Eu Law

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.

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