GRAI publishes inaugural annual report covering its 2025 regulatory groundwork

Reportedly, Funding constraints at GRAI are delaying online gambling licences in Ireland. The constraints also limit enforcement against overseas operators serving Irish customers.

For 2026 the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland has been given €13.35m, while it asked for €26m. According to the regulator, that shortfall will push back reforms it had planned and restrict how closely it can watch the gambling sector in the near term. It estimates the market it oversees turns over €12bn–€14bn a year, and it says the money gap puts at risk its licensing of online gambling and its pursuit of companies based abroad that take bets from Irish customers.