Eir is seeking to challenge how private and potentially privileged documents seized by ComReg in an unscheduled visit to its premises last summer will be handled, the Commercial Court has been told. The watchdog conducted a three-day inspection at Eir’s premises in Citywest last May 31 to June 2 as part of an investigation into a proposed wholesale tariff discount Eircom had agreed to abandon last spring on advice from the watchdog over competition concerns. ComReg says it subsequently received information from other telecoms operators last April suggesting the discount scheme may have been connected with, or been used as…

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