answering environmental information requests to the CJEU. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys ind

Ireland's asylum appeals system is to receive EU assistance with its significant backlog. An operational plan to support the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) has been agreed with the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration confir

WhatsApp and Pinterest are obliged to take action against terrorist content following a decision by Coimisiún na Meán. The regulator has determined under an EU-wide mechanism that WhatsApp's Channels service and Pinterest as a whole are "exposed to terrorist content".

Landmark legislation transposing the controversial EU Pact on Migration and Asylum into Irish law is to be scrutinised in the Oireachtas this afternoon. The Oireachtas joint committee on justice, home affairs and migration will meet from 3pm to 5.30pm today for pre-legislative scrutiny of the genera

A charter flight has removed 23 people to Romania following criminal convictions in Ireland. Removal orders were enforced yesterday afternoon against 23 men, aged between 22 and 49 years, all of whom had received custodial sentences for a range of offences, the government said.

William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, David Cullen and Aoife Keenan examine a CJEU ruling clarifying what constitutes personal data when transferring pseudonymised information externally. On 4 September 2025, the European Court of Justice delivered its decision in Case C-2025/645 between the European Da

Dr Liam O'Driscoll highlights the need for EU-wide reform following a CJEU ruling on an Irish case concerning the compensation of victims of crime for pain and suffering. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), on 2 October 2025, issued a judgment concerning the scope of Member States&rsq

Plans to transpose the controversial EU Pact on Migration and Asylum into Irish law have major human rights gaps, according to a new analysis. The Coalition on the EU Migration Pact, composed of 10 civil society organisations, has published an in-depth analysis of the general scheme of the Internati

The European Commission is set to relax EU economic governance rules in a bid to reduce reporting and administrative burdens on businesses. The proposals adopted yesterday are intended to be consistent with the economic governance framework introduced in April 2024 while reducing burdens and streaml

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has determined following a reference from the Irish High Court that national schemes for the compensation of victims of violent intentional crimes which exclude compensation for pain and suffering are precluded by a directive mandating the provision

Sahrawi organisations have condemned the European Commission for continuing to pursue a trade deal with Morocco which includes occupied Western Sahara in spite of a landmark EU court ruling. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in October 2024 that trade deals concluded between th

Some social media platforms are failing to co-operate with an independent dispute resolution body established in line with EU rules, according to a new report. Appeals Centre Europe has been certified by Coimisiún na Meán as an out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) body under Article 2

Judge Suzanne Kingston has been elected as president of one of the 10 chambers of the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Irish judge, who has sat on the EU bench since 2021, now presides over the Ninth Chamber, which comprises judges Maria José Costeira, T