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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Toll bridge sale nets NTR €420mUtility group NTR has booked a once-off pretax profit of €420Tue Dec 18 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Carrying IDA's baton to next levelThe Friday Interview: Ireland The IDA's CEO designate surveys a terrain of increased competitiveness and finds reason for Ireland…Fri Nov 09 2007 - 00:00
O'Brien builds stake in IN&M to over 11%Billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien has returned to the market for shares in Sir Anthony O'Reilly's Independent News & …Thu Nov 08 2007 - 00:00
Law Society got 231 complaintsThe Law Society has acknowledged that it received as many as 231 complaints in a 12-month period about solicitors failing to …Mon Nov 05 2007 - 00:00
Drug group's Irish firm in €460m profitThe main Irish holding company of US drug group Forest Laboratories Inc has reported annual pretax profits of $668Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Payzone deal expected to slash costsElectronic payments firm Alphyra and ATM operator Cardpoint have said they expect to realise annual cost savings of €6Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Waterford's glass is half-empty as fresh cuts fail to stem lossesThe likely elimination of 470 jobs at Waterford Crystal is the latest in a long line of painful redundancies from a business …Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
Irish subsidiary implicated in Saddam fraudThe Irish subsidiary of US industrial group Ingersoll-Rand paid a $53,919 (€37,235) "kickback" to Saddam Hussein's regime in …Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
$5m backing for for mobile phone chain in AtlantaFinancier Peter Lynch is backing his former Eircom colleague Robert Haulbrook in new US business that plans to establish a chain…Tue Oct 30 2007 - 00:00
Unilever warns of food price increasesConsumers goods giant Unilever has warned that it will increase the price of its food products early next year due to volatility…Mon Oct 29 2007 - 00:00
Casey picks up overall awardBusinessman Liam Casey, founder of supply chain management company PCH International, has won the top prize in the 2007 Ernst…Fri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
ComReg seeking consultants for plan to split up EircomComReg, the telecoms regulator, is seeking business consultants to examine a proposal from Eircom owner Babcock & Brown to…Fri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
$25m for ACT with sale of Meridio software firmACT Venture Capital will realise more than $25 million (€17Thu Oct 25 2007 - 01:00
Former Roches outlets lose £400,000The nine former Roches Stores shops made an operating loss of £400,000 (€575,325) in their first year under the control of Debenhams…Wed Oct 24 2007 - 01:00
Conrad back in the black with pretax profit of €100,000The Conrad Hotel in central Dublin has returned to the black with a pretax profit of about €100,000 for 2006 after losing money…Tue Oct 23 2007 - 01:00
Cadence loses €8m in IrelandUS software group Cadence Design Systems has reported a pretax loss of $11.39 million (€8Tue Oct 23 2007 - 01:00
AIB withdrew damages claim against DCCAIB will miss out on a claim for significant damages from DCC over the Fyffes insider-dealing affair because the bank withdrew…Sat Oct 20 2007 - 01:00
Road network 'must be utilised'Business and community interests in cities and towns on the motorway network should prepare now for new economic opportunities…Thu Oct 18 2007 - 01:00
Northern Ireland dairy group reports increase in pretax profitsUnited Dairy Farmers, the Northern Ireland-based owner of the Dale Farm brand, has reported pretax profits of £3Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
Cowen likely to cut growth figureMinister for Finance Brian Cowen is likely to revise downwards the Government's forecast for economic growth this year in his…Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
Ion Equity emerges as unsolicited Reox bidderDublin private equity firm Ion Equity has emerged as the suitor behind an unsolicited bid for the consumer foods unit of Reox…Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
