21 Feb, 2024 DSA: What's happening on the ground in Ireland? By Emer McEntaggart Darach Connolly Gavin Woods Claire O'Brien Sarah Kelly +2 more... Show less What is the latest news? This week, the Irish Digital Services Act 2024 (Irish DSA) formally entered into law to give further effect to...
15 Jan, 2024 Ireland Launches New Agri-Food Regulator to Tackle Unfair Trading Practices By Darach Connolly Jo Kane As 2024 begins, large players in the CGFR sector active in Ireland will need to navigate a new and ambitious regulator governing the...
30 Jun, 2023 Digital Services Act: Zalando challenges VLOP designation By Emer McEntaggart Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Heidi Waem +1 more... Show less In this post, we look at what constitutes a very large online platform (VLOP) or very large online search engine (VLOSE), who has been...
22 Jun, 2023 Media Commission in Ireland announces its plans for online safety and implementation of the Digital Services Act for 2023 By Emer McEntaggart Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Michael Twomey +1 more... Show less On 20 June, the Media Commission in Ireland (Commission), three months after its establishment under the Online Safety and Media...
28 Mar, 2023 DSA: A new era for online dispute resolution – with an Irish twist By Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Michael Twomey There are many perspectives on the challenges of dealing with illegal content online. Complainants have had to weigh up if reporting a...
23 Feb, 2023 Ireland enacts its Online Safety and Media Regulation Act and appoints its first Media Commission By Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Emer McEntaggart CHANGE IS HERE After many years of debate, Ireland has finally adopted bold new rules on online content which are expected to...
26 Oct, 2022 What does the new EU Terrorist Content Regulation mean for Hosting Service Providers? By Emer McEntaggart Darach Connolly On 7 June 2022, a new EU-wide regime to ensure the swift take-down of online terrorist content within one hour – on pain of civil fine –...
06 Jul, 2022 Life Sciences update for Ireland: Watch out for major changes to the competition rules By Darach Connolly On 29 June 2022, Ireland enacted major reforms to its Competition Act. These changes could have a significant impact across most sectors...