While last year was characterised by a record number of merger notifications to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the CCPC),

EU and Irish competition law requires competitors to act strictly independently of each other in the market and prohibits businesses from entering into anti-competitive agreements or engaging in concerted practices.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") confirmed on Friday, 14 June 2019, that it will proceed with plans to introduce a simplified procedure

The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (the "2014 Act"), which came into force in late October 2014, reshaped the Irish merger control landscape.

On 8 April 2019, Armalou Holdings Limited pleaded guilty before the Dublin Metropolitan District Court in the first criminal prosecution taken for gun-jumping in Ireland

On the 30 May 2012, the Irish Competition Authority announced that Show Jumping Ireland had agreed to amend an alleged anticompetitive rule.

Irish Competition Regulator Opens Study of Mortgage Market and Continues Other High-Profile Market Investigations.

The risk that confidential or commercially sensitive information might have to be disclosed to a competitor in litigation can be a real concern for commercial parties.

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is running a public consultation on draft regulations including new rules for commercial arrangements between certain grocery businesses that are active in Ireland.

The following three recent court rulings are of significant relevance to the conduct of competition law and other regulatory investigations under Ireland's criminal prosecution enforcement regime:

In 2011, the Hungarian national tax and customs authority published a contract notice for the provision of certain insurance services.

On 29 October 2019, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") published draft Simplified Merger Notification Guidelines ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") is responsible for the promotion and enforcement of competition law in Ireland.

Ireland is one of the best countries in the world for ease of doing business, according to Forbes. The Irish regulatory environment is business focused and pragmatic.

In our previous eZine in January 2014, we reported on ComReg’s proposed amendments to the current PRS Code of Practice 2012

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland ("BAI") has recently published: (i) a new policy on Media Plurality and (ii) a revised Ownership and Control policy following a public consultation process.

This Knowledge Insights event, held on 10 April, was moderated by Dr Irene Lynch Fannon, Head of Knowledge Management at Matheson. Irene was in conversation with Matheson partners...

On 8 September, the timeframe for reviewing the award of public sector contracts was clarified by S.I. No. 420 of 2010 (the "S.I."). The S.I. substituted a new Order 84A in the Rules of the Superior Courts so that it is now consistent with European law.

On 2 November 2018, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally concluded that ComparetheMarket (a UK comparison website offering price comparisons of insurance products and utilities)

27 September 2023 marked the commencement date for the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (the "2022 Act"). The 2022 Act implements the ECN+ Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1)...