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Call for League of Ireland Clubs to Agree Minimum Transfer Fees for Selling Players.

Today’s Irish Times contains an interesting story which claims that Bohemians had called on other League of Ireland soccer clubs “to enter a ‘collective agreement’ that establishes a base level on transfer fees.” This move is supposedly designed to reduce the outflow of players from League of Ireland clubs to overseas, mainly UK, clubs. A …

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Are Rugby Teams Maximisers?

Last weekend France beat Ireland 30-24 in Paris in the second round of this year’s Six Nations rugby championship. The following night the Los Angeles Rams won the Superbowl with a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The connection? A paper published in the Journal of Political Economy back in 2006. 72 minutes into the …

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2021 – A busy year for mergers

2021 Saw Big Jump in Merger Notifications. The number of mergers notified to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) increased significantly in 2021. The CCPC’s Mergers & Acquisitions Report for the year, which was published earlier this month, reveals that 81 mergers were notified to it last year, compared with 41 in 2020. The …

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News Archive 2022

Previous years 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 For Pre 2011 stories go to the Compecon Newsletter Archive. Check out our Competition Economics Blog. January Dublin 4th January – CCPC Publishes Mergers & Acquisitions Report 2021. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission published its 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Report. The …

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