In recent years, many of the State’s leading telecom operators, including Vodafone, Eir and Three Mobile, have linked their prices to inflation. “I am just getting in touch about the [Consumer Price Index] CPI increase coming up in April for most mid-contract telecoms customers,” he writes. “You covered this before and the Minister’s plan to introduce legislation to give power to customers to exit these contracts,” he writes. The Department of Communications has confirmed to Pricewatch that the proposed legislation has made little progress in recent months. The Department will conduct stakeholder engagement including with the telecoms industry during the development stages of the legislation.”

Source: The Irish Times March 09, 2026 15:02 UTC