Qualcomm was fined €242m by EU competition regulators for deliberately pricing some chips so low they could eliminate a smaller rival.

The Department of Education’s financial watchdog is investigating a school in Galway over alleged procurement issues.

The UK's charity watchdog is demanding an explanation from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust over claims that it gave £275,000 (approx. €308,000) to an organisation linked to a banned Irish republican group.

The state watchdog which monitors fish catches is repaying €730,000 in overpaid salaries according to a newly published report, which also shows more than 3,500 checks and inspections were conducted.

The effectiveness of the Policing Authority has been constrained by uncertainty of the respective oversight roles between it and the Minister for Justice, according to the head of the Garda watchdog body.

The State’s ethics watchdog has confirmed that it has brought prosecutions against those who have failed to abide by lobbying laws.

One of the country’s three special care units for children has been found to have a range of deficiencies and inadequate resourcing of its management structure, with Hiqa finding not all children living there were safe.

The Government has pledged a new, more powerful, standalone corporate governance agency will scrutinise business and be better equipped to probe any breaches of company law.

Concern about how residents with disabilities would escape a unit in the event of a fire was just one issue raised by health inspectors examining 19 residential centres.

Inspections have found shortcomings at some residential centres for people with disabilities, including a failure to notify the chief inspector of an allegation of staff misconduct.

The number of people reporting concerns about the conduct of charities to the sector’s watchdog more than trebled last year.

The consumer protection watchdog will study the use by car dealers of so-called personal contract plans (PCPs) — a type of finance that involve a balloon payment and are linked to future depreciation values — because consumers may not be fully aware of the complexity of the loans.

The Policing Authority is implementing a key part in the reform of An Garda Síochána as it oversees the appointment of gardaí to key management positions.

The Garda Ombudsman has received a surge in garda whistleblower complaints this year, with 13 disclosures to date in 2017 compared to 11 over the previous three years.

The country’s rental market watchdog has seen a spike in cases of landlords wrongly trying to drive through rent hikes in anticipation of capped rates rolling out in areas under new government measures.

Fine Gael’s general secretary has warned TDs and senators to “get your act together” and not repeat the “embarrassing” election expenses mistakes which saw deputy leader James Reilly referred to gardaí by the State watchdog.

The air corps was told three months ago it needs to monitor its workers’ exposure to harmful substances, observe their health for early detection, and give them the equipment to protect themselves against chemical exposure.

The State’s employment rights watchdog had a 20% increase in the number of calls to its customer service line last year and also increased the number of prosecutions carried out against employers.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council watchdog, IFAC, has said that the Government was guilty last month of exploiting a loophole to deliver an unannounced splurge in spending in 2015.

In its final fiscal assessment report this year, the watchdog identified continuing serious concerns about overruns in the health budget, which it said was probably due to poor cost management.

Nama has been accused of insulting a Stormont watchdog after refusing to appear before its probe into a massive property deal in the North.

Private nursing home residents cannot complain to watchdog while those in public nursing homes can

Budgetary watchdog the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has put the Coalition on notice to change its budget in October because it believes plans for spending hikes and tax cuts will fall foul of the “letter and spirit” of Europe’s strict fiscal rules.

While retired judge John Cooke has made some pointed criticisms of the Garda Ombudsman in his 65-page report, he does so largely ‘in retrospect’ and in context, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

The Government has defended the standard of care in Galway’s main psychiatric unit after the country’s work safety watchdog was called in over complaints about staffing levels.

Parents are being asked to give their views on internet security and safety for children ahead of Government plans to establish an internet content watchdog.