More departures from Carr groupThe turmoil at Carr Communications continued yesterday when another two senior executives left the organisation, bringing the…Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00
AgCert seeks High Court schemeCarbon credits firm AgCert International is preparing to ask the High Court to put the Dublin-based business into examinership…Fri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
Iona likely to seek potential suitorsSoftware firm Iona Technologies is likely to approach a number of potential bidders for its business after its board appointed…Thu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
Datalex teams up with CarTrawlerQuoted travel software company Datalex has entered a strategic alliance with CarTrawler, a privately held Dublin firm that provides…Thu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
APN signals 'interest' in assets of US firmThe possibility of a second deal linking Independent News & Media (IN&M) with its new US investor Clear Channel Communications…Wed Feb 20 2008 - 00:00
Carr Communications managing director quitsCarr Communications managing director Dermot McCrum has unexpectedly left the firm after selling his majority shareholding to…Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
Smurfit shares retreat on cautious outlookShares in Smurfit Kappa dropped 4 per cent to €8Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
Top four managers received €5.8mSmurfit-Kappa's maiden set of annual results since its initial public offering last March revealed that the four top managers…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
Busy man fond of the grand gestureOn the benefactor: Denis O'Brien's offer to pay half the annual salary of Giovanni Trapattoni for two years marks a deeply populist…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
Irish developer may sell former Tory headquarters to EUDonegal property developer Pat Doherty is in advanced talks to sell the former headquarters in London of the Conservative Party…Wed Feb 13 2008 - 00:00
Greencore shares up after investment reportsShares in Greencore gained 5 per cent yesterday on reports that the owners of Icelandic investment firm Exista had amassed some…Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
Motorola and BT Ireland join up for broadband bidMotorola has teamed up with BT Ireland to make a joint bid for a Government contract to build a broadband system in rural areas…Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus examines bids for aircraft workAer Lingus is conducting a due-diligence examination of bids for two maintenance contracts amid concern that any move to take…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Rexel offers to sell units to facilitate Hagemeyer dealSome of the Irish operations of international electrical equipment groups Rexel and its rival Hagemeyer could be reorganised …Thu Feb 07 2008 - 00:00
Shares in DCC drop after talk of sterling weaknessShares in DCC dropped by more than 7 per cent in a downbeat market after the industrial holding company said sterling's weakness…Wed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
Aviva set to enter Polish marketInsurance giant Aviva, the owner of Irish group Hibernian, has secured regulatory approval to sell insurance products in Poland…Wed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
O'Leary warns of 'perfect storm' in airline sectorNever a man for understatement, Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary's warning of a "perfect storm" in the European airline sector is…Tue Feb 05 2008 - 00:00
Ryanair shares drop after profit warningShares in Ryanair dropped by some 15 per cent after the airline's chief Michael O'Leary said its profits could fall by half in…Tue Feb 05 2008 - 00:00
O'Reilly defends INM's London titleThe loss-making operations of the London Independent newspaper assist Independent News & Media (INM) in "sheltering" the …Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Talking shopThe Friday interview/Sir Terry Leahy Tesco: Tesco chief Sir Terry Leahy has devoted his entire working life to the supermarket…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Payzone chief Nagle discusses terms of departurePayzone chief executive John Nagle and chief financial officer John Williamson are discussing the terms of their departure from…Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
SWS enters UK outsourcing sector on €100m sales driveCork-based group SWS has entered the British market for outsourcing services in a drive to increase its revenues fivefold to €…Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Motor dealership faces Citröen price fixing chargesA Dublin motor dealership is facing criminal charges for fixing the price of Citroën cars after a long-running Competition Authority…Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:00
Prime Active has 80% stake in phone chainPrime Active Capital, the investment firm led by financier Peter Lynch, has moved into a position of majority control over a …Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:00
Phone firm with Irish backers in Beijing dealA Beijing-based electronic payments and media company backed by U2 manager Paul McGuinness and developer Seán Mulryan has secured…Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:00
Fyffes upgrades 2007 profit guidanceFyffes has upgraded its profit guidance for 2007 on the back of higher selling prices and favourable exchange rates.Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00
Dollar hits exportersThe falling value of the dollar against the euro contributed to a sharp decline in the value of Irish merchandise exports to …Fri Jan 04 2008 - 00:00
Ratings downgrade reflects payment default by ISTCRatings agency DBRS has downgraded the €3 billion debt issued by International Securities Trading Corporation (ISTC) to a level…Thu Jan 03 2008 - 00:00
CIÉ Tours International's revenue up 13% to €63mCIÉ Tours International, the coach tours unit of the public transport body, has reported annual revenues of €63 million for 2007…Mon Dec 31 2007 - 00:00
340,000 changed jobs in 2007A total of 340,000 people moved jobs this year and many of them changed employer because they could not get on with fellow workers…Mon Dec 31 2007 - 00:00
Royal Liver begins drive to buy up independent brokersRoyal Liver Assurance has embarked on a drive to buy up independent Irish pension brokers in an attempt to widen the reach of…Mon Dec 31 2007 - 00:00
Dual role for Amarin chiefAmarin chairman Tom Lynch has assumed the additional role of chief executive at the drug development firm, eight months after…Thu Dec 20 2007 - 00:00
Oil firm critical of petrol station's pricesStatoil Ireland owner Topaz Energy and a controversial filling station operator at Usher's Quay in Dublin, believed to be the…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Toll bridge sale nets NTR €420mUtility group NTR has booked a once-off pretax profit of €420Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Cheers at Yahoo as income tops €100m markInternet search engine operator Yahoo has declared annual royalty income of more than €100 million at one of its main Irish units…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Kerry bid for Breeo may face snagFood giant Kerry is working to resolve potential competition issues that might arise if its bid for the consumer food brands …Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
IN&M forecasts growth in advertising revenuesIndependent News & Media (IN&M) last evening rushed out a pre-close trading statement reaffirming its forecast of "high…Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
NTR may return £400m to investorsNTR is mulling a return of as much as €400 million to its investors next year if its 51 per cent-controlled subsidiary Airtricity…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Trinity Biotech announces plan to cut 80 jobs, write off $39.5mMedical diagnostics company Trinity Biotech is writing off $39.5 million (€29Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
State set to borrow €1.85bn to facilitate spendingMinister for Finance Brian Cowen will borrow EUR1Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Sales grow at fashion giantSpanish fashion giant Inditex stormed ahead in the Irish market last year with a 51 per cent increase in annual sales, bringing…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
SFA welcomes initiativesSMALL BUSINESS: Brian Cowen introduced three new initiatives to support small and medium companies, measures which will cost…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Ulster Bank gets new charges on Jurys siteUlster Bank has taken out new charges over the companies through which developer Seán Dunne controls the Jurys hotel complex …Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Opposition to press Ahern on casino controversyTaoiseach Bertie Ahern is likely to face questions in the Dáil today about links between the National Lottery and Norman Turner…Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Ahern denies casino scheme had his 'implicit approval'Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has dismissed claims that he gave implicit approval to the National Lottery to enter talks with Manchester…Mon Dec 03 2007 - 00:00
DCC board debated dismissal of Flavin after court rulingThe board of industrial holding group DCC debated whether it should sack the group's executive chairman Jim Flavin in the hours…Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
Court asked to consider disqualifications in DCC caseThe public enforcer of business law has asked the Supreme Court to consider whether anyone should be disqualified as a director…Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
DCC profit wiped out by insider dealing provisionHolding group DCC reported pretax losses of €14Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
New panel of directors for fundsA Dublin-based consultancy to the funds industry has set up a panel of independent directors which it aims to place on the boards…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Flavin praises group's 'high ethical standards'It was business as usual yesterday for DCC founder Jim Flavin, the millionaire businessman at the centre of the Fyffes insider…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
