Ireland: Antitrust/Competition Law

A leading Irish law firm's Competition and Regulated Markets Group provides comprehensive merger control advisory services, handling complex cases before the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and European Commission. The team also navigates Ireland's foreign direct investment screening regime, assisting international investors and Irish businesses with national security and public order considerations in cross-border transactions.

Our team combines specialist competition law knowledge with practical litigation experience to represent clients in complex antitrust disputes before Irish courts. We handle everything from appeals of infringement decisions and procedural challenges to follow-on and standalone damages actions. With expertise spanning case assessment, pleadings, expert strategy, discovery, and interlocutory relief, we navigate the full spectrum of competition litigation matters.

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On 2 June 2025, the European Commission imposed fines totalling €329 million on Delivery Hero and Glovo for their participation in a four-year cartel in the online food delivery sector.

Following commencement of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 ("2022 Act"), the enforcement powers of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC")...

A new era has begun. From now on, Irish enforcers may recommend fines for EU and Irish competition rules breaches.

Ireland's proposed Media Regulation Bill introduces sweeping reforms to the country's media merger regime, expanding regulatory oversight to include social media platforms and streaming services while transferring assessment authority from ministerial to independent regulatory control. The legislation modernizes decades-old definitions of media businesses and implements new notification thresholds that could significantly increase the volume of transactions requiring regulatory approval.

On 2 October 2018, Minister Heather Humphries, the Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation, signed the Competition Act 2002 (section 27) Order 2018.

The Irish competition regulator has this week cleared a media merger, subject to a behavioural remedy of ‘ring-fencing'.