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| Jan 15, 2025 | Irish Businesses Brace for Growth Amidst Challenges | In the heart of Ireland, a pulse of optimism beats stronger than ever. Almost half of Irish businesses are looking ahead with confidence, anticipating growth in 2025. This sentiment emerges from the latest Business & Legal Sentiment Sur... |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Almost half of Irish businesses express confidence in growth prospects for 2025 | Almost half of Irish businesses have expressed confidence in their growth prospects for 2025, while at the same time, they remain braced for challenges such as mounting regulatory pressures, rising costs, and the impact of a change of gover... |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Water conservation a growing priority for Irish businesses | The proportion of Irish businesses taking measures to conserve water has risen to its highest level in three years, the latest Uisce Éireann SME sustainability sentiment survey has found.
Around 70% of SMEs said they are conserving water, u... |
| May 1, 2024 | What the EU AI act means for cybersecurity teams and organizational leaders | On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), establishing the world’s first extensive legal framework dedicated to artificial intelligence. This imposes EU-wide regulations that emphasize data... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Eight in 10 Irish business leaders planning to invest in AI this year | Eight in 10 Irish business leaders have said they are likely to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) this year despite legal and privacy concerns, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has found.
In fact, 44% of the more than 300 attendees... |
| Dec 30, 2022 | Social enterprise donations that leverage state funding | Social enterprise come in many forms, and there are plenty of them. The Social Enterprise Development Fund, organised by Rethink Ireland and funded by IPB Insurance and the Dormant Accounts Fund, is on track to distribute €3.1m to c.110 soc... |
| Mar 4, 2022 | The green energy challenges facing suppliers in Ireland | Ireland needs to keep on top of ever-evolving policy changes and movements in the energy market as Europe transitions to a decarbonised economy writes Eoin Cassidy of Mason Hayes & Curran
Energy has rarely been so high on the agenda as ... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Law Firm Funding Education Charities | A traveller organisation, a migrant centre, and an after-prison service are among the beneficiaries of this year’s Engage and Educate Fund, which is supported by Mason Hayes & Curran and Rethink Ireland.
The awards fund, which also draw... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | EU Moves To Regulate Artificial Intelligence | Sponsored Content The European Commission has proposed proportionate rules to address risks posed by AI systems, writes Brian McElligott (pictured) of Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
The EU is leading the global charge to regulate Artificial I... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Taking Advantage Of Examinership Opportunities | Sponsored Content Buying a company out of examinership is challenging but the advantages are considerable, writes Judith Riordan of Mason Hayes & Curran LLP Judith Riordan is a restructuring, insolvency and commercial litigation Partner... |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Tech Firms Finding Funding Despite Pandemic | Tech companies continued to successfully source fundraising during the Covid-19 lockdown with no major challenges, according to a survey carried out by Mason Hayes & Curran.
MHC’s Tech Companies: Funding Innovation Survey was carried ou... |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Huge Shortfall In Beneficial Ownership Register Filing | Only 23% of the 234,510 companies that are legally obliged to register their ownership details by November 22 had done so by November 13.
The Chartered Governance Institute, the body representing governance professionals such as company sec... |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Deal Trends In Private Mergers & Acquisitions In Ireland | Sponsored Content When someone is buying your business or you are acquiring one, what are the customary deal terms you should agree to? Robert Dickson (pictured) of Mason Hayes & Curran has the answers.
Each year Mason Hayes & Curra... |
| May 30, 2019 | Engage & Educate Fund Awardees Announced | Minister Seán Canney has announced details of €150,000 funding awards from the Engage & Educate Fund.
The three year €450,000 fund was established in 2017 by law firm Mason Hayes & Curran and Social Innovation Fund Ireland. The Fund... |
| May 8, 2019 | IP Protection For Free Range Eggs | Sponsored Content
A recent Court of Appeal decision demonstrates how the law of passing-off can protect marks that may be considered descriptive, writes Gerard Kelly of Mason Hayes & Curran
The last year or so has seen a steady flow of ... |
| May 6, 2019 | Ireland’s Potential As An ‘AI Island' | Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a substantial commercial and economic opportunity for Ireland, writes Brian McElligott (pictured) of Mason Hayes & Curran.
There has been a good deal of media attention on Ireland’s potential as an ... |
| May 1, 2019 | CRO To Set Up Beneficial Owners Register | New EU regulations aimed at tackling white collar crime will mean Irish companies must submit details of all beneficial owners to a central register before the end of November 2019.
Under regulations which went into force on March 22, the C... |
| Jul 26, 2018 | Rules Relaxed For Commercial Conversions | Sponsored Content There is now less planning red tape for change of use from commercial premises to residential, explains Tom Davy (pictured) in Mason Hayes & Curran
New planning and development regulations (SI 30 of 2018) were introduc... |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Education Projects Share €150,000 | Education projects for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, people with disabilities and people with migrant status are among those to receive funding from the Engage and Educate Fund set up by law firm Mason Hayes & Curran and Social... |
| May 14, 2018 | Addressing The Pension Gender Gap | Sponsored Content In retirement, men are much better off financially than women. Stephen Gillick (pictured) of Mason Hayes & Curran suggests how the imbalance should be addressed
The gender pay gap, which is approximately 13.5% in Irela... |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Get Ready For The Beneficial Ownership Register | Companies will shortly have to identify their beneficial owners on a central register. It’s not yet clear who can access the information, writes Nicholas Metcalfe of Mason Hayes & Curran
In November 2016, the European Union (Anti-Money ... |
| Jul 12, 2017 | Handle Workplace Bullying With Care | After a recent High Court ruling, employees may be entitled to legal representation at the preliminary stage of a bullying investigation,
writes Melanie Crowley of Mason Hayes & Curran
In general, an employee is not entitled to be repre... |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Life Skills Projects Share €150,000 Fund | Among the winners in the 2017 Engage and Educate Fund are Pieta House Resilience Academy, a secondary school programme aimed at building resilience among school students, and Ready Steady Circus, a programme that uses circus arts as an alte... |
| Jan 30, 2017 | Mason Hayes & Curran Revenue Grows 7% To €77m | Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) saw its revenue grow by 7% to €77m in 2016. The company said that it also continued its international expansion last year, despite the challenging trading conditions.
MHC appointed corporate ... |
| Jul 8, 2016 | How Will Brexit Impact On Data Protection? | The transfer of data from EU member states to the UK will likely become more complicated if Brexit goes ahead, according to Philip Nolan, partner in law firm Mason Hayes & Curran.
The UK’s data protection laws, which are primarily set o... |
| Jul 6, 2016 | How Will Brexit Vote Impact On M&A? | Brexit comes on the back of a slowdown in UK led M&A activity in the first half of 2016. According to Paul Egan, corporate partner in law firm Mason Hayes & Curran, this was due in part to market uncertainty and volatility around Br... |
| Apr 14, 2016 | Key Preparations For Raising Equity Finance | Looking to raise capital? Martin Kelleher of Mason Hayes & Curran advises on the pre-funding corporate housekeeping
As the world economy improves, companies are again focusing on how to grow their business. A key challenge to achieving ... |