From Sharon Daly of the Irish law firm, Matheson Ormsby Prentice:

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The process of discovery has entirely changed in the last ten years, in an era where electronic documents are now the norm. In addition, the ease with which such documentation can be shared with others irrespective of location has also led to multi jurisdictional issues in discovery becoming increasingly common. In recognition of this, new rules on the discovery of electronically stored information (‘ESI’) (the ‘E-Discovery Rules’), were introduced in Ireland in April 2009. The E-Discovery Rules implement the Law Society’s Litigation Committee recommendations. One of our Litigation partners, Lisa Broderick, was heavily involved in the Committee and the drafting of the recommendations, designed to bring Irish practice into line with e-discovery rules in the US and the UK…