The paper looks at two aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. These are (i) the nature of this event and its implication for evaluating past policy and policy into the future, and (ii) the suitability of proposed changes in the implementation of competition policy affecting firm behaviour, market...

The paper takes as its starting point the Irish telecom regulator ComReg's finding of joint dominance by two firms in the mobile phone market in Ireland. The paper argues that the regulator's decision was inconsistent with the facts in the case. However, it argues that the case raises wider...