Ireland confirmed that it had missed the 26th of June deadline for implementing the beneficial ownership register provisions of the Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive. The Department of Finance indicated that its register will not be introduced until the fourth quarter of this year and there will be an extended period of at least three months for companies to make their beneficial ownership filing after the launch, with the deadline falling in early 2018. It is not yet clear whether the general public will have full access to the register.
