Ireland: Country Intelligence
Which regulations and authorities apply to companies in Ireland?
Ireland has 5,440,278 inhabitants (Eurostat 2025). Largest sectors by value added: industry and energy, information and communication, professional and business services. Applicable EU frameworks in register: GDPR, NIS2, DORA, AI-ACT. The register holds 62 GDPR decisions from Ireland. Source: NovaCopilot.
Source: NovaCopilot · country:ie · Country Intelligence
Population
5,440,278
Eurostat demo_pjan, 2025
Gross value added
573,443 MEUR
Eurostat nama_10_a10, 2025
Significant industries
Industry and energy: 32.2 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Information and communication: 22.3 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Professional and business services: 12 %
Regulations: GDPR, AI-ACT
Regulations
applies from 2018-05-25 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: 62 decisions, 35 with fines, largest fine 485,000,000 EUR
applies from 2024-10-18 · EU directive, national transposition required by 2024-10-17
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
applies from 2025-01-17 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
phased from 2024-08-01 · Prohibitions 2025-02-02, general-purpose AI 2025-08-02, most obligations 2026-08-02
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
Authorities
- Data protection: Data Protection Commission
- Financial supervision: Central Bank of Ireland
- NIS2 authority: not_in_register
- AI market surveillance: not_in_register
Proof
Trust and freshness: Freshness 65/100 · Decisions updated 2026-10-11 · Statistics updated 2026-10-09 · Citations 8
Industry risk: Industry and energy high; Information and communication high; Professional and business services high
Source: Eurostat (demo_pjan, nama_10_a10), EUR-Lex, EDPB · Object: country:ie · sha256 422de40990793849… · Source: NovaCopilot
Gaps: nis2 national transposition status: not_in_register; nis2 and AI Act national authorities: not_in_register; narrower industries (e.g. automotive): not_in_register
Machine-readable: /api/public/v1/country/ie · compact