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Plan to buy Donegal newspaper faces probe
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09 Aug 2024 / regulation Print

Plan to buy Donegal newspaper faces probe

The competition watchdog is to carry out a full investigation into a proposed deal in the media sector.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) said that it would examine the plan by Formpress Publishing to buy D&D Media.

D&D Media owns the Inishowen Independent newspaper in Donegal and its website inishowenindo.ie.

Formpress Publishing owns and operates a number of local and regional newspaper titles across Ireland. It is part of a UK-based holding company called Media Concierge (Holdings) Limited.

The proposed transaction  was notified to the CCPC in April 2024.

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