Significant and wide-ranging new powers of investigation, intervention and enforcement are proposed to be given to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), under the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022.
Contact usAs Ireland enters the final weeks of its term, we look at some of the latest developments made in advancing the competitiveness and security objectives set out in its Presidency Programme.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Media Regulation Bill 2026 is proceeding through the Irish legislature and is currently at Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe UK voted ten years ago on 23 June 2016 to leave the European Union.
BrexitThe CCPC issued a press release in October 2026 indicating that the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment had informed the CCPC of the lapse of the legislation that had increased the Irish merger control notification thresholds from July 2026.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAs Ireland has just passed the halfway point of its presidency, we look at some of the current developments focusing on competitiveness.
EU, Competition & ProcurementWhat will the new EU-Canada relationship mean? What is “associate membership”? Dr Vincent Power, Partner, EU, Competition and Procurement Group discusses the implications.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe EU's approach to sustainable public procurement is undergoing a fundamental transformation.
Energy, Infrastructure & Natural ResourcesThe CCPC published its 2025 Annual Report on 14 July 2026. The Report highlights a number of developments in Irish competition law and policy.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe report highlights an increase in the CCPC's enforcement activity, investigative powers and organisational capacity, signalling the CCPC’s intention have a more active competition law landscape for businesses operating in Ireland.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIreland now holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (Council), taking over from Cyprus and will hand over to Lithuania on 1 January 2027.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe first annual report on Ireland’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening regime under the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 has been published.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIn a ruling delivered in December 2025, the High Court acceded to a successful tenderer’s application, made on consent, that aspects of a hearing in public procurement proceedings be heard otherwise than in public.
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