Norma Sammon, BL

Barrister, The Bar of Ireland

Norma studied Economics, Politics and Law in DCU prior to qualifying as a Barrister in the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns in 2014. In her first years of practice she was also a member of local government, sitting on Dublin City Council between 2016 and 2019.

She is currently practicing in civil law with a particular interest in Intellectual Property, Technology Law, Data Protection, Fintech, AI & Machine Learning. She has tutored students in both DCU and the Law Society of Ireland and is a Committee Member of Media, Internet and Data Protection Bar Association, established in 2023.

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Ireland—The EU Digital Services Act

Practice Notes

This Practice Note discusses the background and implementation in Ireland of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC, the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), published in the Official Journal on 27 October 2022. It includes commentary on the impact of the DSA on the Irish market, information on the national competent authorities for enforcing the DSA in Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), and a brief summary of the application of, and obligations under, the DSA.

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