While Ireland’s National Consumer Agency is set to merger with the Competition Authority later this year, the NCA has hired its new leader in a five-year contract. Former Central Banker Karen O’Leary has been appointed to head the NCA, though her salary will be less than her predecessor Ann Fitzgerald as the competition authority will no longer be solidary. O’Leary signed a contract to make about $177,500 a year, about $52,000 less than Fitzgerald. The new body, a result of the Consumer and Competition Bill, will have six “members” to head the agency; O’Leary will be one of those members. Before the NCA, O’Leary was part of a project to advance consumer information and education function in the Central Bank.
Full Content: Independent.ie
Want more news? Subscribe to CPI’s free daily newsletter for more headlines and updates on antitrust developments around the world.
Featured News
UK to Boost Broadband Competition While Capping Openreach Charges, Says Ofcom
Mar 20, 2025 by
CPI
Singapore Competition Watchdog Yet to Receive Formal Notification on Grab-GoTo Merger
Mar 20, 2025 by
CPI
Crypto Exchange Kraken Buys NinjaTrader for $1.5 Billion
Mar 20, 2025 by
CPI
Airbnb Caught in Contradiction Over EU’s Digital Markets Act
Mar 20, 2025 by
CPI
Atkore Faces Shareholder Lawsuit Over Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme
Mar 19, 2025 by
CPI
Antitrust Mix by CPI
Antitrust Chronicle® – Self-Preferencing
Feb 26, 2025 by
CPI
Platform Self-Preferencing: Focusing the Policy Debate
Feb 26, 2025 by
Michael Katz
Weaponized Opacity: Self-Preferencing in Digital Audience Measurement
Feb 26, 2025 by
Thomas Hoppner & Philipp Westerhoff
Self-Preferencing: An Economic Literature-Based Assessment Advocating a Case-By-Case Approach and Compliance Requirements
Feb 26, 2025 by
Patrice Bougette & Frederic Marty
Self-Preferencing in Adjacent Markets
Feb 26, 2025 by
Muxin Li