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What is driving customers to the dodgy box?

Earlier this week, Irish Independent Technology Editor Adrian Weckler was telling us how European...

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08.30 23 Jan 2026


What is driving customers to the dodgy box?


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08.30 23 Jan 2026


Earlier this week, Irish Independent Technology Editor Adrian Weckler was telling us how European countries are cracking down on dodgy boxes and Ireland could follow suit with new penalties of its own.  

 But according to Michael McNamara, Independent MEP for Ireland South, paywalls and unfair consumer practices will continue driving customers to the dodgy box. Michael explained more to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.


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