More Light Touch Regulation? Dublin's Waste Collection Market

Eoin Reeves 25/01/2010

Eoin Reeves: In late December 2009 the Irish Times reported that High Court judge (Mr Justice Liam McKechnie) ruled that Dublin’s four local authorities had breached competition law by abusing their dominant position in the household waste collection market in a bid to remove rival private operators. According to the Irish Times: “Mr Justice …