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The Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 Has Been Enacted

Important update for all charities

The long-awaited Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 has now been enacted and awaits commencement. All Irish charities need to familiarise themselves…

11/07/24

About Niamh

Niamh is a Partner in our Corporate team, where she leads the Charity Law and Not-for-Profit practice. in addition, Niamh is our Charity and Not-for-Profit sector lead. Known for providing practical legal advice, Niamh specialises in solving corporate, restructuring and compliance issue for those in the charity sector.

As well as advising on the full range of activities carried out by charities and social enterprises, Niamh’s areas of focus include establishing new and update existing legal and constitutional structures for clients.

Niamh helps her clients on their compliance with the Charities Act 2009.

Charity and Not-for-Profit

Corporate
Charities and Not-for-Profit
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Restructurings

Niamh's clients vary from:

Household name charities
Social enterprises
Large Irish hospitals
Universities
Schools
Public bodies
Religious organisations
International NGO's
Campaigning organisations
Social Enterprises
Local voluntary groups

Engagements

Niamh regularly provides seminars to her clients in the charity sector. She also speaks at events hosted by Cii, Davy and other parties in the charity sector.

Education

University College Dublin, BCL INTL.

- Advised Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and the Children’s Hospital Temple St, on the transfer of their activities to Children’s Health Ireland.
- Advises Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), the new merged children’s hospital on all of its legal requirements.
- Advises the National Maternity Hospital on its negotiations with the HSE and St Vincent’s Hospital on the proposed relocation of NMH to the St Vincent’s site.
- Advises many UK and overseas charities on establishing and operating in Ireland, addressing Brexit and other concerns.
- Advised Trocaire and many other charities on restructuring from one legal form to another.
- Advises charitable and not-for-profit organisations on best practice in corporate governance, board structures, governance training and the drafting of governance codes.
- Advises charities on restructuring, transferring into a new governing form or merging their operations with those of another charity.
- Advises a variety of religious organisations and faith based organisations on compliance with charity law.
- Advises many healthcare bodies, including voluntary hospitals on all their legal requirements, including compliance with HSE requirements and with Charities governance and compliance.

Contact Niamh

Discuss your related questions with Niamh Callaghan now

Niamh Callaghan

Partner

+353 86 810 5749 ncallaghan@mhc.ie

Niamh Callaghan

The Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 Has Been Enacted

About Niamh

Engagements

Education

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