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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | Aaron Boyle |Joanelle O'Cleirigh |Peter Woods |Ciara Dooley |Sarah Galvin |Edel Curry | +1 more
The European Commission set out its plan to increase sustainable and resilient production in Europe and to pursue competitiveness and decarbonisation, in a Clean Industrial Deal and an Action Plan for Affordable Energy. One of the areas earmarked for change is public procurement law. The Commission will make a proposal to revise the Public Procurement Framework. It describes the action as ‘revision of Public Procurement Directives to mainstream the use of non-price criteria’, to be done by Q4 2026.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Eve Mulconry |Keith Smith |Amelia Walsh |Edel Curry
Following on from the commitment to defamation reform in the Programme for Government 2025 – SecuringIreland's Future, the Government's Spring 2025 LegislationProgramme places the enactment of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 (the"Bill") firmly back on the legislativeagenda. The Bill, originally published in August 2024, had lapsedfollowing the dissolution of the previous government in November2024.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Eve Mulconry |Keith Smith |Amelia Walsh |Edel Curry |Emily Dornan
Following on from the commitment to defamation reform in the Programme for Government 2025 – Securing Ireland’s Future, the Government’s Spring 2025 Legislation Programme places the enactment of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 (the “Bill”) firmly back on the legislative agenda. The Bill, originally published in August 2024, had lapsed following the dissolution of the previous government in November 2024.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Richard WILLIS |Keith Smith |Edel Curry |Emily Dornan
Section 66 of the Act inserts Section 793A into the Companies
Act 2014 which creates a new category 2 criminal offence relating
to obstructing or interfering with an officer of the CEA in the
course of exercising a power conferred on them under the Companies
Act 2014 or impeding an officer in the exercise of their power
under the Companies Act 2014. The offence of obstruction would
cover non-search warrant or non-production offences.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Olivia Mullooly |Keith Smith |Rachel Benson |Edel Curry
Earlier this year the Irish government announced that a constitutional referendum
will take place in June 2024 on Ireland's participation in the
Unified Patent Court ("UPC"). A bill to
give practical effect to the proposed constitutional amendment, if
it is passed, was published on 15 February 2024.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Olivia Mullooly |Keith Smith |Rachel Benson |Edel Curry
Earlier this year the Irish government announced that a constitutional referendum will take place in June 2024 on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”). A bill to give practical effect to the proposed constitutional amendment, if it is passed, was published on 15 February 2024.
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Maedhbh Clancy |Edel Curry
The EU Council adopted the 12th package of EU
sanctions against Russia on 18 December 2023.
Key measures include:
A direct ban on diamonds exported from Russia
from 1 January 2024. An indirect import ban on Russian diamonds
processed in third countries (to be phased-in between 1 March and 1
September 2024).
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Aaron Boyle |Joanelle O'Cleirigh |William Curry |Peter Woods |Ciara Dooley |Sinead Flanagan | +3 more
Several recent judgments from Irish courts will be of interest to those conducting or competing in public procurement competitions, which we look at under the headings below: Court lifts Automatic Suspension of Search and Rescue ContractThe High Court again commented on the ramifications of automatic suspension, which is triggered if an unsuccessful bidder issues legal proceedings to challenge the outcome of a procurement process.
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Aug 8, 2023 | lexology.com | Aaron Boyle |Joanelle O'Cleirigh |William Curry |Peter Woods |Ciara Dooley |Sinead Flanagan | +3 more
Several recent judgments from Irish courts will be of interest to those conducting or competing in public procurement competitions, which we look at under the headings below: Court lifts Automatic Suspension of Search and Rescue ContractThe High Court again commented on the ramifications of automatic suspension, which is triggered if an unsuccessful bidder issues legal proceedings to challenge the outcome of a procurement process.
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Jul 4, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Maedhbh Clancy |Edel Curry
The eleventh package of EU sanctions against Russia was
finalised last week and published in the Official Journal on Friday
23 June.
Key Targets / Restrictions
Key aspects of this latest round of sanctions include:
Asset Freeze: Adding 71 individuals
and 33 entities to the list of persons who are subject to
asset freezes and who cannot have funds and economic resources made
available to them.
