Whistleblowing

The Court of Appeal has determined that once a complaint is made to the Workplace Relations Commission, it operates as a complete bar to seeking redress in tort under s.13(1) of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Niamh Hyland confirmed: &

Interim guidance for public sector employees and prescribed persons on the handling of reports made to them under the Protected Disclosures Act has been published. The Protected Dislosures Act 2014 provides for a framework of statutory protections for whistleblowers in Ireland. The Act has been subs

Stronger protections for whistleblowers are set to come into effect from the start of next year. Michael McGrath, the minister for public expenditure and reform, yesterday signed a commencement order bringing the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 into force from 1 January 2023.

The vast majority of industry professionals do not believe white collar crime is sufficiently enforced in Ireland, according to a recent survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran. A survey of over 200 attendees at the firm's recent whistleblowing and white collar crime webinar found that

Legislation strengthening protections for whistleblowers in Ireland has been enacted. The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive into Irish law, and extends the scope of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 to provide protections for volunteers, shar

Two-thirds of Irish employers have taken no steps to put a disclosure channel in place in advance of new whistleblowing legislation, a survey conducted by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP suggests. The business law firm surveyed 230 HR professionals from the public and private sectors at a recent webina

William Fry partners Jeffrey Greene and Nuala Clayton consider the latest case law on whistleblowing in Ireland. With Ireland due to implement the EU Whistleblowing Directive in the coming months, the Supreme Court has recently issued a key decision regarding what constitutes a protected disclosure

A draft bill to strengthen protections for whistleblowers in Ireland has been published. The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 will transpose the EU Whistleblowing Directive into Irish law, and will extend the scope of existing laws to provide protections for volunteers, shareholders, boar

The draft heads of a bill to strengthen protections for whistleblowers and transpose the EU Whistleblowing Directive into Irish law have been published. The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill will bring volunteers, unpaid trainees, board members, shareholders and job applicants within the scope

Dr Lauren Kierans, a qualified barrister and expert in whistleblowing law, has joined Maynooth University as a law lecturer. Dr Kierans, whose monograph Whistleblowing and the Protected Disclosures Act in Ireland: Law Rights and Policy will be published early next year by Clarus Press, will commence

US law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP, along with the National Whistleblower Center, Whistleblowing International, and the European Center for Whistleblower Rights, has made recommendations to the Irish government for the new whistleblower law. The legislation is currently being drafted to fulf

The High Court has refused an appeal from a determination of the Labour Court taken by an employee who claimed that he was being disciplined for having made protection disclosures. Background