The Gist: Not Mandatory, Not Compulsory, Not Legal
The DPC has fined the Department of Social Protection €550,000. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr
A lawyer with McGarr Solicitors and director of Data Compliance Europe. Senior Policy Advisor for M3AAWG, guest lecturer with ERA in Trier & External Examiner for Irish Law Society on Data Protection.
Ireland
The Gist: Guns, Shannon and VAT
Faced with civilian jets illegally renditioning people through Shannon, let’s talk about VAT law. This is the Gist.
The Gist: News of the World
England, Canada and Australia, all with election results in a week? This is the Gist.
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
USA
The Gist: Tariffifing Behaviour
Donald Trump thinks he knows what a tariff is. He is wrong. It may be enough to destroy him. This is the Gist.
EU
The Gist: A Bad State of Affairs
This week, the talk has been about empowering the state. This is the Gist.
US
The Gist: A Confederacy of Dunces
Look, I don't like it any more than you. But we've to do Trump some time. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: The Landlord's Game
The Government has a new policy to increase housing, which is to keep doing their failed policy, but even harder. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: The Group Think Government
Wednesday's Dáil chaos reveals the limits of Executive power. This is the Gist.
Ireland
Campaign Gist: And in the end...
The election campaign ended with the public's vote but only now do we have a Government. This is the final Campaign Gist.
fiction
The Gist: "My Daughter's Path"
The last of the holiday pieces before normal service is resumed is a short story I wrote when I was 20. This is the New Year's Gist.
The Gist: Paul Duane's "My Christmas Memories"
Horror film director, Paul Duane, gives us a Christmas ghost story haunted by the stuff of childhood memory. This is the Guest Gist.