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17/07/2026 Awards Fintan Kerins, Senior Associate in our Aviation and Asset Finance Group, has been recognised as a Rising Star 2026: Europe by Ishka Airfinance, which identifies promising and high-performing legal professionals working in the aviation sector. Fintan advises international and domestic clients on aircraft leasing, secured financing, structured finance, securitisation and debt restructuring transactions.

In this episode of our podcast, Jennifer Duffy and Aaron Tangney, Senior Associates in our Financial Regulation Group, discuss what firms need to know when seeking regulatory authorisation in Ireland. They explore why Ireland continues to attract a broad range of applicants seeking authorisation as payment institutions, e-money institutions, MiFID investment firms and crypto-asset service providers, and examine the role of the Central Bank of Ireland as a supervisory authority.

16/07/2026 Events Environment Ireland is Ireland’s major environmental policy and management conference. Now in its 22nd year, the event features a range of focused sessions highlighting the pressing issues facing the environment in Ireland and further afield. Bringing together Ireland’s environment stakeholders in one place, the conference provides a wide range of expert speakers examining the overall state of our environment and its future outlook.

16/07/2026 Deals We acted as legal counsel to the joint lead managers (Bank of America, BNP Paribas and MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V.) and as drafting counsel on the STS securitisation of a portfolio of Irish auto finance receivables originated by Finance Ireland. The €365m transaction, which was oversubscribed, is Finance Ireland’s third and largest securitisation to date, reflecting robust investor demand and confidence in the Irish auto finance market.

EU provisions on flexible connection agreements and grid information requirements have been transposed in Irish law by European Union (Electricity Market Design) Regulations 2026 (the “Regulations”).

The revised framework represents the most significant overhaul of the EU’s foreign investment screening regime since the introduction of the original FDI Screening Regulation in October 2020. The FDI Regulation addresses significant differences which persisted between national screening mechanisms in relation to scope, jurisdictional thresholds, review procedures and timelines.

On 14 July 2026, the Cabinet approved the publication of the General Scheme of the Pregnancy Loss Leave Bill 2026. The proposed legislation would introduce, for the first time in Irish law, a statutory entitlement to five days’ paid leave per year for an employee who experiences pregnancy loss before 23 weeks’ gestation. Employees who experience a stillbirth from 23 weeks’ gestation are already entitled to maternity leave under existing legislation.

15/07/2026 Events The full-day event will bring together senior in-house and private practice lawyers to explore the challenges and opportunities facing multinational employers and their counsel across the region. Sarah Faulkner, Partner in our Employment Group, will speak during the session titled ‘Disability rewritten – How courts are expanding protections for invisible conditions’. For more on the event, please visit the IEL website.

The CRU is seeking views on supplementary information on Grid Code modification MPID 345 (PDF 17.8 MB) and the impact that the proposed compliance and derogation framework will have on demand customers’ businesses. Further documents are available on the consultation page.

The CRU is seeking views on supplementary information on Grid Code modification MPID 345 (PDF 17.8 MB) and the impact that the proposed compliance and derogation framework will have on demand customers’ businesses. Further documents are available on the consultation page.