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Episodes
Matheson EU Presidency Podcast - The 28th Regime and EU Inc
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Matheson’s EU Presidency Podcast, we discuss the EU’s 28th regime and EU Inc - the European Commission’s harmonised comp...
Episode 70: (Part Two) Key Employment themes and trends for 2026
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by senior associates Rachel Kenny, ...
Episode 70: (Part One) Key Employment themes and trends for 2026
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by senior associates Rachel Kenny, Jennifer Bassett, Colum Holland, Trina Dzidonu and Ciara Taggart...
Episode 69: AI in employment disputes: emerging challenges for employers
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by partner Alice Duffy to examine the growin...
Episode 68: Navigating the new EWC Directive
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment is joined by our newest partner, Rachel Barry, a...
Episode 67: Protected disclosures explained – by the WRC’
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, explores a whistleblowing case in 'A Finance Man...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Impact on Fintechs
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O’Mara partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional s...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Impact on Fund Management companies
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Niamh Mulholland partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, profession...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Frauds and Scams in Vulnerable Circumstances
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O’Mara partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional s...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Overview
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Niamh Mulholland and Ian O’Mara partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Sca...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Impact on MiFID Firms
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Niamh Muholland partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professiona...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Specific Requirements Relevant to Insurance Undertakings
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Elaine Long partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional su...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Specific Requirements Relevant to Credit Institutions
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Niamh Mulholland partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, profession...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Regulated and Unregulated Activities
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Elaine Long partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional su...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Digitalisation
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O’Mara partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional s...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Informing Effectively
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Elaine Long partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional su...
Revised Consumer Protection Code Series - Securing Customers Interests
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O’Mara partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional s...
Episode 66: Mandatory Retirement Clauses – the Employment and Pensions Law Issues for Employers
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by fellow partner and Head of Pensions...
Episode 65: Pensions Auto-Enrolment
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by fellow partner and Head of Pension...
Look back to look forward 2024 - Consumer Protection
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Grainne Callanan and Ian O’Mara partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Sca...
Look back to look forward 2024 - DORA
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Elaine Long partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional su...
Look back to look forward 2024 - IAF
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Niamh Mulholland partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, profession...
Matheson Talks Fin Reg 2025 - Sanctions
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O’Mara partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional s...
Look back to look forward 2024 – AML/CFT
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O’Mara partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, professional s...
Look back to look forward 2024 – Fitness and Probity
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Niamh Mulholland partner in the Financial Institutions Group joins Claire Scannell, profession...
Look back to look forward 2024 – Retail Investment Strategy
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Joe Beashel and Grainne Callanan partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Scan...
Episode 64: Key Employment Law Themes for 2025
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by senior associates Ellen Nolan, Sha...
Look back to look forward 2024 - Insurance
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Darren Maher, Grainne Callanan and Elaine Long partners in the Financial Institutions Group jo...
Look back to look forward - Banking
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Look back to look forward - Banking by Matheson LLP, Irish Law Firm
Look back to look forward 2024 - MICA
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Louise Dobbyn and Ian O'Mara, partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Scannel...
Look forward to look back 2024 - MiFID
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Look forward to look back 2024 - MiFID by Matheson LLP, Irish Law Firm
Look back to look forward 2024 – European Commission
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Darren Maher and Niamh Mulholland, partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Sc...
Matheson look back to look forward 2024 - Central Bank
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Darren Maher and Joe Beashel, partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Scannel...
Episode 63 - Executive Derailment
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our Matheson Employment Law podcasts of 2025, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by two financial services industry specialist...
Episode 62: AI In The Workplace What Employers Need To Know
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by fellow employment partner, Alice D...
Episode 61: Nolan v Science Foundation Ireland
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, reviews the Irish High Court decision of Philip Nolan ...
Episode 60: Remote Working Code of Practice and a Record WRC Award
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, takes a detailed look at the recently published Workpl...
Episode 59: Outlook And Trends For 2024
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, discusses recent developments and highlights th...
Look back to look forward
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Darren Maher, Joe Beashel, Niamh Mulholland and Ian O'Mara, partners in the Financial Institut...
Insurance highlights
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a four part series derived from the recent Matheson Talks Financial Regulation Podcast: Look back to look forward. This episod...
Observations on interactions with the Central Bank of Ireland in 2023
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a four part series derived from the recent Matheson Talks Financial Regulation Podcast: Look back to look forward. This episod...
Industry Insights
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a four part series derived from the recent Matheson Talks Financial Regulation Podcast: Look back to look forward. This episod...
Areas of likely cross sectoral significance in 2024
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a four part series derived from the recent Matheson Talks Financial Regulation Podcast: Look back to look forward. This episod...
Matheson Knowledge Insights Series: Lawyers as Effective Leaders: Making Imposter Syndrome Your Ally
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Dunne, partner and Head of the Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group, is joined by professional speaker and Career Coach, Caroline Flanagan, t...
Episode 58: Latest Employment Law Developments and Buttimer v Oak Fuels Supermarkets Limited Case
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, takes you through some of the latest employment law developments. He also explores the recent ...
EBA Guidelines on the use of Remote Customer On-boarding Solutions
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O Mara, partner in the Financial Institutions Group and Claire Scannell, professional supp...
Irish Government's public consultation on the exercise of national discretions under MICA
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Government's public consultation on the exercise of national discretions under MICA In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O Mara...
Proposal for a third Payment Services Directive – PSD 3
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O Mara, partner in the Financial Institutions Group and Claire Scannell, professional supp...
Episode 57: Blowing the whistle! Taking a Closer Look at a Protected Disclosures Penalisation Claim
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, takes you through a recent whistleblowing penalisation...
Episode 56: IAF - What Actions Must Employers Take Now?
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, we share with you a recording of our recent webinar "Individual Accountability Framewor...
Episode 55: Employment Law 2023 - The Year Ahead
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, we share with you a recording of our recent Knowledge Insights series webinar "Employme...
Episode 54: Does a prison sentence automatically terminate a contract of employment?
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, takes you through some of the most recent employment law developments in Irish law, covering current ...
Episode 53: Gender Pay Gap Reporting - Practical Tips and Guidance
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode employment partners Geraldine Carr and Ailbhe Dennehy, and senior associate John Casey, discussed how employers can best prepare and c...
Matheson Financial Institutions Grp Podcast - Ep 1 (SEAR)
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill sets out new requirements in respect of senior executives working in the financial sector....
Episode 52: The Irish Gender Pay Gap Regulations – Most Frequent Client Questions and Answers
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The long awaited Irish gender pay gap regulations were eventually published at the end of May. In this latest podcast Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment ...
Episode 51: Gender Pay Gap Reporting - What can we do now before the Regulations arrive?
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast discusses the long anticipated mandatory gender pay gap reporting obligations which are expected to become a reality for Irish employers ...
Episode 50: Key Employment Law and HR Themes for 2022
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast discusses the key employment law and HR themes for 2022. Matheson Partners including Bryan Dunne, Russell Rochford and Ailbhe Dennehy alo...
Episode 48: Key Employment Themes For The Year Ahead Podcast
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, the Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group will share with you a recording on the Key ...
Episode 49: The Right to Disconnect in Ireland
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, we will share with you a recording of our recent client webinar on The Right to Disconn...
Silent Night - Matheson2020
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Silent Night - Matheson2020 by Matheson LLP, Irish Law Firm
Episode 47: Matheson Employment Law Podcast
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will share with you a recording on Managing Redundancies in a Remote Environment. Employment partner Geraldine Carr, senior assoc...
Matheson Employment Law Podcast: Episode 46
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 46: Brexit and HR - The Implications for Employee Data Transfers and EWCs converting to Irish Law In this episode, we will share with you a ...
Matheson Employment Law Podcast: Episode 45
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Head of the Matheson Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group, Bryan Dunne will share wi...
Episode 44: COVID-19 update on remote working, return to work planning and HR issues
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Head of the Matheson Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group, Bryan Dunne will share wi...
Episode 43 - Employment Law Podcast: Implementing Redundancies and Other Cost-Cutting Measures
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the In this episode the Matheson Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group share their insights into the common pitfall that they see em...
Episode 42 - Employment Law Podcast
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, the six Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group partners discuss what they see as the k...
Episode 41: Supreme Court Judgment In Nano Nagle
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment at Matheson, discusses the Supreme Court judgment in the Daly and Nano Nagle case. This deals with t...
Episode 10: Employment, Pensions and Benefits Seminar - Beyond Retirement Age
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In June of this year, Geraldine Carr, a partner in the Employment team and Jane McKeever, a senior associate in the Pensions team hosted a seminar on ...
Episode 40 - Employment Law Podcast
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series Partner and Head of Employment, Bryan Dunne, together with other specialists in the Math...
Bulk Annuity Transactions Part Three
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Samantha Brown and Rachel Pinto of Herbert Smith Freehills share lessons they have taken from the UK market in bulk annuity transacti...
Bulk Annuity Transactions Part Two
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jane McKeever, a senior associate from the Employment Pensions and Benefits Group at Matheson, explores the main trustee and employer...
Bulk Annuity Transactions Part One
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, John O’Brien of Mercer discusses the different types of liability management exercises currently being seen across the market and h...
Episode 39 - Employment Law Podcast
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since this recording, we have clarified that the continuation of the Common Travel Area will not require amending legislation. However, there is a co...
Death Benefit Decision Making - Avoiding Common Pitfalls
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Death benefit decision making can present significant challenges for trustees of occupational pension schemes, particularly in cases where there are c...
Episode 38 -Employment Law Podcast
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne is joined by four other partners from the Matheson Employment, Pensions and...
Episode 37 - Employment Law Podcast
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne reviews Irish Rail and McKelvey, a case from the Irish Court of Appeal that...
IORP II Directive - What is in Store for Irish Pension Schemes?
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The new EU Directive on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (commonly known as “IORP II”) is due ...
What the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 Will Mean for Financial Professionals
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Paraic Madigan, head of the Private Client Department, Joe Beashal, partner in the Financial Institutions Group and head of the regula...
Episode 36 - Employment Law Podcast
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Employment Practice at Matheson reviews a recent decision from the Irish Workplace Relations Commission in a ...
Pensions Roadmap 2018 - 2023: Introducing an auto-enrolment retirement savings system in Ireland
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, the Government launched “A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018 – 2023”, a five-year action plan for the reform of the Irish pens...
The Impact of the Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act 2015
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joe Beashel, partner in the Financial Institutions Group and head of the regulatory risk management and compliance team, and Lydia McC...
Episode 35: Employment Law Podcast
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Employment partner, Bryan Dunne looks at three recent decisions of the Irish Labour Court under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) ...
Episode 34 - Employment Law Podcast
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Employment Practice at Matheson talks with Geraldine Carr, a senior associate in the Employment Practice abou...
Podcast 33 - Employment Law Podcast
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, we take a detailed look at the HR aspects of GDPR and what employers should already be doing to prepare for the new GDPR regi...
GDPR FAQs
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Cummins, Pensions partner and Jane McKeever, Pensions associate address questions arising from the previous episode of the podcast which focus...
Episode 32 - Employment Law Podcast
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Employment Practice at Matheson covers a recent decision of the Irish Court of Appeal, Nano Nagle and Marie D...
Episode 31: Employment Law Podcast
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Matheson employment partners Bryan Dunne and Russell Rochford look at the areas that they predict will be the most active for...
Episode 30 - Employment Law Podcast
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
n this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Matheson Employment Practice, discusses two seperate issues. The first is the recent decision of an Irish adju...
Episode 29 - Employment Law Podcast
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Dunne leads a panel discussion with Tom Mallon BL, Cathy O'Grady, International Senior HR Director at Groupon, Desmond Ryan BL and Niall Pelly, ...
Episode 29 - Employment Law Podcast
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Matheson Employment Practice leads a panel discussion with Tom Mallon BL, Cathy O'Grady, International Senior...
April McClements on the Legislation around Driverless Cars
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Insurance Partner April McClement’s Driverless Cars Newstalk interview on the impact driverless cars will have on motor insurance in Irela...
The GDPR and the Implications for Pensions Schemes
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The GDPR and the Implications for Pensions Schemes by Matheson LLP, Irish Law Firm
Episode 28 - Employment Law Podcast
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Dunne discusses a recent decision of the Irish Labour Court, a decision that was handed down at the end of July just past and this is the case o...
Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Deirdre and Jane are focusing on the general scheme of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017 and the implications and impact of th...
Episode 27 - Employment Law Podcast
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Dunne revisits the High Court's decision in Lyons v Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board, a decision that has been extremely controve...
Episode 26 - Employment Law Podcast
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan discusses a decision of the High Court from May of this year, which held t...
Episode 25 - Employment Law Podcast
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne is joined by Anne-Marie Bohan, a Partner in the Matheson Data Protect...
Matheson Brexit Forum - Podcast 1
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published a significant opinion in May which sets out general principles on the supervisory app...