Recent Work by Practice Area

Recent work relevant to Public Sector   An Bord Bia     Ballymun Regeneration Ltd     Legal advisers to An Bord Bia, the Irish food board.     Legal advisers to BRL in the context of its regeneration project, the single largest project of its kind undertaken in the Republic of Ireland, including housing, recreation, education, municipal services and commercial facilities.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Daire Hogan                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Lonan McDowell                      Barrett Chapman                      Kevin Kelly                                       National Gallery of Ireland     National Standards Authority of Ireland     Legal advisers to the National Gallery of Ireland in relation to exhibition contracts, website and other multimedia initiatives, and publishing contracts.     Legal advisers to the National Standards Authority of Ireland.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  William Earley                      Paul Lavery                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Helen Kilroy                                       Railway Procurement Agency     CIE     Advising the RPA in relation to property and construction aspects of line A of the LUAS (Dublin's light rail system).     Member of CIE's (State transport company) legal advisory panel.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michael O'Reilly                      Helen Kilroy                      Timothy Bouchier-Hayes                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michael O'Reilly                      Timothy Bouchier-Hayes                                       Laois County Council     National Roads Authority     Acted in a ten week oral hearing in connection with the routing of the M7/M8 motorway.     Advising in judicial review proceedings taken by public interest objectors concerning various road projects including the M7/M8, the M3 (Hill of Tara), Galway outer bypass and New Ross bypass.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michelle Doyle                      Michael O'Reilly                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michelle Doyle                                       Shannon Broadband     Courts Service     Advising in relation to the establishment of Shannon Broadband, the company responsible for the development of broadband communications networks Shannon Region in the South West of Ireland.     Legal advisers to the Courts Service in the preparation of Superior, Circuit and District Court rules.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Susan O'Halloran                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Seán Barton                                       Fingal County Council     HSE South Eastern and Northern Area     Ongoing work for the Fingal County Council     We carry out ongoing work for HSE South Eastern Area and Northern Area     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Donal O'Raghallaigh                      Lonan McDowell                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Julie Quin                      Lonan McDowell                                       Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council     Housing Finance Agency - State Aid     Amongst other matters, advising DLRCC in relation to recent transaction involving complex arrangements in respect of the construction of a road pursuant to a CPO scheme, having regard to the developer's property interest in the area. These arrangements included a development agreement involving various interests in land.     Advising the HFA in relation to a number of successful applications to the European Commission for clearance under the State aid rules.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Julie Quin                           Date : December 2005 Partners :  Damian Collins