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Irish Merger Control In Focus: The CCPC's First Call-in And Threshold Reform

Irish merger control is being reshaped at both policy and enforcement level. Ongoing debate as to the appropriate breadth of jurisdiction under Part 3 of the Competition Act 2002...

Ireland Anti-trust

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Arthur Cox

Proposed Changes To Ireland's Media Merger Rules By The Media Regulation Bill

On 26 February 2026, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport (the “Minister”) published the Media Regulation Bill 2026 (the “Media Regulation Bill”). The Media Regulation Bill proposes a number of amendments...

Ireland Anti-trust

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RDJ LLP

A New Dawn For Dawn Raids? Proposals For The Reform Of Regulation 1/2003 And The Future Of Unannounced Inspections

Fostering healthy and competitive markets is a key objective of the European Union. And one set of regulations has served as the cornerstone...

Ireland Anti-trust

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Government Publishes Media Regulation Bill

On 19 February 2026, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport (the "Minister") announced Government approval to publish the Media Regulation Bill 2026 (the "Media Regulation Bill").

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

Public Consultation On The Proposed Reforms To Consumer And Competition Enforcement In Ireland

Ireland Anti-trust

RL

RDJ LLP

Public Consultation On Proposed Changes To Irish Competition And Consumer Legislation

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

EU Competition Law Investigations: Extension Of Legal Professional Privilege To In-house Lawyers Rejected

European Union Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

European Commission Cartel Decision: Key Lessons On No-Poach Agreements And Minority Shareholdings

Ireland Anti-trust

RL

RDJ LLP

CCPC Publishes Update To Its Analysis Of Competition In The Irish Grocery Retail Sector

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

A New EMFA-sis On Ireland's Media Merger Regime

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

Dawn Raids In Ireland: Part 3 - Key Steps For Businesses

Ireland Anti-trust

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Dawn Raids In Ireland: Part 2 – Disputes Relating To Seized Data

Ireland Anti-trust

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Dawn Raids In Ireland: Part 1 – Powers Of The CCPC

Ireland Anti-trust

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

EDPB Adopts Position Paper On Interplay Between Data Protection And Competition Law

Ireland Anti-trust

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Ep3 - Planning Ahead - The Reform Of Judicial Reform Procedures (Podcast)

Ireland Litigation

WF

William Fry

Commercial Property Essentials: Buying A Standalone Commercial Building

Ireland Real Estate

RL

RDJ LLP

Asset Management & Investment Funds Update - February 2026

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Data Transfers In 2025: A Review

Worldwide Privacy

AC

Arthur Cox

Horizon Scanner: Energy Planning Infrastructure And Construction March 2026 - Environment And Planning

Ireland Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

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Antitrust, EU Competition

Irish Merger Control In Focus: The CCPC's First Call-in And Threshold Reform

Irish merger control is being reshaped at both policy and enforcement level. Ongoing debate as to the appropriate breadth of jurisdiction under Part 3 of the Competition Act 2002...

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

Proposed Changes To Ireland's Media Merger Rules By The Media Regulation Bill

On 26 February 2026, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport (the “Minister”) published the Media Regulation Bill 2026 (the “Media Regulation Bill”). The Media Regulation Bill proposes a number of amendments...

Ireland Anti-trust

RL

RDJ LLP

A New Dawn For Dawn Raids? Proposals For The Reform Of Regulation 1/2003 And The Future Of Unannounced Inspections

Fostering healthy and competitive markets is a key objective of the European Union. And one set of regulations has served as the cornerstone...

Ireland Anti-trust

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Government Publishes Media Regulation Bill

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

Irish Business Remains Bullish On M&A Activity At William Fry Event

Ireland Commercial

WF

William Fry

Irish Merger Control 2025 – Key Takeaways

Ireland Commercial

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Public Consultation On The Proposed Reforms To Consumer And Competition Enforcement In Ireland

Ireland Anti-trust

RL

RDJ LLP

Legal Developments Shaping Ireland's Agri-food Sector For 2026

Ireland Healthcare

AC

Arthur Cox

Public Consultation On Proposed Changes To Irish Competition And Consumer Legislation

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

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Cartels, Monopolies

European Commission Cartel Decision: Key Lessons On No-Poach Agreements And Minority Shareholdings

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission imposed fines totalling €329 million on Delivery Hero and Glovo for their participation in a four-year cartel in the online food delivery sector.

Ireland Anti-trust

RL

RDJ LLP

Irish Competition Law Enforcement Update: H1 2024 Updates

Following commencement of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 ("2022 Act"), the enforcement powers of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC")...

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

Changes To Competition Law Enforcement Are Now Effective

A new era has begun. From now on, Irish enforcers may recommend fines for EU and Irish competition rules breaches.

Ireland Anti-trust

WF

William Fry

2022 Act Enters Into Force – New Irish Competition Enforcement Regime

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

ComReg Publishes Draft Competition Policies And Guidelines

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

The Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 – An Overview Of Recent Reforms To Competition Enforcement In Ireland

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

CCPC Investigation Leads To Charges For Fourteen People Involved In School Bus Transport Cartel

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

Matheson Responds To Public Consultation On Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

CCPC Launches Series Of Consultation Papers On Irish Competition Law Powers

Ireland Anti-trust

WF

William Fry

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Trade Regulation & Practices

Revised Financial Thresholds For Merger Notifications In Ireland

On 2 October 2018, Minister Heather Humphries, the Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation, signed the Competition Act 2002 (section 27) Order 2018.

Ireland Commercial

RL

RDJ LLP

Conditional Clearance Of Trinity Mirror Acquisition

The Irish competition regulator has this week cleared a media merger, subject to a behavioural remedy of ‘ring-fencing'.

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

Implementation Of The Competition Damages Directive In Ireland

EU Directive 2014/104 (the "Directive") was introduced in 2014 to make it easier for victims of competition infringements to claim compensation before national courts in EU Member States.

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

Dawn Raids - Are You Ready?

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

Competition Litigation 2017

Ireland Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

Landmark Judgment Limits Dawn Raid Powers Of CCPC

Ireland Anti-trust

M

Matheson

New Cartel Immunity Programme 2015

European Union Anti-trust

AC

Arthur Cox

BT’s Call Handling Fee For Managing The Emergency Call Answering Service Set To Increase - Again

Ireland Media & IT

M

Matheson

If At First You Don’t Succeed - Vodafone Seeks Legal Review Against ComReg Regarding The Spectrum Held By Three Post Three/O2 Merger

Ireland Media & IT

M

Matheson

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Latest Videos

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GCR Know How: State Aid 2016 - Ireland

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Matheson

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