Tag(s):
UK insurer stands by rejected bid
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
UK insurer Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) has today said it stands by its £5 billion (€6.1 billion) bid for Aviva’s UK, Canadian and Irish general insurance businesses, which could make it the largest general insurance provider in each of the three countries.
Ireland hires Goggin for authority role
Monday, 26 July 2010
Ireland’s Competition Authority has hired ex-telecoms regulator Isolde Goggin as a temporary member. She begins her new role tomorrow.
Ireland revises immunity scheme
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Ireland’s Competition Authority has announced it is reviewing the country’s cartel immunity programme.
Bank of Ireland gets state aid approval
Thursday, 15 July 2010
The European Commission today approved a €3.5 billion state aid package to help reorganise Bank of Ireland, after it agreed to structural remedies to maintain competition in the banking market.
Ireland boosts competition between family doctors
Friday, 09 July 2010
Ireland’s Competition Authority has published recommendations to change the country’s General Medical Services (GMS) system and increase competition between general practitioner (GP) doctors.
FitzGerald hired for authority role
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Ireland’s Competition Authority has today appointed competition specialist Gerald FitzGerald as a member. He will head the authority’s cartel division.
General court rules against Ryanair
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
Ryanair will not be allowed to merge with Irish rival Aer Lingus, after Europe’s General Court today supported a European Commission decision to block the airline tie-up.
In-house lawyers stumble over privilege
Thursday, 29 April 2010
In-house lawyers today received a major blow to their hopes of gaining legal professional privilege after an advocate general said in the EU's Court of Justice that she did not support the principle, an opinion likely to cause concern among competition lawyers.
Irish government appoints interim chair amid uncertainty at the authority
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Declan Purcell, a 12-year veteran of Ireland's Competition Authority, has been named the authority's interim chairman as the government carries out a recruitment process for a permanent replacement for former head William Prasifka.
Prasifka steps away from Irish authority
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The head of Ireland's Competition Authority, William Prasifka, is departing from the enforcer to become the country's financial services ombudsman, the authority announced yesterday.
Ireland opens dominance investigation of waste plant
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Complaints from waste operators in Dublin have led Ireland's Competition Authority to open an abuse of dominance investigation of the Poolbeg waste incinerator plant, sources have confirmed.
Rubbish company wins unfair competition challenge
Friday, 08 January 2010
Ireland’s Panda Waste Services has won its challenge against a decision by Dublin’s four local authorities to amend their waste management regime.
Ireland imprisons a cartelist for the first time
Monday, 30 November 2009
Dublin’s Central Criminal Court today sentenced an individual to 28 days' imprisonment in connection with his part in a car dealership cartel. He is the first person to be jailed in Ireland after being found guilty of violating the Competition Act.
Ireland clears newspaper merger
Monday, 09 November 2009
Ireland’s Competition Authority has conditionally cleared the merger of two free newspapers.
Eircom agrees to end illegal bundling
Friday, 16 October 2009
Ireland’s largest fixed-line company has settled a bundling and margin squeeze dispute with telecoms regulator Comreg on the eve of trial at the Irish High Court.
Search GCR
Register for Free GCR Daily News
GCR August/September 2010
Global Competition Review events
Sep
28
International Merger Control - A major international conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the EU Merger Regulation
Organiser: Global Competition Review
Tue, 28th September - Wed, 29th September
Brussels, Belgium
Oct
20
Settlement Agreements and Patent Abuse in the Pharmaceutical Sector : An EU/US Comparison
Organiser: Global Competition Review
Wed, 20th October
Brussels, Belgium
Nov
16
GCR'S 2010 COMPETITION LAW REVIEW
Organiser: Global Competition Review
Tue, 16th November - Wed, 17th November
Brussels, Belgium
Featured events
Sep
13
International Arbitration in Australia and Beyond
Organiser: ICC
Mon, 13th September - Fri, 17th September
Sydney and Perth, Australia
