Eu Law

David Conlan Smyth SC, Anna Bazarchina BL, William Morrin BL and Patrick Fitzgerald BL – members of the EU Bar Association of Ireland – unpick the legal hurdles and steps involved in Ukraine becoming a member state of the European Union. On 28 February 2022, just four days after being in

The Irish government has welcomed progress on new EU rules for non-financial reporting by companies on environmental, social, human rights and governance matters. The EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels has agreed to enhanced measures backed by the European Commission and will now enter discussio

Elena Vassileva, senior associate at Ronan Daly Jermyn, examines new EU proposals for the regulation of artificial intelligence. Our world is increasingly technology centric, offering unlimited opportunities with just the click of a button. As a result, artificial intelligence (AI), which aims to cr

Hungary and Poland have failed in legal challenges to EU rules that allow for funds to be withheld from member states that fail to protect the rule of law. The rule of law conditionality regulation provides that the European Council may, at the request of the European Commission, adopt measures in r

Ireland could be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) if it does not bring the law on alarm and signal weapons – which are used to fire blanks or pyrotechnics – in line with an EU directive. The European Commission has sent a reasoned opinion to Ireland, Bulgaria

Ryanair has lost an appeal against an English court ruling that it must compensate customers whose flights are cancelled as a result of strike action. The Court of Appeal in London this week upheld the High Court's earlier ruling in April 2021, which held that the Irish airline must compensate thous

The Irish Society for European Law (ISEL) will next month host a careers event highlighting opportunities for Irish lawyers within the EU. The Zoom webinar will be chaired by Judge Eugene Regan of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and will hear from speakers:

Irish legal academic Professor Suzanne Kingston SC has been appointed as a judge of the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Professor Kingston has been a member of faculty at UCD Sutherland School of Law since 2007. Since 2015, she has led a major European Research Co

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban has said his government will keep its controversial immigration laws, in defiance of an EU ruling. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) last month ruled that Hungary's law criminalising lawyers and activists who helped asylum seekers fell foul of EU

Ireland could allow multinational companies to defer the disclosure of certain tax information which must be made public under a new EU directive for up to five years under proposals put out to consultation. The government has launched a public consultation on Ireland's implementation of EU Directiv

People working in the so-called "gig economy", such as Deliveroo riders and Uber drivers, could gain formal employment rights under proposals from the European Commission. A proposed EU Directive would ensure that people working through digital labour platforms are granted the legal employment statu

Professor Imelda Maher has been appointed as the Emile Noel GlobalFellow at the Jean Monnet Center, New York University School of Law. While a Fellow at the Center from January to June 2022, Professor Maher will undertake research on law and hope, focusing on the preamble and early provisions of the

A new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence will be established at Dublin City University (DCU) following a funding award by the European Commission. REBUILD – which stands for Recovery of Europe, Budget of the Union: Integration, Law & Democracy – has been funded under the Erasmus+ progr

Hungary and Poland have been dealt a blow in their legal challenge to EU rules cutting funding for member states that fail to protect the rule of law after an advocate-general sided with the European Parliament and Council. The two member states had brought actions before the Court of Justice of the

Matheson partner Kate McKenna has been elected as chairperson of the Irish Society for European Law (ISEL). Ms McKenna, partner in the firm's EU, competition and regulatory law group, will serve a two-year term as chairperson, succeeding barrister and law lecturer Dr Aoife Beirne BL.