WELCOME FROM CHAIRMAN, JOHN BRUTON, FORMER IRISH PRIME MINISTER (TAOISEACH)

 

Welcome to the Ireland for Law website. Ireland for Law is the Irish Government’s International Legal Services Strategy.

 

This strategy has been created to represent and position Ireland’s international legal services industry. We seek to promote Irish Law and Irish Legal Services to the international business community, particularly in areas where Ireland is already a world leader, including aviation finance, funds, insurance, tech, pharma and life sciences.

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As a former Taoiseach, or Prime Minister of Ireland, I am delighted to lead Ireland for Law, which is a key part of the Government's wider strategy of pursuing trade and investment opportunities from Brexit. Decades of experience working with international business makes us ready to grasp the opportunities that flow from our position as the only English speaking common law country in the EU. The strategy complements "Ireland for Finance", the strategy for the international financial services sector to 2025.

 

In October 2019, The Government of Ireland established an Implementation Group to implement the strategy. Its members are:

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The Attorney General - Paul Gallagher SC

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The Bar of Ireland - Patrick Leonard SC, Paul McGarry SC

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The Law Society of Ireland - Michele O'Boyle, Immediate Past President of the Law Society, Liam Kennedy SC, Solicitor  

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IDA Ireland - James Farrell, Senior Vice President, Eleanor Treanor (alternate)

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Department of An Taoiseach - John Shaw, Assistant Secretary General

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Department of Justice & Equality - Oonagh Buckley, Deputy Secretary General

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Department of Public Expenditure & Reform - Ronnie Downes, Assistant Secretary General

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Department of Finance - Karen Cullen, Head of International Financial Services, Risk and Management

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Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade - James Kingston, Legal Adviser, Michael Lonergan, Deputy Director General (alternate)

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Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation - Brian Walsh, Deputy Head of Inward Investment and North-South Unit, Richard Scannell, Head of the Unit (alternate)