Floor firm in price fix trial

An industrial flooring firm and one of its former directors have been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of breaking competition laws by engaging in price-fixing to win contracts.

Floor firm in price fix trial

It follows an investigation by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission into tenders for work at a number of commercial properties, including the 15-storey Google European headquarters in Dublin’s Docklands.

Large-scale commercial and industrial flooring contractors Aston Carpet and Flooring Ltd and one of their former directors, Brendan Smith, 38, with an address at Greenane, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, were served with books of evidence when they appeared before Judge John O’Neill at Dublin District Court yesterday.

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