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Covid-19 Ireland Update - Protect your Business and Stay Resilient
26/03/2020 - In the space of less than three months, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a fundamental impact upon society throughout the world. As governments endeavour to best protect their citizens from the spread of the pandemic, the focus rightly is on the protection of public health.

Parental Leave Changes from September 2019
20/09/2019 - As of September 1st 2019, the Parental Leave Act has introduced some new changes:

Venture capital funding falls by 41% to €197m in first quarter
27/06/2019 - Venture capital funding to Irish technology firms fell by just over 40% to €196.8m in the first quarter of 2019 compared to €332m in the same period last year, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published in association with William Fry.

Venture capital funding falls by 47% in third quarter to €170m
09/01/2019 - Investment down by 33% to €546m in first nine months. Figures confirm “significant slowdown in market”

DPC publishes Report and Guidance on cookies following a “cross-sector and cross-size” sweep of website operators
26/05/2020 - The Report is based on a review carried out by the DPC of websites in various sectors in Ireland, including insurance, banking, media, retail and the public sector.

COVID-19: Protecting Your Business From Cybercriminals
12/05/2020 - On 3 April 2020 Europol (the EU law enforcement agency) published a warning to individuals, companies, public institutions and other organisations about the marked rise in cybercriminal activities since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Financial Crime Risk – Regulatory expectations
28/05/2020 - Financial services providers have been very active in maintaining essential services, managing their own duties as employers and managing operational and compliance risk in the COVID-19 environment.

Dealing with Tenant inability-to-pay rent in Commercial Leases during COVID19
19/05/2020 - As business activity has reduced and cash-flow stopped in many sectors as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions, tenant inability to pay situations are an inevitability.

The Shift Towards Payroll Outsourcing
28/05/2020 - The global coronavirus pandemic has prompted many organisations worldwide to examine their processes and move towards a more flexible working model.

ESMA Issues Guidelines On Calculation Of Performance Fees
28/05/2020 - In April ESMA published its Guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs (the Guidelines)...