IE Pricing 2006 Revisited

An industry colleague pointed out a rather intriguing thread on boards.ie to me where one of our competitors service and pricing is criticised. When the competitor in question replied with the following I nearly fell of my chair:

The Irish Domain Registry has made some changes to its price structure earlier this month in response to public pressure from our company. We will shortly be passing on these benefits.

I'm sorry, but which company did you say you were again? I've already gone into IE domain pricing more than once, but if you haven't read them my previous pieces are here, here and here (you'll find more in the archives) And don't forget.. With Blacknight our pricing is real and transparent unlike with other companies .....