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CARPHONE WAREHOUSE WILL become the next mobile phone operator in Ireland.
The move was confirmed in a brief statement this morning by the company, which has traditionally sold contracts and hardware for the mobile service providers already operating in the country.
A spokesperson told TheJournal.ie that more details will be announced shortly, with the deal set to be completed “soon”.
The retailer reportedly finalised an agreement last week with Hutchison Whampoa, which bought up the 02 network in Ireland earlier this year after securing approval for the deal from the EU’s competition authority.
Concerns had been raised over the market share the deal would give to Hong Kong-based giant Hutchison Whampoa, which already controls the Three Mobile network here.
Europe insisted that Three make efforts to aid smaller competitors as a condition of approving the deal.
Competitor Vodafone has raised a red flag over the merger, and is thought to be contemplating legal action to block the deal, which it argues will distort the market in Ireland.
The British operator is not alone in its stance, with the Irish domestic competition watchdog also raising concerns about the market dominance of one player after the takeover.
In a statement released last month ComReg said:
ComReg remains of the strong view that that the behavioural commitments are insufficient to address the structural competition deficit identified as likely to result from the proposed acquisition.
ComReg could not be reached for comment this morning.
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I think it’s obvious that the products are fake if you’re buying them from a stand in the city and the price is low. You have no idea of knowing what ingredients are in it.
@Cíara Ní Dee: same as perfume and aftershave. Was walking down Henry street Dublin on Monday and a guy selling perfume at his stall saying it
@Jason Ebbs: .,,it was €60 a bottle in the shops and only €10 from him !!
@Cíara Ní Dee: Is it wrong of me to think it very funny that arsenic and lead were used in Elizabeth 1 times as beauty products? Where would you buy arsenic anyway?
Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
Oh look – another quango !
Arsenic to make your lips look like Kylie jenners…i despair
@Alison Maguire: she borrowed the idea from her aul lad
Why anyone would risk their own or someone else’s health by buying knockoff cosmetics off a stall is beyond me. I also don’t understand how they are so clearly available to buy at those Christmas stalls on Henry St.
Slobodan Praljak wears lipstick: Confirmed.
Beauty is poison
Very few of these claims are true most fake stuff is the cheep brands you get in deals relabel. It would not be worth their while profit wise to start adding poisons and chemicals. Even with colour it would more than likely be food colour, were traces come from as in the middle east and far east have different standards.
The only reliable way to end the fakes market is by serializing the original goods and offer the possibility to check the goods to any customer. Solutions such as the one offered by my-validactor are available and cost near to zero.
But aren’t they not also in all Chines products as in cigs as well?
That explains the Kardashian’s bloated faces.
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