
Employment
Europe Guide 2026 : Ireland
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Lewis Silkin works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets - their ideas, their people and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities.
Widely recognised as the Ireland leading specialist employment law practice, our team of over 325 employment, immigration and data privacy experts advise on all employment law issues.
We provide clear, pragmatic and commercial advice, with unmatched international coverage. We focus on day to day advisory work, strategic projects and Employment Tribunal and complex litigation. We also have dedicated teams of experts in specialist areas including High Court employment litigation, investigations, trade unions and works councils, outsourcing and M&A, alternative workforce arrangements, global mobility and reward and tax. Our dedicated senior executives team advise individuals on all aspects of employment law, with a particular specialism in discrimination law.
Alongside our colleagues in Ius Laboris, the world’s leading international HR practice (of which we are the UK, Irish and Hong Kong member), we cut through the complexity of managing a global workforce, providing clients with the best local employment lawyers in one global team.
We also support clients through our low cost, fixed fee helpline and Employment Tribunal service rockhopper, our flexible resourcing service LS In-house and through WORKSPHERE, our people solutions service providing training, HR consultancy, pay and reward services.
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Lewis Silkin provides responsive, practical and professional advice, delivered with support and relentless good humour.
Employment respondentEuropeThe team is extremely knowledgeable and proactive.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 1 
Band 1 
Joanne Hyde
Joanne Hyde is noted for her ability to provide solutions in sensitive and complex employment matters. She expertly handles collective redundancies and senior executive exits, offering additional experience in unfair dismissals, disciplinary issues and discrimination claims. She also advises on gender pay gap compliance and internal investigations. Band 2 
Band 2 
Siobhra Rush
Síobhra Rush is a well-known labour lawyer who is respected for her broad practice, which covers industrial relations, collective redundancies, gender discrimination and other equality claims. She is also skilled at handling the employment aspects of corporate transactions.
I can always rely on Síobhra Rush for quick, pragmatic and thorough advice.
Employment respondentEuropeShe is pragmatic, no fuss, straight to the point and has a huge level of focus on client engagement.
Employment respondentEuropeSíobhra is an excellent communicator who simplifies difficult legal concepts to enable understanding for non-legal professionals.
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Band 3 
Band 3 
Linda Hynes
Linda Hynes has experience in cross-border redundancies, M&A-related employment issues and data protection matters. She also advises on protected disclosure, gender equality and senior executive terminations. Linda is responsive, has excellent communication skills and really works to optimise solutions.
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Joanne Hyde
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Linda Hynes
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Siobhra Rush
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Lewis Silkin has rankings in the following guides
Band 3 Global 2026
Practice area: Employment
Location: Global: Multi-Jurisdictional
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