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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

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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

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