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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.

Hamas should not have been removed from the European list of terrorist organisations, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. It held that the General Court should not have cancelled Hamas’ listing on the ground that the European Council had failed to authenticate by means of a s

An international consultation is set to take place on proposals for Irish grass-fed beef to receive protected geographic indication (PGI) status within the EU. An application for PGI status was submitted by Bord Bia on behalf of Irish farmers and is expected to be published by the European Commissio

A legal challenge brought by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer to Irish data retention laws has been bolstered by an opinion from an advocate-general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Hungary broke EU law by making it an offence for people or groups to help migrants and refugees apply for asylum, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The country erected a razor-wire barrier on the border with Serbia and Croatia in in 2015 as one million people, most of whom were f

Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for its alleged failure to comply with the requirements of the EU Drinking Water Directive. The European Commission said it made the referral because the level of the chemical substance trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking

Legislation to improve the independence of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) in light of an EU court ruling has been published by the government. The Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021 provides for a number of amendments to the legislation that

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld an EU Commission decision to fine Google €2.4 billion for breaches of competition law. It was held that Google had abused a dominant position in the European market by favouring its own comparison shopping service over competing compa

The General Court of the European Union has upheld a €2.42 billion fine imposed on Google by the European Commission in 2017. The Commission found that Google had abused its dominant position on the market for online general search services in 13 countries in the EEA by favouring its own compar

The Irish Journal of European Law has issued a call for original papers for its 2022 volume. The journal, published since 1992, welcomes submissions on all areas of European law, including EU law and European law in the wider sense, from established scholars, early career researchers, students and p

Poland is set for a fresh confrontation with the European Union after its top court ruled that the Polish constitution has primacy over EU law. The Constitutional Tribunal yesterday ruled by a 12-2 majority that articles 1 and 19 of the EU treaties – respectively establishing the powers of the

A new book by Professor Federico Fabbrini, director of the DCU Brexit Institute and full professor of EU law at the DCU School of Law and Government, provides the first comprehensive academic analysis of the new terms of EU-UK relations post-Brexit. Launched today, The Law & Politics of Brexit V

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is set to rule in November on whether extraditions between EU member states and the UK must go ahead following Brexit. A case referred to the court by the Irish Supreme Court seeks to clarify whether the surrender provisions of the Withdrawal Agreeme

The Irish judge on the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recused himself from a case concerning legislation he debated in his former role as a Fine Gael senator after it was brought to his attention by a newspaper. The Supreme Court referred an appeal by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer to the Euro