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The Central Bank of Ireland has become the first entity in the State to be named a "trusted flagger" under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). As a trusted flagger, the Central Bank will be able to notify online platforms about illegal content, which they are then legally obliged to deal with as a ma

Sustainability-focused funds continue to be on the rise in the EU in spite of "growing anti-ESG sentiment", according to a new report from the Maples Group. A review of over 27,000 funds across the two largest fund domiciles in the EU, Ireland and Luxembourg, has revealed how the Sustainable Finance

The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against Ireland over its alleged failure to correctly dispose the Landfill Directive. The Landfill Directive, first introduced in 1999 and amended in 2011 and 2018, sets standards for landfills to prevent adverse effects on human health, wa

The UK's ban on industrial sandeel fishing will continue after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruled on a legal challenge brought by the European Union. The EU alleged that the closure of Scottish and English waters to sandeel fishing breached the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement.

Legislative plans for the "most significant reform of Irish asylum laws in the history of the State" have been set out by the minister for justice. Jim O'Callaghan yesterday secured government approval to publish the general scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025, which will ultimately rep

Businesses will have to file much less paperwork when the EU's landmark deforestation law comes into force than originally envisaged.

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

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

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

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

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

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has determined that changes to the UK’s ‘release on licence’ regime did not amount to the retroactive imposition of a heavier penalty such as to preclude the surrender of a man alleged to have committed terrorist offences in Norther

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

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.

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,