Competition And Consumer Protection Commission
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Irish banks club together with new digital service to counter Revolut threat
- Financial Services
- January 11, 2021, 20:40
Four of the biggest banks operating in the Irish market are joining forces to launch an instantaneous digital payments app that they hope will help th(...)

Blackstone set to acquire stakes in two prime Dublin offices
- Commercial Property
- January 11, 2021, 13:30
US private equity giant Blackstone has indicated its intention to acquire a majority interest in two of Dublin’s foremost office assets. The company (...)

Irish public liability premiums jump up to 20% in past three years
- Financial Services
- December 16, 2020, 00:01
Public liability insurance premiums have jumped by an average of between 15 and 20 per cent in the past three years, with a lack of data on the market(...)

ESB and Coillte plan to jointly build wind farms faces further scrutiny
- Energy & Resources
- December 10, 2020, 16:50
Competition watchdogs will step up their investigation of a proposed €1 billion energy deal between State companies ESB and Coillte. Forestry compan(...)

Cowen ‘confident’ €40m Offaly meat plant proposal will get back on track
- Agribusiness & Food
- December 8, 2020, 19:03
Former agriculture minister Barry Cowen said he was confident plans for a €40 million Chinese beef plant in Offaly, which was initially refused govern(...)

Insurance costs: Cabinet approves plan to cut personal injury payouts
- Irish News
- December 8, 2020, 00:00
Perjury will be made easier to prosecute and the book of quantum will be replaced with new personal injury award guidelines as part of a plan to tackl(...)

Reach’s full takeover of Irish Daily Star cleared by regulators
- Media & Marketing
- November 20, 2020, 16:18
British newspaper publisher Reach has been cleared to buy the 50 per cent of the Irish Daily Star that it does not already own, with the deal expected(...)

Gardaí seize €300,000 in counterfeit goods destined for Christmas market
- Irish News
- November 18, 2020, 16:57
Thousands of families across Ireland may have been spared Christmas heartache after a major counterfeiting ring selling fake and almost certainly unre(...)

Court approves survival scheme for company behind Joe.ie
- Media & Marketing
- October 7, 2020, 15:25
The High Court has approved a survival scheme for a digital media company behind the social news website Joe.ie. Mr Justice Michael Quinn on Wednesda(...)

AIG names Aidan Connaughton as new Irish head
- Financial Services
- October 2, 2020, 17:11
US insurance giant AIG has named internal candidate Aidan Connaughton as the new general manager of its Irish business, after the previous head quit t(...)