Beauchamps Podcast Channel

In this episode, Fidelma McManus, Partner and Head of Housing at Beauchamps, is joined by Kate English, Chief Economist at Deloitte, to reflect on the key takeaways from our recent Housing Conference: Momentum Matters | Accelerate 2025. Together, they discuss why building and maintaining momentum in 2025 is crucial to meeting Ireland’s target of delivering 300,000 new homes by 2030.

In today’s podcast, we will be diving into a major development that all foreign investors, infrastructure developers, and energy companies should be aware of: the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023. This new Irish legislation introduces a formal screening mechanism for certain investments by non-EU parties into Irish businesses and assets. It has potentially significant implications for deal structuring, timelines, and regulatory risk, particularly in sectors like energy, transport, and technology.

Ainsley Heffernan, Partner, and Head of Beauchamps’ Projects, Infrastructure and Energy team, will, with his fellow Partner, John Gaffney, Co-Head of Beauchamps’ EU & Competition Team, unpack what the legislation means in practice, how to assess whether a transaction might be notifiable, and what steps companies can take to manage compliance and mitigate disruption.

With Budget 2025 hot off the press, we reflect on the key takeouts from our Housing Conference during which Fidelma McManus, Partner and Head of Housing, was joined by Kate English, Director and Head of Real Estate Research at Deloitte to discuss What's Next and addressed the hard facts around housing and infrastructure delivery in the context of Ireland's population and economic growth.