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Horizon Scanner: Energy Planning Infrastructure And Construction April 2026 - Construction And Engineering

The High Court granted an application to enforce an adjudicator's decision in BMC Renovation Ltd ("contractor") v Gael Property Investments Ltd ("employer") [2026] IEHC 195 (PDF 328KB).

Ireland Real Estate

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Arthur Cox

Horizon Scanner: Energy Planning Infrastructure And Construction April 2026 - Employment

The Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026 (PDF 467KB) was signed into law on 31 March.

Ireland Employment

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Arthur Cox

Data Transfers In 2025: A Review

This briefing provides an overview and summary of the key developments in international data transfers that took place over the course of 2025.

Worldwide Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Delete And Disclose: EDPB CEF 2025 & 2026

The European Data Protection Board has launched its 2026 Coordinated Enforcement Framework action focusing on transparency and information obligations under Articles 12-14 GDPR, following its 2025...

Ireland Privacy

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McCann Fitzgerald

Age Assurance: A Targeted Regulatory Trajectory Emerges

Ireland Privacy

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William Fry

CJEU Clarifies Direct Marketing Rules Under ePrivacy Directive

Ireland Privacy

M

Matheson

Europe's Digital Rulebook: Key Changes To The AI Act And GDPR

Ireland Technology

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William Fry

EU Digital Omnibus Regulations – What Has Been Proposed?

European Union Privacy

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Matheson

The Era Of Identity Assurance: FAQs On Europe's Digital Identity Wallet

European Union Privacy

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William Fry

A DPC Toolkit For Vulnerable People

Ireland Privacy

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RDJ LLP

Data Act Deep Dive: Part 5 – B2C Notice And Transparency Requirements

Ireland Privacy

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William Fry

Data Protection Enforcement In Ireland: Recent DPC Decisions

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Deep Dive On New Child Online Safety Guidelines: Is Your Online Platform Ready?

Ireland Privacy

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William Fry

Ireland's First Representative Action: ICCL v Microsoft

Ireland Consumer

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McCann Fitzgerald

Legal News - April 26

Ireland Commercial

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William Fry

Horizon Scanner: Energy Planning Infrastructure And Construction March 2026 - Construction And Engineering

Ireland Real Estate

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Arthur Cox

Managing AI Risk In Irish Litigation

Ireland Technology

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William Fry

M&A Full Year Review 2025

Ireland Commercial

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William Fry

Horizon Scanner Finance April 2026 - European Developments

Ireland Finance

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Arthur Cox

AI vs. Privacy: German Court Rules Meta's Legitimate Interest Prevails

In a recent decision from the Higher Regional Court of Cologne (Oberlandesgericht Köln, OLG), a request by Verbraucherzentrale NRW (NRW) – a non-profit organization focused on consumers rights...

Ireland Technology

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Rouse

DPC Publishes Annual Report For 2024

The Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC") recently published its Annual Report for 2024 ("Report"). As usual, the Report contains some interesting trends, statistics, and insights into the DPC's regulatory activities...

Ireland Privacy

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Matheson

Client Update: May 2025 - Digital And Data Regulation

The European Commission (Commission) announced preliminarily findings that Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos have breached the DSA. The findings relate to a lack of measures to ensure safeguarding of minors.

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

The Innovation Race In Pharma And Healthcare Sectors

In the search for next generation therapies, we are seeing a number of trends emerge in the pharma and healthcare sectors; a shift towards digitalisation, embracing artificial intelligence (AI)...

Ireland Healthcare

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William Fry

Personal Data On The Chain: EDPB Guidelines For Blockchain Technologies

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Belgian DPA Decision Raises Questions Over EU-US FATCA Arrangements

Worldwide Privacy

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McCann Fitzgerald

DPC Launches Investigation Into X's Data Usage For AI Training

Ireland Technology

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William Fry

Dawn Raids In Ireland: Part 2 – Disputes Relating To Seized Data

Ireland Anti-trust

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Addleshaw Goddard

Data Privacy Comparative Guide

Ireland Privacy

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Pembroke Privacy

In AI We Trust: Bridging AI's Trust Gap In The Workplace

Ireland Technology

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Matheson

Balancing GDPR Data Access Rights Against The Rights Of Others

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

A Balancing Act: New Guidance From The DPC On How To Deal With Mixed Personal Data In Subject Access Requests

Ireland Privacy

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RDJ LLP

A Practitioner's Guide To IT Outsourcing – A Review Of Risk And Reliance

Ireland Media & IT

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Arthur Cox

Part One: Harnessing The Power Of Data Under The Data Act

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Balancing GDPR Data Access Rights Against The Rights Of Others

One of the most common challenges faced by controllers, and consistently the most complained about topic to the Data Protection Commission ("DPC"), is the right of access.

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

A Balancing Act: New Guidance From The DPC On How To Deal With Mixed Personal Data In Subject Access Requests

Understanding when an organisation is separately entitled or obliged to restrict access to personal data pursuant to a data access request continues to be one of the main areas of confusion for data controllers.

Ireland Privacy

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RDJ LLP

A Practitioner's Guide To IT Outsourcing – A Review Of Risk And Reliance

In the fourth and penultimate article of our mini-series ‘A Practitioners Guide to IT Outsourcing', Rhiannon Monahan, an Associate Director within our Governance and Consulting Services Group...

Ireland Media & IT

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Arthur Cox

Part One: Harnessing The Power Of Data Under The Data Act

Users of connected products (from connected cars to wind turbines) and data processing services (from SaaS to IaaS) create vast quantities of data when using these products and services.

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Navigating Age Assurance In The Online World: A Statement From The EDPB

European Union Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Key Developments In Online Age Verification Laws

The legislative approach to online age verification at both an Irish and EU level has been subject to significant recent developments, moving from a lack of any clear or strict obligations...

European Union Privacy

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Arthur Cox

(Un)Lawful Data Scraping + Personal Data = Data Protection, Contractual And Other Rules Apply

Following their engagement with social media companies (SMCs) and other key stakeholders, the regulators issued a concluding joint statement (Concluding Statement). The Concluding Statement builds on the initial.

Ireland Privacy

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William Fry

Significant GDPR Enforcement In Ireland

For those with an interest in data privacy matters, Ireland has recently been a focal point of activity in this area. In September and October 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC)...

Ireland Privacy

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Rouse

Important Lessons To Be Learned From PSNI Data Breach

Protecting personal data is more than a regulatory obligation – it is a fundamental responsibility that every organisation must take seriously to ensure the safety and privacy of the people behind the data.

Ireland Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Legal Rights Of The Undead: The Spooky Implications Of Legacy AI

Ireland Privacy

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William Fry

Data Protection - Technology And Innovation Client Update: July To September 2024

Worldwide Privacy

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Arthur Cox

Data Privacy Comparative Guide

Ireland Privacy

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Matteo Bruno Freelance Lawyer

Impact Of The AI Act On Workplace Practices

Ireland Technology

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Maples Group

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: EDPB Publishes FAQs

Worldwide Privacy

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McCann Fitzgerald

The Digital Euro Project: ECB Moves To Next Phase

Ireland Privacy

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William Fry

European Regulators Chime In On The Interplay Between Data Protection And AI

European Union Privacy

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William Fry

AI, ChatGPT And The EDPB: Regulatory Insights From Taskforce Report

European Union Privacy

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William Fry

Irish Chapter Of Digital Business 2024

European Union Technology

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Byrne Wallace

DPC 2023 Annual Report: More Complaints, Queries And Record Fines

Ireland Privacy

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Byrne Wallace

Investigations, Dawn Raids, Legal Professional Privilege And Privacy - Recent Developments

Ireland Anti-trust

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McCann Fitzgerald

DPC Publishes Annual Report For 2023

Ireland Privacy

M

Matheson

GDPR Turns Six: Six Things To Expect And Plan For

European Union Privacy

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William Fry

EDPB Launches Its Third Coordinated Enforcement Framework

European Union Privacy

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McCann Fitzgerald

Spotlight On AI (Video)

Ireland Technology

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RDJ LLP

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RDJ LLP

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