Complaints and Dispute Trends: the WRC's Annual Report 2024
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) published its 2024 Annual Report earlier this year, shedding light on the most common workplace disputes and employment law trends in Ireland. We are revisitin...
Possible Delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation: Implications for Businesses
Introduction As we explained in an earlier article, under EU Regulation 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products (the EUDR), which entered into force on 29 June 2023, any operator or trader who p...
Darragh Blake
About DarraghDarragh is a partner in our banking and finance team.Darragh advises both lenders and borrowers on a full range of secured and unsecured finance transactions including bilateral and syndi...
Beauchamps Appoints Two Senior Partners to Strengthen Projects, Infrastructure, Energy and Finance Capabilities
Dublin, 10 September, 2025 – Beauchamps LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Curran and Darragh Blake as senior partners, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in projects, procu...
Event Highlights: Beauchamps Housing Conference Momentum Matters | Accelerate 2025
On Tuesday 2 September we were delighted to welcome over 450 delegates to the Beauchamps Housing Conference, Momentum Matters | Accelerate 2025, at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre.We were...
Peter Curran
About Peter CurranPeter is a partner in our Projects, Infrastructure & Energy group, specialising in Public Procurement. He has more than 25 years’ experience of advising public and private sector...
Drawing the line: Common Law damages are not "payment disputes" under the Construction Contracts Act
In a recent decision that will be of particular interest to employers, contractors and subcontractors, the High Court has shed some much needed light on the ambit of the statutory adjudication process...
The Just Eat Takeaway Merger: Competition Law Lessons for Irish Businesses
INTRODUCTIONIn August 2025, the European Commission approved Just Eat Takeaway.com’s merger with Prosus (a subsidiary of Naspers) (the JET/Prosus case) – but only subject to several binding commitment...
Beauchamps Housing Conference tackles Ireland’s delivery challenge with 450 industry leaders
Speakers at Momentum Matters | Accelerate 2025 emphasise that regaining delivery momentum for housing requires moving beyond policy announcements to practical implementation of Ireland’s revised Natio...
Family Status Discrimination: Practical Lessons for Employers
The recent decision by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in Emily Williams v Board of Management St Tola's NS (ADJ-00055461) under the Employment Equality Act 1998, illustrates the care t...
European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025
A number of articles of the Revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) have been transposed into the planning code by the European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 202...
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act): Mid-Year Reflection
The AI Act became law on 1 August 2024, with a deliberately long term phased implementation timeline and process. This decision on the part of the Commission is in marked contrast to other technology ...
CCPC Publishes Its 2024 Annual Report - Key Insights
INTRODUCTIONThe Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a rigorous year in competition enforcement, consumer protection, product safety...
European Accessibility Act
The EU Accessibility Act (EAA) took effect on 28 June 2025. The EAA was transposed into Irish law under the European Union (Accessibility Requirements of Products and Services Regu...
Beauchamps advises Software Circle PLC on acquisition of Artificial Intelligence Finance Limited
Beauchamps' Corporate and M&A team was pleased to act for Software Circle PLC, a UK-listed technology group, on its acquisition of Artificial Intelligence Finance Limited, Ireland’s leading softwa...