There was little movement among the financials today as the Competition Authority released a damning report on the sector.

Ireland’s uncompetitive banking sector has locked customers into accounts and cost small businesses millions in loan charges, it emerged today.

The Competition Authority today published details of new guidelines which it hopes will resolve any potential conflicts of interest in relation to the legal representation of those attending before the authority.

INSPECTORS from the Competition Authority yesterday swooped on the IFA head office in Dublin.

THE Competition Authority has still not prosecuted a single cartel despite estimates that price-fixing is costing consumers more than 600m euro each year.