All Verticals
AML Compliance in Ireland: What Your Firm Is Being Inspected Against Today, and What Changes in 14 Months
The Law Society and Central Bank are conducting field inspections now using modernised criteria. Here is what Irish solicitors, accountants and QFAs are being inspected against today — and what the July 2027 Single Rulebook requires you to build before the deadline arrives.
May 2026
All Verticals
August 2026: The AI Act Obligations Irish Practices Cannot Defer
The EU AI Act Omnibus deferred high-risk deadlines to December 2027. It did not defer the August 2026 transparency obligations, AI literacy requirements, or self-classification exposure that apply to every Irish practice deploying AI tools today.
May 2026
QFA & Brokers
Consumer Protection Code 2025: Four Obligations Your Firm Must Have Closed by Now
The Consumer Protection Code 2025 has been enforceable law since 24 March 2026. Eight weeks have passed. If your firm has not actioned these four structural changes, you are carrying live regulatory exposure today.
May 2026
Accountancy & Tax
Revenue eBrief 2026: What Irish Accountants Need to Action Now
Revenue is issuing eBriefs at an accelerating pace in 2026. This is what Irish accountants and tax advisors need to have actioned — CT1 payment and filing deadlines, iXBRL validation requirements, and PAYE Modernisation within-period reconciliation.
May 2026
Legal
GDPR and Irish Legal Practices: The DPC Enforcement Reality in 2026
The Data Protection Commission is no longer primarily a complaints-reactive body. It is conducting proactive sectoral audits. For solicitors, the immediate exposure is concentrated in staff use of AI tools with client data, data processing agreements, and subject access request handling.
May 2026
Legal
Companies Act 2026: What Irish Solicitors Need to Know About CRO Filing Changes
The 56-day B1 filing window is not approximate. Missing it by one day triggers automatic loss of audit exemption for two financial years. Here is what solicitors handling corporate work need to have in their workflow.
May 2026
QFA & Brokers
Central Bank Enforcement 2026: What QFAs and Brokers Are Being Sanctioned For
Central Bank administrative sanctions in 2026 are targeting systemic failures in suitability assessment and disclosure — not isolated fraud. The firms being sanctioned operated processes that were inadequate, not intentions that were dishonest.
May 2026
Construction & Property
AML Obligations for Irish Architects: What the Criminal Justice Act Actually Requires
Irish architects are designated persons under the CJ(MLTF)A 2010 when involved in certain property transactions. The obligation activates at the point the services form part of a transaction in relation to real property — and most practices have not implemented what it requires.
May 2026
Construction & Property
Quantity Surveyors and AML Compliance: The Client Due Diligence Requirements You Cannot Ignore
Quantity surveyors involved in property transactions are designated persons under Irish AML law. The identification standard is the same as for solicitors and accountants — and the SCSI guidance does not replace the statutory obligation.
May 2026
Construction & Property
The EU AML Single Rulebook and Irish Construction Professionals: What Changes in July 2027
Regulation EU 2024/1624 applies directly from July 2027 without national transposition. For Irish architects, engineers and quantity surveyors, the independent audit function becomes mandatory regardless of firm size. The 14-month window starts now.
May 2026
Construction & Property
Source of Wealth in Construction AML: What Irish Designated Persons Must Document in 2026
Standard CDD is the floor, not the ceiling. For high-value or complex construction engagements, source of wealth documentation is a distinct statutory obligation under s.37 CJ(MLTF)A 2010 — separate from source of funds, and often absent from the files inspecting bodies review.
May 2026
Construction & Property
SCSI AML Guidance 2026: Where the Guidance Ends and the Act Begins
The SCSI AML guidance is a useful starting point. In several material areas, it falls short of what the Criminal Justice Act 2010 requires. The distance between the two is where compliance gaps live — and where inspecting bodies are looking.
May 2026
Construction & Property
goAML Registration for Irish Architects and Engineers: The STR Filing Obligation Explained
Irish architects and engineers who are designated persons are legally required to file Suspicious Transaction Reports via the goAML portal. Most have never registered. Failure to register does not extinguish the obligation — it just means you cannot meet it.
May 2026