Legal Updates & Insights

Apr 2020

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Brexit seemed the most difficult issue facing the UK and the European Union until both sides encountered the "life or death" COVID-19 crisis. 

Apr 2020

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The Courts Service of Ireland has scaled back and refined the activity of the Courts to assist in limiting the spread of COVID-19 by adjourning generally any non-urgent matters listed...

Apr 2020

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On 8 April 2020, the Government published legislation giving legal effect to the restrictions on movements introduced by its guidance of 27 and 28 March 2020. This legislation was necessary in order to give An...

Apr 2020

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Businesses in all sectors are facing very challenging times arising from the outset of, and reaction to COVID-19. With the challenges in some instances being unprecedented, directors of affected special...

Apr 2020

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The outbreak of COVID-19 continues to have a deep impact on businesses across all sectors. A growing number of companies are warning that they will fail to meet financial and...

Apr 2020

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The second and third week of the shutdown phase in Ireland saw the closure of more businesses, the enactment of more emergency legislation and the introduction of the Temporary Wage...

Apr 2020

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In our last update, we looked at the Betting Duty and Betting Intermediary (Amendment) Regulations 2020 which offer relief of up to €50,000 across a calendar year to bookmakers from the 2% Irish...

Apr 2020

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As discussed in our previous COVID-19 immigration update, due to COVID-19 any individual whose current Irish immigration permission is due to expire between 20 March and 20 May 2020 will be deemed to...

Apr 2020

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The COVID-19 crisis is having an unprecedented impact on the construction industry.

Apr 2020

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The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) issued a statement to consumers emphasising the importance of continued access to payments and normal payment processing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Irish regulated...