Law360: TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was found by an Irish court to have breached EU data protection rules, though the platform can continue transferring European user data to China after the court told Ireland's privacy regulator to reconsider measures relating to the transfers. In a ruling Thursday, the court rejected TikTok's argument that the Irish Data Protection Commission had misapplied EU rules governing international data transfers.

MLex: The Irish data protection authority is at the EU’s first-tier court today seeking the annulment of the European Data Protection Board's binding decisions against three of the Meta Platform's businesses—Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. For today’s hearing, the General Court issued a report outlining the background of the legal dispute.

Law360: The Irish Department of Finance introduced a bill that would establish two sovereign wealth funds in Ireland as a way to take advantage of the country's surplus generated in part by corporate windfall taxes.

Law360, London: Irish hotel group Dalata said 15 July 2025 that it has backed an increased €1.4bn cash offer from a Scandinavian consortium of property investors, finding that the bid topped its highest market capitalisation since it listed in 2014.

Law360, London: Dalata Hotel Group said late 3 June 2025 it has spurned a consortium's attempted application to buy the Irish hospitality giant in a deal worth approximately €1.3 bn.

Ireland—Commercial and Corporate analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s EU, Competition & Procurement Team. It reviews two significant merger control developments in Q1 2026: proposals to increase merger notification thresholds and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's (CCPC) first call-in of a sub-threshold transaction. It explores the implications of these developments for notification requirements, transaction planning, call-in risk, voluntary engagement with the CCPC, and the treatment of sub-threshold transactions under Irish and EU competition law.

Ireland—Commercial analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s EU, Competition & Procurement team. It notes that there were 90 merger notifications to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in 2025 (up from 82 in 2024) and highlights key trends and a 2026 outlook for Ireland’s merger control regime.

Ireland—Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by Vincent Power, Alan McCarthy, Anna-Marie Curran and Micaela Diver of A&L Goodbody LLP. This report highlights trends in Irish merger control in 2024 and also looks ahead to anticipated developments in 2025.

Law360: Glanbia plc said 15 April 2024 it has agreed to buy the US-based 'complementary' flavour manufacturer Flavor Producers LLC for an initial US$300m, as the sports nutrition product maker looks to tap into a growing market for organic-sourced tastes.

MLex: TikTok owner ByteDance will face a potential fine as soon as next week from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission following an investigation into possible transfers of users’ data to China, a commissioner at the authority told MLex. A decision would come after increased scrutiny of TikTok. In January 2025, advocacy group NOYB filed complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, Shein, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi for alleged unlawful data transfers to China.

Law360, London: The Dublin Commercial High Court has delivered a judgment of conspicuous clarity on the frontiers of Ireland's service-out jurisdiction for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

Law360, London: Permanent TSB Group Holdings Plc, a lender which is majority owned by Ireland, said 30 October 2025 that it has put itself up for sale as the state looks to exit its financial crisis-era holdings in the banking sector.