Aer Arann appoints former Aer Lingus chief executiveAer Arann, the regional airline, has appointed former Aer Lingus chief executive Garry Cullen as its chief executive.Thu Jun 08 2006 - 01:00
Greencore plans to redevelop Irish, UK landbankFood group Greencore plans a major redevelopment of its 900-acre landbank in Ireland and Britain, once its sugar production activities…Thu Jun 08 2006 - 01:00
Goodbody poaches HOK management teamHamilton Osborne King's investment subsidiary is losing its top management to Goodbody Stockbrokers.Wed Jun 07 2006 - 01:00
Subsidies help CIÉ increase surplus by over 32%The State transport group, CIÉ, increased its surplus by 32.3 per cent to €25.8 million last year after a 5Mon Jun 05 2006 - 01:00
Buoyant property sector dominates but list not confined to bricks and mortarThe booming property sector and spin-off industries are dominant among the nominees for the industry award in this year's Ernst…Mon Jun 05 2006 - 01:00
NCB runs the rule over Clerys groupNCB Stockbrokers has run the rule over Clerys in advance of a possible approach for the Dublin-based department store group.Sat Jun 03 2006 - 01:00
New sales strategies help push Clerys into blackClerys has declared that its trading losses are behind it after the Dublin department store group returned to the black with …Fri Jun 02 2006 - 01:00
B of I raises forecast after reporting a 16% pretax profit gainBank of Ireland has increased its profit forecast for the current financial year after reporting a 16 per cent rise in annual…Thu Jun 01 2006 - 01:00
Vodafone increases dividend despite huge lossVodafone yesterday revealed one of the biggest annual losses by a European company but sweetened the news for shareholders with…Wed May 31 2006 - 01:00
Smurfit Kappa loses €62m in first quarterPaper giant Smurfit Kappa turned a pretax loss of €61.76 million on sales of €1Wed May 31 2006 - 01:00
Cosmetic surgery clinic has €2m lossesFinancial accounts: The company behind the Dublin cosmetic surgery clinic which lost a High Court claim for damages arising …Tue May 30 2006 - 01:00
WestLB's Irish operation pays €32m dividendThe IFSC unit of WestLB AG, the German bank, paid a dividend of €14Tue May 30 2006 - 01:00
French group attracted by Irish transport landscapeWith a multibillion euro business to manage, it's safe to say that Antoine Frérot doesn't have a lot of time for hobbiesFri May 26 2006 - 01:00
IDA enlists Bono for €4m branding campaignIDA Ireland has enlisted the support of Bono, the U2 singer, and the artist Louis le Brocquy in a €4 million drive to market …Fri May 26 2006 - 01:00
Credit unions 'ignoring' failed repaymentsA large number of credit unions are ignoring the fact that their clients are not repaying their loans or are unaware of the problem…Fri May 26 2006 - 01:00
M&S expansion drives Irish sales above €500mThe opening of several new Marks & Spencer (M&S) outlets helped bring the British retailer's Irish sales above €500 million…Wed May 24 2006 - 01:00
Eircom takeover to be formalised todayEircom's employee share ownership trust (Esot) will increase its stake in the former State telecoms company to some 35 per cent…Tue May 23 2006 - 01:00
Pretax earnings at Power City increase 5% to €8.62mElectrical retailer Power City, famous for its brash adverts, has increased its pretax profit by 5.19 per cent to €8Sat May 20 2006 - 01:00
Profit rises 25% at DID ElectricThe rise in consumer spending and the booming housing market has delivered a strong return for DID Electric, which has reported…Fri May 19 2006 - 01:00
Revenues up 26% to €470m at BT's Irish businessBT's Irish business has reported a 26 per cent rise in revenues to €470 million in the year to March, with sales rising by more…Fri May 19 2006 - 01:00
Eircom profits climb to €112 millionEircom has laid the ground for a formal bid by Babcock & Brown and its employee share ownership trust (Esot) with pretax …Tue May 16 2006 - 01:00
Eircom results to clear way for full bidEircom has cleared the decks for a full bid from Australian investment fund Babcock & Brown and its employee share ownership…Sat May 13 2006 - 01:00
Sales at Dixons, Currys up 30%Irish sales at Dixons and Currys rose by 30 per cent in the year to April, according to their parent DSG InternationalThu May 11 2006 - 01:00
Howard to meet Sir Anthony during Irish tripAustralian prime minister John Howard comes to Ireland the week after next but his visit will not be confined to meetings with…Thu May 11 2006 - 01:00
IN&M paid O'Reilly Snr €1.47m in 2005Sir Anthony O'Reilly's pay as chief executive of Independent News & Media rose to €1.47 million last year from €1Thu May 11 2006 - 01:00
Esot looks at raising stake in Eircom to 30%The Eircom employee share ownership trust (Esot) is exploring the possibility of increasing its 21Tue May 09 2006 - 01:00
United drug buys UK firm for £7.4mPharmaceutical company United Drug has acquired a British medical distribution business, Endoscopy, in a deal worth up to £7.…Tue May 09 2006 - 01:00
Airtricity briefs MPs on Pan-European grid planAirtricity, the Irish wind energy company, will brief MPs at the House of Commons in London today in a effort to win political…Mon May 08 2006 - 01:00
Bord Gáis seeks rise in pricesBord Gáis, the State-owned gas provider, has approached the energy regulator with an application for big rise in the price of…Mon May 08 2006 - 01:00
Venture-back company exits growFinancial services group Ernst & Young has forecast a significant increase in venture capital groups exiting companies in…Mon May 08 2006 - 01:00
Commerzbank's Irish profits riseCommerzbank, the third-largest German bank by capital, took a €21 million dividend from its biggest IFSC company last year, new…Mon May 08 2006 - 01:00
Green may convert into real estate investment fundGreen Property chairman and managing director Stephen Vernon has raised the prospect of converting the company into a real estate…Fri May 05 2006 - 01:00
JetBird places €222m order for executive jetsA new private jet company controlled by Irish financier Dómhnal Slattery has placed orders for 100 executive jets costing some…Thu May 04 2006 - 01:00
Minister to give ComReg new powers of enforcementMinister for Communications Noel Dempsey is moving to increase the powers of ComReg to take enforcement actions in the courts…Fri Apr 28 2006 - 01:00
Authority examines Mayo waste allegationThe Competition Authority has begun an investigation into the waste sector in Mayo following claims that the business was being…Wed Apr 26 2006 - 01:00
SanDisk shifts headquarters unit to DublinA fast-growing Californian company that makes MP3 players and invented "flash" high-density memory cards for digital cameras …Wed Apr 26 2006 - 01:00
New stores help Tesco power aheadSupermarket group Tesco has raced ahead in the Irish market, with the relentless opening of new stores helping to push annual…Wed Apr 26 2006 - 01:00
ADM Londis valued at €38.5m as profits increase 62%The ADM Londis wholesale and convenience store business has been valued at nearly €38Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
Due diligence of Eircom to beginAustralian investment fund Babcock & Brown and the Eircom employee share ownership trust (Esot) have begun their due diligence…Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
Oil prices fall back as investors begin to take profitsOil prices fell yesterday after setting a fresh all-time high above $74 (€60) a barrel as some investors took profits across …Fri Apr 21 2006 - 01:00
SWS plans to raise €500m to grow firmBandon-based group SWS plans three acquisitions this year to expand its energy and business outsourcing units in advance of a…Wed Apr 19 2006 - 01:00
O'Brien targets $1bn Digicel revenueBusinessman Denis O'Brien has projected that his Caribbean mobile group Digicel, which has more than two million subscribers, …Wed Apr 12 2006 - 01:00
Walsh jets in from new life at British AirwaysIMI conference: Deadpan talking. Willie Walsh took a flight home from London early yesterday on Aer Lingus, his old airlineSat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
Asian expansion could destabilise middle classAsian economies: The rise of the Chinese and Indian economies has the potential to threaten "middle class society" in the same…Fri Apr 07 2006 - 01:00
Call for private recruits to public sectorProductivity: The most senior official in the Civil Service has said he would welcome the recruitment of more managers from …Fri Apr 07 2006 - 01:00
Staff key to airline's pension 'solution'Aer Lingus: Staff in Aer Lingus will have to make a contribution help address the airline's multimillion-euro pension deficit…Fri Apr 07 2006 - 01:00
Dixons brand to migrate to internetDixons owner DSG International prompted considerable surprise yesterday when it said the brand name will be removed from its …Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
Virgin's Irish unit back in the blackThe Irish unit of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Megastore group, the third largest music retailer by sales, has returned to the…Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
Sale of SteelTrace to earn staff €3mUp to 20 staff and founding shareholders in Dublin software firm SteelTrace will share in a windfall of more than €3 million …Wed Apr 05 2006 - 01:00
Number of jobs lost rises in first quarterThe number of jobs lost in the first three months of the year rose by more than a third compared with the same period last year…Tue Apr 04 2006 - 01:00
