Elan plans £100m HQ at UCD campusElan, the publicly quoted drug company, is planning to spend some £100 million on a new corporate headquarters at UCD's Belfield…Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce (Prion Books, £5.99 in UK)Donn Pearce's classic account of life on a Florida chain-gang is a poignant indictment of a brutal regime and a eulogy to Cool…Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
E-commerce trips on deliveryProblems with the delivery of goods are the biggest barrier to the development of e-commerce, former US presidential candidate…Fri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
Online site managers bill unwary companiesCompanies throughout the State are being billed £102.85 (€131) each by a Dublin firm with which they have no contract.Fri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
J.A. Hickey to close with loss of 170 jobsOne of Dublin's oldest clothing firms, J.AFri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
Ryanair passenger numbers fall in DublinTraffic on low-fare airline Ryanair's routes in and out of Dublin Airport declined by 20,391 passengers, or 1 per cent, in the…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Barclays boss recommends expansion for Irish banksIrish banks will have to expand internationally if they are to consolidate in the domestic market, the incoming chief executive…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Conference told shares in Eircom are undervaluedShares in Eircom are undervalued by over 40 cents, although the stock was likely to take 12 months to rise from its present rate…Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
Banks suffer as traders react to mortgage cutsBank shares took a hammering on the market yesterday, falling more than analysts expected, as investors reacted to Friday's mortgage…Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe writer Criostoir O'Flynn tells a story about a discussion with an acquaintance who expressed surprise that he was still a…Mon Sept 13 1999 - 01:00
Meath family nets £6.24m profit on property investmentFive members of a Co Meath family, long involved in the property business, made a profit of some £6.24 million (€7Sat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
The inclusion of B&Bs has yet to be decidedThe possible inclusion in the new Valuation Bill of bed & breakfast establishments, chicken farms and piggeries, has yet …Fri Sept 10 1999 - 01:00
Bula agm hears Reynolds may get oil stakeFormer Taoiseach and Bula Resources chairman Mr Albert Reynolds may receive a 3Fri Sept 10 1999 - 01:00
Six hotels to trade under De Vere brandConference facilities at six hotels owned by Northern Ireland group Hastings will trade under the De Vere brand for sales, marketing…Thu Sept 09 1999 - 01:00
Music figures seeking radio licencesMusic industry figures such as the manager of U2, Mr Paul McGuinness, and Boyzone's founder, Mr Louis Walsh, are among those …Tue Sept 07 1999 - 01:00
Blarney Woollen Mills feud ends in splitClothing and hotel group Blarney Woollen Mills will be broken up into two separate competing entitiesSat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Market advances during day of sluggish tradingTrading in Dublin was relatively quiet yesterday despite heavy business in New York and London on the back of US employment figures…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Unemployment down slightly in AugustThe number of people signing on the live register has fallen in August by 2,700 when seasonal factors were taken into account…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Harney advances case for provision of better childcareBetter childcare facilities must be provided to help women advance in business and the workplace, the Tanaiste and Minister for…Fri Sept 03 1999 - 01:00
Developer backs Dempsey planProperty developers who benefit from a rezoning or receipt of planning permission should make a contribution to ensure that the…Thu Sept 02 1999 - 01:00
Fruit of the Loom chief executive steps downThe chief executive of the US clothing multinational Fruit of the Loom, Mr Bill Farley, has stepped down from the post, though…Thu Sept 02 1999 - 01:00
Economic incentive to end Northern impasseThe economic spin-off North and South of the Border from a speedy resolution of the impasse in the peace process must serve as…Thu Sept 02 1999 - 01:00
Comparing the costs of using your plastic creditWhile credit card pricing varies across many categories, comparisons are typically made in three areas:Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe Liffey Swim has drawn a brave and hardy bunch of bathers to the murky waters of the fabled river every summer since 1920Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
Adoption assessment should be contracted out, suggests OwenThe Minister for Health and Children, Mr Cowen, should consider giving responsibility for the assessment of couples who apply…Thu Aug 26 1999 - 01:00
Controversial Quality Bus Corridor to openA controversial special bus route along one of south Dublin's main traffic arteries is due to open this morning, amid predictions…Mon Aug 23 1999 - 01:00
Hunt for body off Wicklow coastA search is to be resumed off the Wicklow coast this morning for a body which was reported to have been seen in the sea off north…Mon Aug 23 1999 - 01:00
Prediction of quakes unlikely in foreseeable future, says geologistWhile the image of earthquake victims falling helplessly into a great crevasse in the ground is largely a myth, there can be …Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
No Irish people reported to have been affectedTour operators and the Department of Foreign Affairs have said no Irish people are known to have been caught up in the earthquake…Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Study shows link between smoking and strokesNew research showing a link between smoking and strokes has led to a renewed call, by a doctor specialising in public health, …Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThere are many ways of meeting new people and to be introduced at gunpoint is one of themTue Aug 03 1999 - 01:00
71-year-old tourist saves drowning woman in LiffeyA 71-year-old Englishman jumped into the River Liffey and saved a woman's life within three hours of his arrival in Dublin on…Tue Aug 03 1999 - 01:00
Warning against looking directly at eclipsed sun expertThe safest outcome of the eclipse of the sun by the moon on Wednesday week would be for the day to be cloudy, an eye specialist…Mon Aug 02 1999 - 01:00
107 Kosovar refugees to return home next weekAbout one-tenth of the Kosovar refugees who have been in Ireland since May are to return home next week, Minister of State Ms…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Rifle shots fired at Darndale funeralGardai in north Dublin are seeking a man after three shots were fired outside a church while the funeral Mass of a teenage drug…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
440,000 cars face statutory road test in 2000Cars more than eight years old will have to pass a roadworthiness test from next year in the first phase of a programme which…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
VHI fees likely to rise by 9 per centThe government is expected to tell the VHI today or tomorrow that it can go ahead with a fee increase of about 9 per cent from…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
No Government decision on B&B property ratesThe Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Dr McDaid, has said he would have "very strong reservations" about the imposition…Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
Inspection of beef sent to Britain to be increasedInspections of Irish beef exported to Britain are to be increased after small sections of spinal cord were discovered in a number…Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
British pop band members injured in Dublin hotel fireTwo members of the British pop group Five were slightly injured in a fire which broke out in one of their hotel rooms at the …Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
Labour call for more spending on prison healthcareResponsibility for the management of prison health services should be transferred from the Department of Justice, Equality and…Mon Jul 26 1999 - 01:00
No evidence mobile phones cause cancer - scientistThere is no evidence to suggest that mobile phones cause cancer, a US scientist has said.Sat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
`Very critical' after being hit by carA mother of seven was in a critical condition last night after being struck by a stolen car in Dublin early yesterday.Sat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
McDaid denies hotel rooms surplusThe Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Dr McDaid, has rejected a claim that the supply of hotel rooms in Dublin is starting…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
Senators and TDs give poor response to new directoryAn attempt to list the home and Dail telephone numbers of members of the Oireachtas in the new Dublin telephone directory failed…Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
Agreement likely in talks to resolve mutiny on shipNegotiations to resolve a mutiny on a Russian cargo ship which has been berthed in Waterford harbour since June 22nd were believed…Tue Jul 13 1999 - 01:00
Sun may take a break todaySun-lovers planning to bask their way through the weekend are being warned of a "slight interruption" because of a weak rain …Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Asylum seekers allowed to workSome 700 asylum-seekers who are parents of children born in the State are to be given the right to work, the Minister for Justice…Wed Jul 07 1999 - 01:00
