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EU Introduces Mandatory Withdrawal Button For Online Consumer Contracts

The EU's new withdrawal button requirement will fundamentally reshape how online traders interact with consumers across member states. From June 2026, businesses offering digital contracts must implement a two-step withdrawal function that allows consumers to exercise their 14-day cooling-off period with unprecedented ease. What technical, operational, and legal changes must traders implement to meet these obligations, and what are the consequences of non-compliance?

Ireland Consumer

RL

RDJ LLP

Navigating The Evolving Product Liability Landscape: Part 2 - Consequences For Irish Businesses

The Product Liability Directive EU 2024/2853 introduces sweeping changes to Irish product liability law, expanding definitions to include software and digital products, introducing new categories of compensable damage, and establishing rebuttable presumptions that shift the burden of proof. How will these modernized protections impact Irish businesses operating in technology, medical devices, and digital services sectors as they navigate increased compliance obligations and extended liability exposure?

Ireland Consumer

DE

Dillon Eustace

Navigating the Evolving Product Liability Landscape. Part 1 - Key Changes under the New Directive

The European Union's Product Liability Directive, unchanged for four decades, is undergoing a comprehensive transformation to address modern challenges including digital products, AI systems, and global supply chains.

Ireland Consumer

DE

Dillon Eustace

The European Union (Empowering Consumers For The Green Transition) Regulations 2026 - Key Implications For Businesses

The European Union (Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition) Regulations 2026 (SI No. 124 of 2026) (the "Regulations")...

Ireland Consumer

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Horizon Scanner Finance April 2026 - Irish Developments

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

The Consumer Protection Code Comes Into Force

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

World Consumer Rights Day (Part 1): Digital Fairness Act - The Road To Fitness For Online Consumers?

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

World Consumer Rights Day (Part 3): Mandatory Withdrawal Button Coming June 2026

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

CJEU Reiterates The Strength Of Consumers’ Termination Rights In Magyar Telekom v NMHH

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 22/01/2026

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

Won't Someone Please Think Of The Consumers – Increased Focus On Consumer Protection

European Union Consumer

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Evolving Product Liability And Safety Landscape: Recent And Upcoming Regulatory Developments

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

European Commission Publishes Guidelines On General Product Safety Regulation

European Union Consumer

M

Matheson

Consumer Protection Levy Rates For 2026 Published

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

The Maples Irish Employment Law Podcast – Legal Update For Employers In Ireland – AI Regulation Of Workforce Practices

Ireland Technology

MG

Maples Group

The Data Act – Part II: Key Considerations Regarding Cloud Switching

Ireland Privacy

M

Matheson

Cyberattacks Are An Imminent Threat During Ireland’s EU Presidency

Ireland Technology

M

Matheson

Inside The AI Act: In Conversation With Dr. Laura Caroli (Podcast)

Ireland Technology

WF

William Fry

Ordered To The Table: Irish Courts Confirm Power To Compel Mediation

Ireland Litigation

RL

RDJ LLP

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Consumer Law

Representative Actions In Ireland: Mid-Year 2026 Update

Ireland's collective litigation landscape is rapidly evolving with new qualified entities joining the register and the country's first representative action proceeding to trial. As third-party litigation funding recommendations loom on the horizon, businesses face an increasingly complex legal environment that demands careful attention to potential exposure and strategic risk assessment.

Ireland Litigation

AC

Arthur Cox

EU Introduces Mandatory Withdrawal Button For Online Consumer Contracts

The EU's new withdrawal button requirement will fundamentally reshape how online traders interact with consumers across member states. From June 2026, businesses offering digital contracts must implement a two-step withdrawal function that allows consumers to exercise their 14-day cooling-off period with unprecedented ease. What technical, operational, and legal changes must traders implement to meet these obligations, and what are the consequences of non-compliance?

Ireland Consumer

RL

RDJ LLP

Horizon Scanner Finance June 2026 - Irish Developments

On 5 March 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published a Discussion Paper (DP12) (PDF 1.4 MB) examining the use of DLT and tokenisation within Irish and European financial services, with a particular focus on investment funds, including money market funds and exchange-traded funds.

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Ireland As A Location For Payment Institutions 2026

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Priority Tech Legislation For Irish Government

Ireland Technology

M

Matheson

Section 18(4) CICA Commenced: Impact On Co-Insured Claims

Ireland Insurance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Horizon Scanner Finance May 2026 - Irish Developments

Ireland Insurance

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 30/04/2026

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

PSD3 And PSR: Final Compromise Texts Published

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

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Consumer Trading & Unfair Trading

Influencer Marketing In Ireland - A New Era Of Regulation And What It Means For You

Once the Wild West of advertising, influencer marketing in Ireland has matured into a powerful commercial channel now firmly under the watchful eye of regulators.

Ireland Media & IT

RL

RDJ LLP

Status Of The Agricultural And Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 Concerning Unfair Trading Practices

Following pre-legislative scrutiny, the Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 (Bill) was initiated before the Houses of the Oireachtas in December 2022. It is currently at Report Stage before the Dáil.

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

New Rules For The Agri-Food Sector

The European Union (Unfair Trading Practices in the agricultural and food supply chain) Regulations 2021 (the "Regulations") came into force on 1 July 2021.

European Union Healthcare

AC

Arthur Cox

New Grocery Regulations Add To Legal Complexity For Irish Food & Drink Sector

European Union Consumer

M

Matheson

UTP Regulations To Protect Agricultural And Food Producers

Ireland Healthcare

B

BHSM

Irish Pharmaceuticals – An Allegation Of Predatory Pricing

Ireland Anti-trust

DE

Dillon Eustace

Unfair Terms In Consumer Contracts – About Time For A ‘Health Check'?

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

Unfair Terms Regulations: Are Mortgages In Or Out Of Scope?

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Resolving The Mortgage Arrears Crisis (Volume 1/2017)

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

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Product Liability & Safety

Navigating The Evolving Product Liability Landscape: Part 2 - Consequences For Irish Businesses

The Product Liability Directive EU 2024/2853 introduces sweeping changes to Irish product liability law, expanding definitions to include software and digital products, introducing new categories of compensable damage, and establishing rebuttable presumptions that shift the burden of proof. How will these modernized protections impact Irish businesses operating in technology, medical devices, and digital services sectors as they navigate increased compliance obligations and extended liability exposure?

Ireland Consumer

DE

Dillon Eustace

Legal News – June 26

This monthly legal update from William Fry curates essential articles spanning technology transformation, foreign investment screening, product liability rulings, AI regulation developments, pension scheme complaints, building energy performance changes, insurance recovery frameworks, MiFID compliance expectations, and environmental assessment requirements.

Ireland Commercial

WF

William Fry

Navigating the Evolving Product Liability Landscape. Part 1 - Key Changes under the New Directive

The European Union's Product Liability Directive, unchanged for four decades, is undergoing a comprehensive transformation to address modern challenges including digital products, AI systems, and global supply chains.

Ireland Consumer

DE

Dillon Eustace

When Does The Clock Start? Key Takeaways From The CJEU’s Recent Sanofi Pasteur Judgment

Ireland Litigation

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Evolving Product Liability And Safety Landscape: Recent And Upcoming Regulatory Developments

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

European Commission Publishes Guidelines On General Product Safety Regulation

European Union Consumer

M

Matheson

The New EU Product Liability Directive: Key Changes And Implications For The Life Sciences Sector

Ireland Healthcare

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

LIfe Sciences Outlook 2025 - Litigation, Dispute Resolution And Products

Ireland Healthcare

AC

Arthur Cox

Update: Transposition Of Revised Product Liability Regime By 2026

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

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Consumer Credit

Financial Services Regulation 2025

Ireland is home to a wide variety of financial services providers. To support both providers and their customers, there is an array of financial services legislation...

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Horizon Scanner Finance December 2025 - Irish Developments

Member States were required to adopt national transposing legislation relating to the revised Consumer Credit Directive...

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

Department Of Finance Sets Direction On Ireland's Distance Marketing Rules

The Directive focuses on consumer financial services contracts concluded at a distance. It repeals Directive 2002/65/EC concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amends the 2011 Consumer Rights Directive...

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Landmark Ruling: UK Supreme Court Clarifies Consumer Rights In Motor Finance Agreements

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

EU Credit Servicing Directive – Amendment To Consumer Protection Code

European Union Consumer

M

Matheson

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 02/11/2023

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 21/09/2023

European Union Consumer

M

Matheson

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 22/06/2023

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Act 2022

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

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