On 16th February, 2023, the Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) published the Fifth Round Evaluation Report of Ireland. GRECO's fifth evaluation round evaluated the effectiveness of the framework in place in Ireland to prevent corruption amongst persons with top executive functions (such as ministers, senior civil servants and advisers) and members of [...]
The Advisory Council against Economic Crime and Corruption (the Advisory Council) was established by Government in 2022 to advise and make proposals on strategic and policy matters and is responsible for developing a multi-annual strategy to combat economic crime and corruption. What this is about A public consultation is now open to inform the drafting [...]
At its meeting on 14 June 2024, the Council (Justice and Home Affairs) approved a general approach for a Directive on Combatting Corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union, and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 [...]
