Eir parent company fined €2.45m and to pay back 76,000 overcharged customers

Customers are expected to get a refund of €88

The ruling found that Eircom, the parent company of Eir, was convicted in 2015, 2017 and 2018 of 26 offences connected with the overcharging of customers between 2015 and 2021.

Eir parent company, Eircom, has been hit with a fine of €2.45m after overcharging customers across six years.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) issued the fine to Eircom Limited on Wednesday and ordered them to refund over €6.5m to tens of thousands of customers who had been overcharged.