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The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) may take Dublin Airport's 32 million passenger cap into account when allocating take-off and landing slots, an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has said. Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona yesterday gave his opinion on questions

Matheson partner Kate McKenna explores the details of a proposed new EU telecommunications regulation. On 21 January 2026, the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation for the Digital Networks Act (DNA).

The European Parliament has voted to add stronger protections for European farmers to the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Ireland voted against the trade deal with the South American trading bloc, largely due to the opposition of Irish farmers, but most EU member states support it.

WhatsApp Ireland can bring an EU court challenge to the imposition of a €225 million GDPR fine which followed an investigation by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The General Court had previously held that any challenge to the 202

Matheson partners Emma Doherty and Pat English examine a proposed new pan-EU company structure. “EU-Inc” is a proposed form of pan-European private company. The proposal represents the most recent iteration of the EU’s commitment to the single market and its commitment to establish

Meta is facing EU action after being told that excluding third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp while promoting its own Meta AI breaches EU competition law. The European Commission is proposing to impose interim measures on Meta in relation to the change to its WhatsApp Business Solution Terms, whi

TikTok is too addictive, according to the European Commission, which has preliminarily found the video-sharing platform in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission's findings follow an investigation launched in February 2024 focused on design features such as infinite scroll, autopla

A not-for-profit initiative operated by Dublin City University has been registered as Ireland's first data altruism organisation under an EU framework. Elec-tarrifs.ie is the first organisation to be registered by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in its role as the designate

The Irish government has set out more details about its plans to implement the EU AI Act, including through the creation of an AI Office of Ireland. The general scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 was published by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment yesterd

William Fry partners Jason Milne and Michelle Martin welcome legal clarity on anonymous requests for access to environmental information. On 15 January 2026, the Court of Justice issued judgment in C-129/24 Coillte Cuideachta Ghníomhaíochta Ainmnithe following a request for a prelimina

Businesses can now freely exchange data between the EU and Brazil following the adoption of mutual adequacy decisions under data protection laws. The adoption of the mutual adequacy decisions by the European Commission and Brazil follows an opinion by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and th

The European Commission has launched a new investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X in light of the international scandal around the creation and dissemination of AI-generated sexually-explicit images of women and children. The investigation under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) will

Dozens of Polish and Lithuanian citizens convicted of criminal offences have been removed from the State by charter flight at a cost of €122,000. Yesterday's operation removed 17 Polish citizens (16 men and one woman) and 16 Lithuanian citizens (15 men and one woman), ranging in age from early

Karyn Harty, Lesley Caplin and Aaron McCarthy of Dentons consider whether EU law permits member states to ban social media for under-16s. Australia's ban on under-16s using major social media services came into force in December. Hot on the heels of this news, President Macron announced that France

Ireland remains firmly at the centre of European enforcement of the GDPR, according to a new report from DLA Piper. The eighth edition of the global law firm's annual GDPR fines and data breach survey reveals that GDPR enforcement across Europe remained consistently high throughout 2025, with regula