- Boards.ie forced to change content policy after #IrishSOPA enacted into law Boards.ie, Ireland's largest internet forum, has been forced to change its policy regarding the posting of copyrighted material just days after the enactment of Ireland's own SOPA-style legislation.
- Ireland faces its own SOPA battle Before the end of January Ireland will have enacted its own SOPA-style legislation - without discussion or vote in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament - allowing parts of the internet deemed to aid piracy or infringe copyright to be censored from the Irish public.
- Record companies want to control what we access online, Irish Government obliges Threatened by legal action from EMI Ireland, the Irish Government has agreed to publish an order next month, "plugging a gap" in Irish copyright law and effectively allowing record companies to restrict access to whole websites in Ireland as they please.