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New legislation on Garda powers will respond to judgments from the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2025 was published just after Christmas and will modernise and consolidate the statutory basis for certain Garda powers, inc

Former EU commissioner Thierry Breton is among five individuals who have been banned from entering the US in an escalation of the Trump administration's war against regulation of US tech companies. In a statement issued yesterday, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the five individuals "have led

The European Commission has extended Ireland's derogation under the Nitrates Directive for a further three years. The three-year extension, beginning 1 January 2026, is subject to additional conditions, including the evaluation of environmental impacts.

A crucial part of the legal framework for the free flow of personal data between the EU and the UK post-Brexit has been extended until 2031. The European Commission has renewed the two 2021 adequacy decisions under which the UK's legal framework for data protection is recognised as meeting standards

Ireland has been referred back to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over its alleged continued failure to comply with a judgment on the treatment of urban waste water. The court ruled in March 2019 that Ireland had breached the requirements of the EU’s Urban Waste Water Treatme

Google is facing an EU competition probe over its use of online content to help power its generative AI systems, including AI summaries on search result pages. The European Commission will investigate whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and

The Irish government has welcomed progress towards the establishment of a new EU-wide deportation mechanism. Jim O'Callaghan yesterday met with his European counterparts in Brussels to discuss a range of security and migration issues at the Justice and Home Affairs Council.

Elon Musk's social media platform X has been fined €120 million by the European Commission for breaches of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), including over its paid "blue checkmark" system. Originally introduced to verify the identity of high-profile users such as celebrities and journalists,

Ireland has been highly ranked in a new report for its implementation of judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The report, produced by Democracy Reporting International in collaboration with the European Implementation Network

Ireland is in breach of its obligations under EU water protection law, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. In a judgment handed down last Thursday, the court identified serious non-compliances with the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), introduced in 2000.

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.