Kingspan insulation. EU competition regulators plan an in-depth investigation of insulation specialist Kingspan’s take over of rival Trimo.

EU competition regulators plan an in-depth investigation of Irish insulation specialist Kingspan’s takeover of rival Trimo. Kingspan said last year t(...)

Ireland gave out €0.93 billion in state aid in 2020,  which accounted for 0.26 per cent of national GDP, the lowest proportion in the EU. Photograph: iStock

Ireland ranked last in the European Union for the amount of state aid it doled out to companies in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic in proportion to (...)

The move comes days after a landmark ruling against Uber by the UK supreme court, which said the ride hailing app’s employees were workers rather than being self-employed. Photograph: iStock

The European Commission has launched a consultation on whether gig workers should be given the same employment rights as those of staff in more secure(...)

Shannon Airport’s passenger numbers fell by  79 per cent last year. Photograph: iStock

Passenger numbers at Shannon Airport tumbled almost 1.4 million to 352,000 people in the face of last year’s Covid-19 travel restrictions. The news c(...)

Big Tech has its hands full with antitrust investigations and complaints growing from activists and politicians. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure /AFP via Getty

Big Tech is stepping into a year where the only certainty is that there will be much unwelcome uncertainty. And with so many of the major technology p(...)

New European Union rules will seek to crack down on illegal online content while ending the excessive dominance of large technology companies skewing competition.

New European Union rules will seek to crack down on illegal online content while ending the excessive dominance of large technology companies skewing (...)

Concept of crowds of people and communication. This is entirely 3D generated image.

Even in the midst of the biggest crisis most of us have ever witnessed, digital services help us to continue working, doing business, learning, stayin(...)

European commissioner Margrethe Vestager

European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said she is hopeful of a winning the appeal against the Apple tax ruling, but admitted (...)

Teva received cash payments and struck beneficial commercial side deals with Cephalon that stopped it rolling out a generic version of Cephalon’s modafinil medicine. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and its Cephalon unit were fined €60.5 million by the European Union for a pact that delayed sales of a cheaper ver(...)

Photograph: David Becker/AFP via Getty Images

The European Union’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager has charged Amazon with using its size, power, and data collected on rivals to give itself a(...)

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