International Economic Law Links for Ireland

Ireland is a member of the following international organizations:

Bank for International Settlements, Council of Europe, EBRD, EU, FAO, IAEA, World Bank, ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation), IDA (International Development Association), IFC (International Finance Corporation), ILO, ITU (International Telecommunications Union), OECD, OSCE, UN, UNESCO, UPU (Universal Postal Union), WHO, WMO (World Meteorological Organisation), WTO

IEL Treaties/Organizations to which Ireland is a Party/Member

Latest treaties signed by, ratified by, or entered into force for Ireland: House of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament)

a) Multilateral Treaties

EUR-Lex: EU Treaties, and secondary law
See further website of EU's DG Trade
Human Rights Internet: For the Record, UN and European Human Rights Treaty System (provides annual updates)

b) Bilateral Treaties

Lowtax.net: Double Taxation Treaties in Ireland
See further website of EU's DG Trade

IEL Specific Irish Government Links:

a) Government Departments:

Department of Foreign Affairs http://www.gov.ie/iveagh/
Department of Agriculture & Food http://www.gov.ie/daff/
Aras an Uactaráin (President of Ireland) http://www.gov.ie/aras/
The Office of the Attorney General http://www.gov.ie/ag/
Department of Finance http://www.finance.gov.ie/
The Irish Revenue Commission http://www.revenue.ie/
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment http://www.entemp.ie/
Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/
Department of Transport http://www.transport.ie/

b) State Organisations

Advisory Committee on Telecommunications http://act.iol.ie/
Central Bank of Ireland http://www.centralbank.ie/
Central Statistics Office http://www.cso.ie/
Committee for Public Management Research http://www.cmodservices.gov.ie/style.css
The Competition Authority http://www.tca.ie/
Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs http://www.odca.ie/
Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement http://www.odce.ie/
Enterprise Ireland http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/english.asp
The Euro Changeover Board of Ireland http://www.gov.ie/ecbi-euro/
National Forum on Europe http://www.forumoneurope.ie/
Forfás (Ireland’s National Policy and Advisory Board for Enterprise, Trade, Science, Technology and Innovation) http://www.forfas.ie/
Information Society Commission http://www.isc.ie/
Irish Trade Board http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/english.asp
Commission for Telecommunications Regulation http://www.odtr.ie/
Public Private Partnership Unit http://www.ppp.gov.ie/splash.php
Structural Funding in Ireland from the EU http://www.csfinfo.com/
Valuation Office http://www.valoff.ie/

c) Others

European Commission Representation in Ireland http://www.euireland.ie/home.htm

IEL Specific non-governmental links:

a) Economic Indicators and Statistics

Central Statistics office http://www.cso.ie/
National Statistics Board http://www.nsb.ie/
The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland http://www.ssisi.ie/
Information Society Commission http://www.isc.ie/
Irish Statistical Association http://www.maths.may.ie/isa/isa.html
American Statistical Association http://www.amstat.org/
Royal Statistical Society http://www.rss.org.uk/
International Statistical Institute http://www.cbs.nl/isi/
Institute of Mathematical Statistics http://www.imstat.org/
The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/
The Statistical Office of the European Communities http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/

b) Export/Import (Association, Interest Groups)

Enterprise Ireland http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/english.asp
Irish Trade Board http://www.lrc.csis.ul.ie
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment Export Licensing http://www.enterprise-ireland.com
Ireland Newfoundland Partnership http://www.inp.ie
Irish Coalition of Service Industries http://www.icsi.ie
MarketAccess Database http://www.mkaccdb.eu.int
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) http://www.bordbia.ie
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board) http://www.bim.ie
County Enterprise Boards http://www.etradebusinessireland.com/
Irish Development Agency http://www.idaireland.com
Inter Trade Ireland http://www.intertradeireland.com
Irish Maritime Development Office http://www.imdo.ie
Software Ireland http://www.software-ireland.org

c) Think Tanks and IEL Institutes

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) http://www.esri.ie/
Edmund Burke Institute http://www.edmundburke-institute.com/
Health Economics Association of Ireland (HEAI) http://www.heai.ie/
Irish Economic Association (IEA) http://www.iea.ie/
Open Republic Institute http://www.openrepublic.org/
Regional Science Association International, British and Irish Section (RSAIBIS)
http://www.rsaibis.dundee.ac.uk/
European Association of Law and Economics http://www.law.rug.ac.be/grond/EALE/

IEL specific Books and Periodicals in Ireland

a) Online Periodicals

Cork Online Law Review http://colr.ucc.ie/
Galway Student Law Review http://www.nuigalway.ie/law/GSLR/
Irish Student Law Review http://www.islr.ie/
Trinity College Law Review http://www.csc.tcd.ie/~law/tclr/tclr.html
University of Limerick Law Review http://www.ul.ie/~law/research/#anchor371617

b) Printed Periodicals 

The Bar Review http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/periodicals/01TBR.htm
Commercial Law Practitioner http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/periodicals/02CLP.htm
Dublin University Law Journal http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/periodicals/04DULJ.htm
Irish Intellectual Property Review http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/periodicals/06IIPR.htm
Irish Journal of European Law http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/periodicals/07IJEL.htm
Irish Law Times http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/periodicals/10ILT.htm
Law Society Gazette http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/periodicals/12LSG.htm

Major Irish Newspapers with frequent IEL content:

The Irish Times http://www.ireland.com/
The Irish Independent http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/
The Sunday Business Post http://www.thepost.ie/web/home/
The Irish News (Northern Ireland) http://www.irishnews.com/
The Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland) http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/

Papers and Speeches with IEL issues of Ireland:

Department of Enterprise Trade and Development (Speeches)
http://www.entemp.ie/press.htm
Government Press Releases - Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister)
http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp

Domestic Law Links of Ireland:

 The Oireachtas (Houses of the Parliament) http://www.gov.ie/oireachtas/frame.htm  or, for example, via British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) http://www.bailii.org/ie/legis/num_act/

a) Domestic Courts

An tSeirbhís Chúirteanna (Court Service)
http://www.courts.ie/Home.nsf/LookupPageLink/home

b) Bar Associations

The Bar Council of Ireland http://www.lawlibrary.ie/
The Law Society of Ireland http://www.lawsociety.ie/
King’s Inns (Dublin) http://www.kingsinns.ie/

c) Major Law Publishers

Irish Law: Irish legal publishers

Other Useful Information about Ireland: