Cartel member disqualified from being a directorA Co Mayo businessman who pleaded guilty to price-fixing in a home-heating oil cartel in Galway city and county has been disqualified…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
Bank takes major stake in BurlingtonBank of Scotland (Ireland) has taken a major equity stake in the Burlington Hotel project led by Bernard McNamara, the acquisitive…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
IN&M to get first call on media group's sharesSir Anthony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media (IN&M) will retain first call on the shareholding of private-equity groups…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Firms 'risk losing' immigrant staff to other EU statesIrish companies risk losing large numbers of immigrant staff to firms in other EU states if they fail to fully integrate foreign…Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
Report calls for further health insurance reformConsumers who wait until their 30s or later to take out health insurance for the first time should pay higher premiums, according…Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Big profit rise for AIB Polish bankAIB's Polish subsidiary Bank Zachodni WBK has reported a 53.2 per cent rise in pretax profits to 366.4 million zloty (€97Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Reforms could lead to large price increases, VHI warnsThe State-owned VHI said last night that the Government's proposals to reform the health insurance market created potential for…Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Dublin Port chief to seek another termBusinessman Joe Burke, a friend of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, is seeking another term as chairman of the Dublin Port Company after…Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
JPMorgan's Irish unit makes $48m in asset swap dealUS investment bank JPMorgan Chase realised a once-off profit of $47.87 million (€35Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
Little Island windfall for Goodbody clientsGoodbody Stockbrokers has agreed to sell its interest in a Cork business park to its joint venture partner O'Flynn Group for €…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
Vodafone in €50m price battle with rival MeteorMobile phone group Vodafone has slashed its prepaid tariffs in a €50 million bid to seize the initiative from Meteor, the number…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
Cork family nets €40m with sale of plastics firmThe Cork-based owners of the Quality Plastics business are believed to have realised some €40 million from the sale of the company…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
Amgen delays Cork plant by two yearsUS drug giant Amgen has pushed back by two years plans to build an €820 million manufacturing plant in Co Cork, a move that delays…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
O'Donnell property portfolio nears €1bnThe publicly declared value of the international property portfolio being amassed by Dublin solicitor Brian O'Donnell and his…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
3i pulls out of race to buy Lagan Group's quarry assetsBritish private equity group 3i has pulled out of the race for Lagan Group's asphalt and quarrying assets as the sale process…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Zurich to expand after poaching rival's lendersZurich Bank has confirmed its intention to make new inroads in the Irish market after it poached a team of six senior lenders…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
€6.5m bonus for financier behind Eircom takeoverBabcock & Brown financier Rob Topfer received a €6Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
CIF may complain to EU over contractsThe Construction Industry Federation (CIF) is preparing to make a legal complaint to the European Commission against new Government…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Property bankers defect to DunbarSix property bankers have defected from Bank of Scotland (Ireland) to join a rival institution which is seeking to gain a share…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Quinlan in €100m office dealA consortium of private investors led by Quinlan Private, the acquisitive Dublin-based investment fund, has bought out a Buckinghamshire…Thu Mar 29 2007 - 01:00
Fashion chain founder makes €6.41m payment to RevenueThe founder and driving force behind the Pamela Scott women's fashion chain has made a tax settlement for €6Wed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
Quarterly audit yielded €158.55mThe Revenue's ongoing audit and investigation programme yielded €158Wed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
LaSalle plans to hire 250LaSalle Bank, a Chicago-based subsidiary of ABN Amro, has declared medium-term plans to employ up to 250 people in a new fund…Wed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
Taxman pursues Irish rag trade's savvy survivorIn the unforgiving world of high-street fashion, Seán Barron is something of a survivorWed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
Google alters Irish structureGoogle, the internet search engine giant, has prepared the ground to move assets from its main Irish holding company into other…Sat Mar 24 2007 - 00:00
Yahoo's Irish unit posts 500% rise in profitsInternet search engine giant Yahoo has reported a 500 per cent rise in operating profits to €34Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Biotech firm looks at possible flotationAlimentary Health, a loss-making start-up biotech firm spun out from University College Cork, is mulling a possible flotation…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
KPMG shows interest in Burlington siteAccounting firm KPMG has made tentative expressions of interest in acquiring a large amount of office space in any new development…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Profits at Independent rise 10.4%Shares in Independent News & Media gained five cent to close at €3Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
O'Reilly to get €16.6m dividend from IN&MIndependent News & Media chief executive Sir Anthony O'Reilly will receive a final dividend of €16Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Moody's downgrades Eircom firmCredit rating agency Moody's has downgraded its rating on BCM Ireland Finance, the Australian-owned holding company that controls…Wed Mar 21 2007 - 00:00
Heinz Irish sales drop by €27.5mFood group Heinz, maker of the eponymous tomato ketchup, has said a decline in its non-branded frozen food business contributed…Tue Mar 20 2007 - 00:00
Chairman bids farewell after 54 years at helm of packaging empireThe outgoing Smurfit-Kappa chairman, Dr Michael Smurfit, invoked the modus vivendi of the late Frank Sinatra in his farewell …Sat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
Smurfit Kappa flotation to net €1.5bnSmurfit Kappa has realised an additional €195 million from its initial public offering (IPO) through the exercise of over-allotment…Sat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
Drug firm moving assets of €25bn from IrelandMultinational drug group Bristol-Myers Squibb is moving assets worth as much as €25 billion away from Ireland to take advantage…Fri Mar 16 2007 - 00:00
Smurfit Kappa's share price up 89 cent before flotationSmurfit Kappa has defied a renewed sell-off of stock on global markets to deliver an 89 cent rise in its share price after the…Thu Mar 15 2007 - 00:00
Peter Barry's children to share €41m from family firmThe six children of former minister for foreign affairs Peter Barry are set to realise up to €41 million from a distribution …Wed Mar 14 2007 - 00:00
Ardagh upgrade likely as S&P reviews ratingCredit rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has signalled a likely upgrade of Ardagh Glass following its €660 million…Wed Mar 14 2007 - 00:00
Smurfit Kappa returns to stock marketPackaging group Smurfit Kappa will return to the stock market this morning with a likely share price of €16Wed Mar 14 2007 - 00:00
Eircom pays €44.4m to ComReg to secure 3G licenceEircom has paid €44.4 million to the telecoms regulator ComReg in the first instalment of a €114Tue Mar 13 2007 - 00:00
Ardagh in €600m buyout of Rexam glass unitPaul Coulson's Ardagh Glass will have annual sales of some €1Tue Mar 13 2007 - 00:00
Four Irish tycoons worth €8bn in the ranks of the super richIreland's four wealthiest men now have a combined wealth of $10Fri Mar 09 2007 - 00:00
Bupa's risk-equalisation claim rejectedSeán Quinn's attack on the VHI prompted sharp exchanges yesterday after the State health insurer went on the offensive to accuse…Fri Mar 09 2007 - 00:00
Quinn holds forth on the path to successSeán Quinn was among friends when he spoke yesterday morning at a business conference in his own hotel, the Slieve Russell in…Thu Mar 08 2007 - 00:00
Tycoon seeks new opportunities for investment in IndiaBillionaire tycoon Seán Quinn has embarked on efforts to develop a portfolio of investments in IndiaThu Mar 08 2007 - 00:00
Eircom move to aid broadband switchersEircom has moved to facilitate broadband customers who want to switch providers using its "local loop"Wed Mar 07 2007 - 00:00
Procter and Gamble to detail staff cuts at NenaghMultinational consumer products group Procter and Gamble is preparing to make a significant number of its 500 staff redundant…Wed Mar 07 2007 - 00:00
When jobs can be moved at willThe looming threat to 500 jobs at the Procter & Gamble plant in Nenagh comes only six months after the US consumer products…Wed Mar 07 2007 - 00:00
Faulty network stops Eircom line rental riseEircom has postponed making an application for a line rental increase for up to six months because of the number of faults on…Thu Mar 01 2007 - 00:00
Smurfit Kappa to identify flotation priceSmurfit Kappa is likely to identify the price range for its flotation before the weekend, brushing aside weakness on the international…Thu Mar 01 2007 - 00:00
