Jul 2025
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The Capital Requirements Directive, as recently amended, introduces new obligations for the management bodies of EU credit institutions. They must now develop and oversee detailed plans to address financial risks linked to ESG factors.
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The European Commission is currently revisiting its guidelines on merger control. This reflects changes in the nature of European markets and a shift in European Union policy around specific areas such as digitalisation, market power, and sustainability.
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The countdown is on to the commencement of the European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EU) 2023/1115 (the Regulation). The Regulation will apply to large and medium-sized undertakings across the EU from 30 December 2025, and to micro and small entities from 30 June 2026.
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On 28 May 2025, new regulations were published to implement the EU’s Gender Balance on Boards Directive. These rules introduce gender quotas to improve board diversity in listed companies.
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It’s been impossible to escape reporting of the introduction by the new United States (US) Government administration of a series of US Executive Orders (EO) which are aimed at scaling back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and private sector.
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The EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) became operational today, 1 July 2025. It was established in 2024 under the European Commission’s anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) package.
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On 24 June 2025, Ireland's National Cyber Security Centre published a set of proposed Risk Management Measures and launched Cyber Fundamentals, a framework designed to assist organisations to comply with the EU’s Directive (EU) 2022/2555.
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Irish local authorities are due to have made all of their decisions on this year’s Residential Zoned Land Tax maps by 1 July.
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On 14 February 2025, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) issued a significant decision in Paul Lingard v Randridge International Ltd (In Examinership) concerning the employment status of a construction / civil works manager and his entitlement to unpaid wages under the Payment of Wages Act, 1991 (the Act).
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The European Commission has formally approved proposals to sign and conclude an EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement.
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