Last year, TikTok was fined €530m by the DPC and ordered to bring its data transfers to China into line with EU privacy law. The High Court stayed the ruling as the platform argued the damage caused would be in the billions. That stay is now set for an urgent Supreme Court appeal.
Stephen Holst is managing partner of McCann FitzGerald, a law firm with 680 people and deep roots in Irish business.
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has been excoriated over users creating AI-generated sexual abuse content, including depictions of children.
Bam has filed five new sets of proceedings against the development board of the National Children's Hospital. The multi-million euro claims include demands for inflation payments, extra steel costs, and delays.
The DAA chief executive of three years is legally challenging his suspension and an independent investigation into claims made against him that he insists are baseless.
As Ireland’s rental sector grows more volatile, iCare Housing believes a large-scale, non-profit landlord can offer something money usually doesn’t buy: long-term security.
The Oireachtas body challenged a 2024 enforcement notice issued by the data watchdog over how it handled a subject access request in 2018. The legal case is now settled but the DPC says that the original complaint process remains live.
Kenny Jacobs says he left Dublin Airport physically ill after being told, without warning, that he was suspended and under investigation — the latest flashpoint in a bitter governance battle now playing out in the High Court.
Ruben Amorim didn’t fail because of results, dressing-room unrest or tactics alone. His downfall at Manchester United was a reminder that in modern football, managing upwards can matter more than what happens on the pitch.
He hates the idea of being seen as a national treasure and doesn't like the man he looks back on in a Hot Press interview 40 years ago, but the journalist who called out Official Ireland is still driving ahead, with a final book imminent.
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