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Previous years For Pre 2011 stories go to the Compecon Newsletter Archive. Check out our Competition Economics Blog. January Dublin 12th January – CCPC Publishes Annual 2025 Merger Report. The report provides an overview of the CCPC’s merger activities during 2025. The prompt publication of the report is welcome. 90 mergers were notified to the […]

All is for the best in this the best of all possible worlds. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) recently published its “Updated High Level analysis of the Irish Grocery Retail Sector“. This report updates an earlier 2023 report and was prompted by widespread public concerns about sharp increases in grocery prices. Consumers are

Previous years For Pre 2011 stories go to the Compecon Newsletter Archive. Check out our Competition Economics Blog. February Dublin 6th February – CCPC Clears Phoenix Acquisition of Cellnex Subject to Binding Commitments. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared, subject to legally binding commitments, the proposed acquisition of Cellnex Ireland Limited and

Last night French soccer club Paris Saint Germain won the Champions League for the first time in their, admittedly brief, history. The club has been owned by the Qatari State Investment fund (QSI) since 2011 and they have pumped huge amounts of money into it with the aim of winning the top prize in European

Previous years For Pre 2011 stories go to the Compecon Newsletter Archive. Check out our Competition Economics Blog. January Washington D.C. 5th January – FTC Challenges Employment Non-Compete Clauses. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had taken legal action against 3 companies and 2 individuals, forcing them to drop non-compete restrictions that they

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgement in relation to proposals for the establishment of a European Super League (ESL) in soccer just before Christmas.[1] The judgement found that FIFA and UEFA rules, which prevented the establishment of the ESL, were in breach of EU competition law and freedom of

The photograph above shows the ruins of the former penal colony of Port Arthur located on the Southern tip of Tasmania which I visited during the course of a recent trip to Australia. The large building in the centre is the remnants of the main penitentiary. It is an interesting place to visit and has

Last week it was confirmed that the 2028 European Championships would be jointly hosted by Ireland and the UK. The announcement hardly came as a surprise given that Turkey which had submitted the only alternative to the joint Irish/UK bid, had withdrawn its bid the previous week. Thus, the decision by UEFA amounted to little

Other years For Pre 2011 stories go to the Compecon Newsletter Archive. Check out our Competition Economics Blog. January Washington D.C. 5th January – FTC Challenges Employment Non-Compete Clauses. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had taken legal action against 3 companies and 2 individuals, forcing them to drop non-compete restrictions that they

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