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Plans to train judges in AI and digitalisation have been set out by the European Commission. The Commission yesterday launched its new digital justice package, which includes a strategy for helping member states "unlock the potential" of AI and digital tools in justice systems, as well as a new judi

Feedback is being sought on a new online tool designed to help Irish businesses, particularly SMEs, understand and comply with sustainability-related EU regulations and directives. The Responsible Business Compass is being developed by the OECD at the behest of the Department of Enterprise, Trade an

The Supreme Court has referred a question to the CJEU relating to the application of Article 22(5) of the Lugano Convention. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan considered that the “very novelty and practical importance” of the issue of whether the appellan

The European Commission has rowed back on plans to regulate third-party litigation funding at EU level. Michael McGrath, the Irish commissioner responsible for democracy, justice, the rule of law and consumer protection, this week closed the Commission's high-level forum on "justice for growth".

Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell has been elected as president of the Network of Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union. Ireland's top judge was elected to the post late on Friday afternoon during a meeting of the network in The Hague.

William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, Leo Moore and Jordie Sattar examine an opinion which offers clarity on when data subject access requests may be deemed "excessive" under the GDPR. On 12 September 2025, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar (AG) provided an opinion in Case C-526/24 (Brillen Rottler) which

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld most of the provisions of an EU directive on adequate minimum wages following a challenge from Denmark. Denmark had sought to annul the 2022 directive in its entirety, arguing — with support from Sweden — that legislation

A new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence has been opened at Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology. Realising European Values through European Law (REVEL), led by Professor Tobias Lock, has secured €100,000 in funding over a three-year period starting this month.

A public consultation has been launched to help inform Ireland's priorities during the country's presidency of the European Union next year. Ireland will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the eighth time from July to December 2026.

A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform "fake judges and pseudo experts" linked to Poland's rule of law crisis. Professor Laurent Pech of UCD Sutherland School of Law yesterday said he had lost faith in the organi

An environmental group has launched High Court proceedings in a bid to access government documents relating to agricultural policy. Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) is challenging the refusal of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) to fully release four records r

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court judgment which found that the State’s prohibition on CBD products containing no more than 0.20 per cent THC did not offend the principle of the free movement of goods in the EU. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Jus

McCann FitzGerald lawyers Rosaleen Byrne, Laura Treacy, Amy Brick and Stephen Ryan examine the European Commission's first fine for an incomplete response to an RFI issued pursuant to the Modernisation Regulation. The European Commission has, for the first time, jointly and severally fined a company

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.