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The European Commission has proposed that 16 countries should be considered "safe countries of origin" for the purposes of asylum claims across the EU. The first-ever EU list of safe countries of origin would include Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as all EU

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Plans to promote collective bargaining in Ireland in line with new EU legislation have gone out for consultation. The EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages requires member states where the collective bargaining rate is less than a threshold of 80 per cent — which currently includes a majority

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Plans to transpose new EU rules on the enforcement of sanctions, introduced in response to Russia's continuing war against Ukraine, have been published by the government. The Department of Justice yesterday published the general scheme of the Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) B

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been asked whether ex-Catholics have a right under the GDPR to have their baptismal record erased upon request. A request for preliminary ruling was submitted in January by the Brussels Court of Appeal, which is hearing an appeal in a case brough

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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is inviting feedback on guidelines for microenterprises on their obligations under the new European Accessibility Act (EAA). The EEA enters into Irish law on 28 June 2025 and aims to increase the accessibility of a range of products and servi

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Austrian legislation requiring trainee lawyers to complete part of their training with a lawyer "established in Austria" violates EU free movement laws, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The court yesterday handed down its ruling on questions referred by the Supreme Court

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The Irish Journal of European Law has issued a call for papers for its 2025 edition. Published since 1992, the journal welcomes submissions on all areas of European law, including EU law and European law in the wider sense.

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The Irish government has welcomed EU plans to remove around 80 per cent of companies from the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The European Commission proposed as part of an "omnibus" package in February 2025 to amend the CSRD to exclude businesses with fewer than 1,

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The Irish government has set out plans for the "most significant reform of Irish asylum laws in decades". Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan today announced he will submit Ireland's national implementation plan for the controversial EU Asylum and Migration Pact to the European Commission.

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A video game company is facing EU enforcement action for allegedly pressuring children to buy virtual currency. The enforcement action taken by the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network and co-ordinated by the European Commission follows a complaint to a Swedish watchdog concerning the game

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Ian Cooper proposes a novel alternative to Canada joining the United States. The Liberal Party of Canada's new leader Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister last week. As a former central bank governor in Canada and the UK, Carney was chosen as the candidate with the skill and experie

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Plans for a new EU-wide legal framework for deportations, including to "return hubs" established in non-EU countries, have been condemned by human rights campaigners as "unworkable, expensive and inhumane". The European Commission yesterday proposed the establishment of a common European system for

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