Republic of Ireland: copyright milestones
| Date | Description |
| 16/12/1911 | Copyright Act, 1911 comes into force – same Act as UK at this point |
| 12/1929 | Copyright (Preservation) Act, 1929 comes into force, preserving in Saorstát Éireann all copyright that existed in the late United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1963 | Copyright Act, 1963 comes into force |
| 1987 | Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1987 comes into force, amending sections 14 and 27 of Copyright Act, 1963 |
| 1/1/2001 | Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 comes into force |
| 2004 | Copyright and Related Rights Act (Amendment), 2004 comes into force, amending the detail on public exhibition of certain works to avoid any doubt |
| 2007 | Copyright and Related Rights Act (Amendment), 2007 comes into force, establishing a public lending remuneration scheme |
| 2007 | Local Government Act, 2001 is consequently amended, under section 79 An Comhairle Leabharlanna |
| 5/11/2013, Statutory Instrument | The Copyright and Duration of Rights in Performances Regulations, 2013 come into force. Implements Directive 2011/77/EU on the term of protection [including sound recordings and co-authored works] |
| 8/2013 | ‘Modernising Copyright’ report published, compiled by Copyright Review Committee |
| 31/10/2014 | S.I. No. 490/2014 – European Union (Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works) Regulations, 2014 come into force |
| 8/2016 | Copyright and Related Rights (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 2016 published – to service persons with a disability and to address exceptions for caricature, satire and parody, to extend fair dealing of copyrighted works for news reporting etc. Bill is a response to ‘Modernising Copyright’. |