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Online game companies investigated over in-game purchases (opens the original)
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Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent Nine online gaming companies - including the makers of Candy Crush, Minecraft, and Clash of Clans - are being investigated by European consumer authorities, including the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, for potential breaches of consumer-protection law. The action is looking into in-game purchases, in-game virtual currencies, consumer rights when making purchases, transparency around costs, and the fairness of terms and conditions. The
Two Dublin car dealers convicted of misleading customers (opens the original)
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Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent Two Dublin car dealers have been convicted of misleading consumers about the history of second-hand cars, following prosecutions brought by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Under consumer protection law, it is an offence for traders to give false, misleading, or deceptive information about the history of a car. Brian Healy and Andrius Miliauskas, of Lucan Auto Sales, Co Dublin, both pleaded guilty to offences. Healy pleaded g
Repeated failures to use EU Just Transition funds - C&AG (opens the original)
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Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent There have been "repeated failures" to utilise funds provided under the European Union's Just Transition Fund (JTF) due to implementation delays, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has found. The EU JTF is designed to assist communities across Europe to meet the challenges of the green transition in an effective and fair manner. In Ireland, it targets certain areas within the wider Midlands region - assessed as being most negatively affected b
Possible insurance saving due to levy reduction (opens the original)
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Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent Consumers could see a small reduction in insurance-policy costs, after the Central Bank announced the Insurance Compensation Fund (ICF) Levy is to be reduced to 0% from the beginning of next year. The fund ensures that policyholders' claims can still be paid when an insurer goes into liquidation. It was introduced in 2012 following the collapse of Quinn Insurance. At the time, the State advanced more than €1 billion to the ICF after Quinn Insurance we
New handling fee for online shoppers on non-EU goods (opens the original)
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Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent Revenue has confirmed that from 1 November any goods bought from outside the EU will be subject to a new "union handling fee" of €2 per distinct item. It will apply to any goods - regardless of value - bought online from non-EU countries and shipped to consumers in Ireland and other EU member states. The EU-wide fee is separate from, and in addition to, the €3 customs duty per item that has applied since 1 July. Revenue said the new charge, which will
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