COVID-19 has prompted lawyers to rapidly familiarise themselves with the legal framework governing virtual closings and remote signings in a remote work environment. There is no doubt that COVID-19 ...

A law that imposes a windfall tax on profits made by energy companies as a result of big increases in wholesale gas prices as a result of the war in Ukraine has come into effect from today (2 August).

Kim O’Neill has been appointed as partner in the Eversheds Sutherland LLP Dublin projects-and-construction group. O’Neill joins from another large Irish corporate firm and brings almost a decade of ...

An EU directive aimed at achieving a more balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies across all member states has come into force. The European Commission says that the current ...

Solicitor Máire Conneely will make her declaration as a judge of the District Court this morning in the Supreme Court. And solicitor Brendan O'Reilly will make his declaration as a judge of the ...

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into social-media platform TikTok under legislation aimed at providing stronger protection for users of digital services. The commission is to ...

The Minister for Housing has signed an order putting into effect new legislation on tenancies and licences for student-specific accommodation. Darragh O’Brien said that the bill was a response to a ...

Workers in the security industry are set to receive a pay rise from 1 July under a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO). Emer Higgins (Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail) has ...

The latest Child Law Project report shows a continuing difficulty with finding suitable care placements for children in care, with added difficulties in securing social workers and support services.

The EU’s 'common charging' requirements for mobile phone and other similar electronic devices have come into effect since 28 December. These requirements will also apply to laptops as of 28 April 2026 ...

An Eversheds Sutherland briefing note on the issue of delay in the Irish court system says that the matters has been a long-standing concern, often leading to prolonged proceedings and increased costs ...

An EU court has annulled a decision by the European Commission to impose a fine of almost €1.5 billion on Google. The fine, imposed in 2019, had centred on contracts linked to an online advertising ...