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The EU has begun consulting on the most significant changes to its competition law enforcement framework in over two decades. The European Commission yesterday launched both a call for evidence and a public consultation inviting stakeholders to give feedback on the future of the EU procedures for th

The European Commission has published its sixth annual rule of law report, examining rule of law developments in all member states. For a second year, the report does not just cover the EU's 27 member states but also includes chapters dedicated to developments in Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia

Government plans to tackle so-called SLAPPs are likely to be "impotent in practice" and could see Ireland hauled before the EU courts, legal experts and more than two dozen civil society organisations have warned. The Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024, which includes anti-SLAPP provisions alongside i

The general scheme of legislation allowing Ireland to ratify the EU's trade deal with Canada has been published. The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025 will amend the Arbitration Act 2010 to enable effect to be given in the State to investment protection agreements to which the State becomes a party.

Legislative plans to implement new EU media freedom rules in Ireland have been set out by the government. The Media Regulation Bill will implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which puts in place new rules to protect media pluralism and independence and seeks to ensure that media can opera

An oil and gas company which secured a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace in the US courts is now being sued in the Netherlands in what the environmental NGO says is the first major test of the EU's anti-SLAPP laws. Texas-based company Energy Transfer accused Greenpeace of defamation and orche

The Supreme Court has referred two questions concerning the interpretation of Article 35 of the Citizenship Directive to the CJEU in a case involving a fraudulent application for a permanent residence card. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell explained that

Jasmine Faudone examines the detail of this month's breakthrough in post-Brexit talks surrounding Gibraltar. In the Brexit referendum held on 23 June 2016, Gibraltar recorded the strongest support for remaining in the EU, with 95.9 per cent of voters choosing to stay. Despite this objection, Gibralt

One in four Irish businesses remain unclear about their obligations under the EU AI Act just weeks before it comes into force, according to a new report from Arthur Cox. The law firm's Governing AI report found that 97 per cent of organisations it surveyed are already using some form of AI, though o

Ireland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched new guides as well as a practical framework designed to help organisations comply with the EU's NIS2 Directive. The launch of the new set of proposed 'risk management measures' (RMMs) as well as the 'Cyber Fundamentals' framework (CyFun) m

More than two dozen barristers have joined an Irish MEP to call for an urgent review of continued EU trade with Israel. A petition launched by Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South, has been backed and co-signed by Cormac Ó Dúlacháin SC, Cl&i

William Fry lawyers Susan Walsh, Rachel Hayes and Louisa Muldowney consider the EU's new cybersecurity plan for the health sector. The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation on its action plan for the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare. The action plan was identified as a pr

The Irish government has said it will fully implement an EU law at the centre of a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the "very near future". The European Commission yesterday referred Ireland and two other EU member states to the Luxembourg court over an alleged failur

Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over its alleged failure to comply with its obligations under the Terrorist Content Online Regulation. The TCO Regulation came into force in June 2022 and requires that terrorist content in the EU is taken down by online

A new Criminal Justice International Cooperation Office is to be established to support Ireland's cooperation with law enforcement agencies across the European Union. The Criminal Justice (International Cooperation Office) Bill 2025 will establish the new office and set out its powers in line with t