Last week Ireland ratified the Fiscal Compact. What is your assessment of this result?

The Central Bank of Ireland published has new fitness and probity standards for a person performing a prescribed “controlled function” or “pre-approved controlled function” in entities in Ireland that are regulated by the Central Bank. This briefing explains what the standards mean for those people.

The Irish Government is taking steps to make the country more attractive for fund management company re-domiciliations. This article – exclusively for Legal Week - outlines the process and touts the pro-enterprise nature of the jurisdiction.

The Irish Government will shortly pay e50bn (£44bn) to its banks for loan books that were previously valued at e77bn (£67bn). Largely classed as land and development loans, around e19bn (£17bn) is secured against UK property. This report – exclusively for Legal Week – asks how did it come to this?