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New Rules On Green Claims To Take Effect In Ireland – What Do Businesses Need To Know?

From September 2026, businesses making environmental claims in Ireland will face heightened regulatory scrutiny under new EU-transposed legislation designed to combat greenwashing. The regulations introduce specific offences for misleading sustainability claims and grant the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission expanded enforcement powers, including criminal penalties of up to EUR100,000 and imprisonment for non-compliance.

Ireland Consumer

DLA Piper

The Green Transition Directive: Financial Services Impact

The European Union's Green Transition Directive introduces sweeping changes to consumer protection law, targeting misleading environmental claims and sustainability labels across all sectors. Ireland's implementing regulations, effective September 2026, will prohibit generic green claims, require detailed verification of environmental promises, and ban sustainability labels lacking proper certification. Financial services firms must now navigate expanded rules on misleading practices, particularly regarding

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

Irish Transposition Of The Green Transition Directive

The EU's Green Transition Directive introduces stringent rules to combat greenwashing and misleading environmental claims in consumer markets. Irish businesses must now substantiate...

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

Consultation Launched On Restricting Promotions Of HFSS Products In Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's Food Standards Agency and Department of Health are consulting on new restrictions for promoting products high in fat, sugar and salt, aiming to align with UK-wide measures while grappling with which nutrient profiling model to adopt. The proposed regulations would limit volume price promotions, product placement in prominent retail locations, and free refill promotions for sugar-sweetened drinks, with enforcement handled by local councils.

Ireland Consumer

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019: What Section 18(4) Means For Insurers In Ireland

Ireland Insurance

M

Matheson

Ireland’s New Distance Financial Services Rules: What Businesses Need To Know

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

EU Distance Marketing Directive Transposed Into Irish Law

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Competition And Regulated Markets - Consumer Protection

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

Distance Marketing Reforms: Irish Transposition

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

EU Declines Video Game Playability Mandate

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

Consumer Representative Actions – New “qualified Entities” Designated

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

Navigating the Evolving Product Liability Landscape: Part 3 - The New Directive’s Interaction with Other Legislative Instruments

Ireland Consumer

DE

Dillon Eustace

Distance Marketing Reforms: Key Changes And Irish State Of Play

Ireland Commercial

AC

Arthur Cox

Representative Actions In Ireland: Mid-Year 2026 Update

Ireland Litigation

AC

Arthur Cox

Ireland Postpones Pay Transparency: What’s Next?

Ireland Employment

WF

William Fry

Contractual Retirement Ages Act 2025 (Podcast)

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Behind The Scenes Of Ireland’s EU Presidency: Insights From Rory Montgomery (Podcast)

M

Matheson

CJEU Clarifies The Limits Of The Hosting Safe Harbour For Online Platforms

Ireland Technology

M

Matheson

The EU Retail Investment Strategy: Implications For Fund Managers

European Union Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

EU Introduces Mandatory Withdrawal Button For Online Consumer Contracts

The EU's new withdrawal button requirement will fundamentally reshape how online traders interact with consumers across member states. From June 2026, businesses offering digital contracts must implement a two-step withdrawal function that allows consumers to exercise their 14-day cooling-off period with unprecedented ease. What technical, operational, and legal changes must traders implement to meet these obligations, and what are the consequences of non-compliance?

Ireland Consumer

RL

RDJ LLP

Horizon Scanner Finance June 2026 - Irish Developments

On 5 March 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published a Discussion Paper (DP12) (PDF 1.4 MB) examining the use of DLT and tokenisation within Irish and European financial services, with a particular focus on investment funds, including money market funds and exchange-traded funds.

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Ireland As A Location For Payment Institutions 2026

Ireland's position as a FinTech hub makes it an attractive jurisdiction for payment institutions seeking authorisation.

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Priority Tech Legislation For Irish Government

The Irish Government has unveiled its Summer 2026 Legislation Programme, introducing critical bills that will reshape the technology sector's regulatory landscape.

Ireland Technology

M

Matheson

Section 18(4) CICA Commenced: Impact On Co-Insured Claims

Ireland Insurance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Horizon Scanner Finance May 2026 - Irish Developments

Ireland Insurance

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 30/04/2026

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

PSD3 And PSR: Final Compromise Texts Published

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

CBI Unveils Its Regulatory And Supervisory Outlook For 2026

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

The Consumer Protection Code Comes Into Force

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 26/03/2026

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

World Consumer Rights Day (Part 1): Digital Fairness Act - The Road To Fitness For Online Consumers?

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

World Consumer Rights Day (Part 3): Mandatory Withdrawal Button Coming June 2026

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

CJEU Reiterates The Strength Of Consumers’ Termination Rights In Magyar Telekom v NMHH

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 26/03/2026

On 17 March 2026, the European Commission (“Commission”) launched a call for evidence (“CfE”) regarding a review of the state aid rules for banks in difficulty.

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

World Consumer Rights Day (Part 1): Digital Fairness Act - The Road To Fitness For Online Consumers?

To celebrate World Consumer Rights Day, the William Fry Technology team prepared a three part series highlighting key EU consumer law developments set to shape consumer digital contracts in 2026.

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

World Consumer Rights Day (Part 3): Mandatory Withdrawal Button Coming June 2026

To mark World Consumer Rights Day, the William Fry Technology team prepared a three‑part series highlighting key EU consumer law developments set to shape consumer digital contracts in 2026.

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

CJEU Reiterates The Strength Of Consumers’ Termination Rights In Magyar Telekom v NMHH

On 12 March 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) handed down a decision in Case C-514/24 Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (“Magyar”) v Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke (the Hungarian Communications and Media Authority) (“NMHH”) relating to a preliminary reference made to it by the Hungarian Supreme Court.

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 05/03/2026

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Food And Beverages Update: Non-alcoholic Gin Cannot Be Sold As 'Gin' In The EU

In a recent decision dated 13 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that non-alcoholic beverages cannot be labelled as ‘gin'.

European Union Healthcare

M

Matheson

Horizon Scanner Finance December 2025 - Irish Developments

Member States were required to adopt national transposing legislation relating to the revised Consumer Credit Directive...

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

Department Of Finance Sets Direction On Ireland's Distance Marketing Rules

The Directive focuses on consumer financial services contracts concluded at a distance. It repeals Directive 2002/65/EC concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amends the 2011 Consumer Rights Directive...

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 06/11/2025

On 3 November 2025, Deputy Director, Consumer & Investor Protection, at the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank"), Colm Kinkaid, delivered a speech ("Speech") at a Central Bank workshop ("Workshop")...

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 30/10/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Central Bank Payments Innovation Sandbox Programme – A Call For Applicants

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 21/08/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Horizon Scanner ICE: September 2025 - Digital Infrastructure

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

Influencer Marketing In Ireland - A New Era Of Regulation And What It Means For You

Ireland Media & IT

RL

RDJ LLP

Consumer Representative Actions – Third Irish "Qualified Entity" Designated

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

Representative Actions In Ireland: 2025 Mid-Year Review

Ireland Litigation

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 26/06/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Ireland's First Representative Action: ICCL v Microsoft

Ireland Consumer

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 19/06/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

EU Accessibility Requirements – Central Bank Contacts Firms

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Save The Date – SEAR To Apply T O(I)NEDs From 1 July 2025

Ireland Insurance

WF

William Fry

Client Update: May 2025 - Digital And Data Regulation

Ireland Privacy

AC

Arthur Cox

Consumer Protection Code 2025 - What (Re)Insurers And Intermediaries Need To Know

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

Client Update: May 2025 - Intellectual Property And Consumer Protection Law

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

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