Resources & Insights
Practical guides for Irish regulated firms, written against the legislation rather than around it. What the Criminal Justice Acts require, what the Central Bank asks for at inspection, and what the evidence has to look like.
CPD Requirements for Irish Compliance Professionals
Who sets your CPD obligation, how formal and informal hours differ, what the Minimum Competency Code expects, and what a defensible CPD record looks like.
Read the guideFitness & Probity and the Individual Accountability Framework
Controlled Functions, the three F&P standards, annual certification, and how SEAR statements of responsibility change what individuals can be held to.
Read the guideDORA: What Irish Financial Firms Need in Place
The five pillars of the Digital Operational Resilience Act, the register of information, ICT incident reporting, and where to start if you are behind.
Read the guidePreparing for a Central Bank AML Inspection
What supervisors request first, where Irish firms lose marks, how training evidence is tested, and what to do in the week before an on-site visit.
Read the guideThe Business-Wide Risk Assessment: The Document Inspectors Ask For First
What the Criminal Justice Act requires in a firm-wide AML risk assessment, the factors it must weigh, and why a generic template is worse than none.
Read the guideBeneficial Ownership and the RBO: What Irish Firms Must Verify
The 25% test, the senior managing official fallback, when to file a discrepancy notice, and why an RBO printout is not verification.
Read the guideChoosing a Compliance Training Course: Buyer’s Checklist
Ten questions to put to any compliance training vendor selling into Irish regulated firms, and the one that separates Irish-first from Irish-flavoured.
Read the guideGDPR Compliance for Irish Regulated Firms in 2026
What the DPC is enforcing against, the four things every Irish regulated firm needs, a 72-hour breach template, and how GDPR interacts with AML retention.
Read the guideMLRO Responsibilities: A First-100-Days Checklist
Twelve things a newly appointed MLRO in an Irish firm should work through in their first hundred days, tested against the questions inspections open with.
Read the guideSuspicious Transaction Reporting: A Practical Guide
When the threshold is crossed, how internal escalation to the MLRO works, filing to FIU Ireland through goAML and to Revenue, and the tipping-off rule.
Read the guideCustomer Due Diligence in Ireland: What the Central Bank Expects
When CDD is required, the three levels and what separates them, beneficial ownership through the RBO, and the findings that come up most often at inspection.
Read the guideAnti Money Laundering Training in Ireland: The Complete 2026 Guide
What Section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act requires, who has to be trained, how often, and what an inspector will accept as evidence that it happened.
Read the guideReading about it is the easy part.
Twenty-two courses built on the same legislation these guides cover, each about 30 minutes, with the audit trail your supervisor asks for.