The State’s competition watchdog is setting up a new unit to use surveillance powers given by recent legislation to investigate price fixing and other crimes. Legislation passed in 2022 allows the ...

Irish consumers may have paid over the odds for electric appliances sold by multiple retailers due to a possible pricing deal with a supplier that is under investigation by the competition watchdog.

This year, the CCPC issued its first compliance notices against two ‘prominent’ influencers. The Irish Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has agreed to provide the Competition and Consumer ...