On 6 January 2025, the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (“Act”) entered into full force in Ireland, resulting in a new regime requiring mandatory screening of qualifying acquisitions of Irish target assets or undertakings for national security and public order concerns.

Governance professionals require a wide breadth of knowledge to be as effective as possible. Our new subject resource hubs provide a one stop shop for all of the content around a particular topic The Institute has to offer.

Don’t panic if you are called for interview by the Central Bank of Ireland (the “CBI”) as part of your application for approval for a pre-approval controlled function role (a “PCF role”). The CBI has clarified that “an interview by the Central Bank should not be viewed as a negative indicator.”

Advice for anyone considering joining a board on how to create a due diligence process to ensure that you have confidence in the company, and will be well suited to it.

Santander Asset Management UK, winners of the 2022 CGIUKI Award for Governance Project of the Year, describe how they took a deep dive into their governance in order to streamline and simplify processes.

Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Governance Professional, our Corporate Governance study text provides the knowledge and skills necessary for a company secretary or governance professional to act as chief adviser to the board and other stakeholders and as the facilitator for systematic application of good governance practices.

Businesses and communities are dealing with many COVID-19 related issues that are causing severe business disruption. The Irish government has been swift to introduce new measures to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on business.

In this podcast, Jennifer Sundberg, Co-CEO of Board Intelligence, discusses her company’s theory of collective intelligence, which advocates moving away from superstar CEOs and board-centric decision-making to recognising the whole organisation’s potential to make great decisions.