Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is hardly a grocery retail outlet which does not sell newspapers so it is a closely related product. My understanding is the newsagents' organisation went to the Competition Authority to seek redress because of what it felt was an imbalance. It did not have satisfaction and was forced to go to court, which added a large cost to a representative organisation which does not have massive resources. This is why newsagents' organisations throughout the State have sought, through their representative organisation, to have this amendment made.

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