Ireland, in common with the European Commission and national competition authorities across the European Union, has recently shown an increased interest ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has announced significant changes to Ireland's merger control financial thresholds, effective 1 July 2026.

New merger rules come into force in Ireland today, Friday, 31 October 2014, under the Competition and Consumer Protection Act.

On 8 May 2012, the European Commission opened another chapter in its fight against abuses by dominant undertakings in the telecoms sector.

It is anticipated that the Screening of Third Countries Transactions Bill 2022 (Bill) will be enacted shortly, but at the time of writing, it is not clear when it will be commenced.

Ireland is raising its merger control notification thresholds effective July 2026, with the aggregate turnover requirement increasing from €60 million to €100 million and individual undertaking thresholds rising from €10 million to €15 million.

The Communications Regulation Acts 2002-2011 requires ComReg to review the maximum CHF that can be charged by the emergency call answering service provider (currently BT) each year.

The highest ever number of antitrust merger notifications (98 in total), was made to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") in 2018.

Under Irish merger control rules, mergers or acquisitions which meet certain financial thresholds require competition clearance from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

A successful court challenge of an EU Commission State aid approval decision addressed to the UK has caused the suspension of the UK electricity market's capacity mechanism.

Readers will be aware of the ongoing saga of the appropriate price control obligation for MTRs for the six Irish mobile service providers.

ComReg took the somewhat unusual step of publicly stating that it "remains concerned" about the effects of the merger on Irish consumers.

On 29 November 2020, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") announced that it had reached agreement with Ticketmaster Ireland ("Ticketmaster") to close its ticketing investigation on the basis of Section 14B commitments.

According to reports, at 10am on Friday 13 May last, up to 15 officials from the Irish Competition Authority, accompanied by a Garda Detective, conducted a 'dawn-raids on the Irish Farmers Association offices in Dublin.

The Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023 (the "Bill") has, as of yesterday, 4 July 2023, been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") has recently launched a guide to assist businesses selling online to comply with their consumer law obligations.

The Irish Government has today, 31 January 2022, published the long-awaited Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (the 2022 Bill) implementing the EU's so-called ECN+ Directive into domestic law.

We wrote last summer about an investigation by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") into a suspected case of ‘gun-jumping',

Ireland is raising the financial thresholds for mandatory merger control notifications from July 2026, increasing the combined Irish turnover requirement from €60 million to €100 million and the individual turnover threshold from €10 million to €15 million. This change follows recommendations from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and a public consultation process, with significant implications for transaction notification requirements and regulatory oversight.