Irish banks benefit from scheme to repatriate US corporate profitIrish banks are cashing in on a tax incentive introduced last year by US president George W Bush in an effort to encourage US…Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
Eircom falls 2.5% as market absorbs approachEircom shares gave up some of their gains to close 2.5 per cent weaker at €2Fri Nov 04 2005 - 00:00
Takeover approach sparks rise in Eircom share valueOwnership of the Republic's fixed line telephone system is set to change hands for the fourth time in six years following an …Thu Nov 03 2005 - 00:00
Walsh Western earnings rise by 41%Pretax profits at logistics and transportation group Walsh Western International increased by more than 41 per cent last year…Wed Nov 02 2005 - 00:00
IWP shares tumble as takeover approaches break downShares in IWP International came under renewed pressure late yesterday after the heavily-indebted cosmetics and toiletries company…Wed Nov 02 2005 - 00:00
Profits fall at Ford's Irish unit despite rise in salesThe Irish subsidiary of the Ford motor group increased turnover by 12 per cent to €309Wed Nov 02 2005 - 00:00
Dell takes €84m from Irish unit in dividendUS computer giant Dell has taken a dividend of more than €84 million from the Irish unit that manages telephone sales for the…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00
Disability body director resignsThe director of the National Disability Authority, Claire O'Connor, has resigned.Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Competition Authority to police retail sectorThe Government is preparing to strengthen the powers of the Competition Authority to police the retail sector as part of a package…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Pretax earnings at Supermac's up 140%Profits at the Supermac's restaurant chain rose 140 per cent to €3.96 million.Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Profits at C&D Foods Group rise 46%The Co Longford petfood company set up in 1969 by former taoiseach Albert Reynolds increased its pretax profit by 46 per cent…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Hewson wants fast profit with healthy foodMarcus Hewson may not be impressed with the dismal claim that the McDonald's empire is a greedy monster responsible for the bloating…Fri Oct 28 2005 - 01:00
Profits fall 30% at McDonald'sOperating profits at the Irish unit of the McDonald's fast food group fell by almost 30 per cent last year to €7Fri Oct 28 2005 - 01:00
Firm folds owing stockbrokers €300,000A Dublin software firm backed by stockbroker Ronan Reid, his firm Dolmen Securities and financier Nigel McDermott has gone into…Fri Oct 28 2005 - 01:00
BMW's Irish unit posts €10m profitGerman motor giant BMW's Irish operations reported pretax profits of almost €10 million last yearWed Oct 26 2005 - 01:00
Convenience store group Gala pledges investment of €48mConvenience store group Gala has brushed aside claims that the likely abolition of the Groceries Order will decimate the small…Tue Oct 25 2005 - 01:00
Losses at ConocoPhillips climb over €14mAnnual pretax losses have climbed by 36 per cent to $17 million (€14Tue Oct 25 2005 - 01:00
Aer Lingus to reveal €800m airport site planThe Aer Lingus board will discuss plans for an €800 million redevelopment of its 14½-acre site at Dublin Airport at a meeting…Sat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
IFSC firm Cologne Re ceases to take new businessCologne Re, the IFSC company at the centre of international investigations into malpractice in the reinsurance sector, has stopped…Fri Oct 21 2005 - 01:00
Investment firm buys 32% stake in SetantaInvestment house Benchmark Capital Europe has spent more than €30 million taking a stake of up to 32 per cent in the Setanta …Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Harcourt cuts pretax losses by 76% to €2.3mHarcourt Developments, the lead developer of the Titanic Quarter project in Belfast, has cut its pretax losses by more than 76…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Reforms pay off for Donegal's Magee ClothingDonegal menswear maker Magee Clothing is projecting a return to the black this year as it reaps the benefit of a reform process…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Pettitt's supermarket chain joins SuperValuWexford-based independent supermarket chain Pettitt's has joined the SuperValu franchise network in a move that is projected …Wed Oct 19 2005 - 01:00
Profits at Merrill Lynch's IFSC unit rise by 17%The IFSC unit of the Wall Street bank Merrill Lynch has reported a sharp increase in pretax profits, which rose last year by …Wed Oct 19 2005 - 01:00
Arnotts spending €100m on city centre propertiesDepartment store group Arnotts is spending up to €100 million on the purchase of retail units and other buildings in the immediate…Wed Oct 19 2005 - 01:00
Martin held meetings with Groceries Order backersMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin has held a series of private meetings with Superquinn, the Musgrave…Sat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
Dempsey threatens to remove An Post's monopolyThe Government is threatening to remove the final part of An Post's letter post monopoly if the Communications Workers' Union…Fri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Irish group sells London theatreThe Irish consortium that owns the Savoy luxury hotel chain in London has realised more than €10 million from the sale of the…Thu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00
Former Musgrave executive received €1m compensationFormer Musgrave executive Eoin McGettigan received €1Thu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00
M&S will open Newbridge storeMarks & Spencer (M&S) is pursuing the growing commuter market in Dublin's outskirts and has decided to open a store next…Wed Oct 12 2005 - 01:00
US firm in €1bn return from Irish unitA US multinational has taken a $1.26 billion (€1Wed Oct 12 2005 - 01:00
Pretax losses at Gresham chain hit €1.2mThe Gresham hotel chain went into the red last year with pretax losses of €1.21 million after exceptional charges of €3Tue Oct 11 2005 - 01:00
Merger activity 'remains high'Merger and acquisition activity involving Irish companies remained at a high level in the third quarter of 2005, with the value…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Goodman books surplus of ?37m on property revaluationsBusinessman Larry Goodman has booked an unrealised surplus of more than €37 million after three of his investment properties …Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Directors of Depfa bank get €34m pay packageThe 13 directors of the IFSC-based Depfa Bank gave themselves a 68 per cent pay rise last year, bringing the value of their overall…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Kozeny still holds Irish citizenshipViktor Kozeny was granted Irish citizenship in 1995 by the Rainbow coalition under the passports for investment scheme after …Sat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
Services growth hit by oil hikes - NCB indexCompanies in the Irish services sector won large volumes of new business in September but a survey has indicated that growth …Thu Oct 06 2005 - 01:00
€763,000 profit for Clayton Love groupThe Clayton Love Distribution frozen food business booked pretax profits of €763,000 in 2004, the year in which the businessman…Wed Oct 05 2005 - 01:00
Pretax profits in Habitat's Republic stores down by 60%Pretax profits in the Republic's franchise of the Habitat group fell by 60 per cent to €95,913 from €239,463 in the year to March…Tue Oct 04 2005 - 01:00
Mooney posts €80,000 pretax loss on car salesThe four motor dealerships owned by Dublin businessman Paraic Mooney had combined sales last year of more than €102 million, …Tue Oct 04 2005 - 01:00
Ansbacher findings being passed onMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin has directed that information amassed in an inquiry into three companies…Tue Oct 04 2005 - 01:00
Scott Tallon Walker profits up 50%The 10 directors at architectural firm Scott Tallon Walker shared management fees and dividends of €2Mon Oct 03 2005 - 01:00
Irish Ferries suffers setbacks to jobs planIrish Ferries has suffered a series of setbacks to its controversial reform plan after the High Court imposed an interim injunction…Sat Oct 01 2005 - 01:00
State plans to frustrate reflagging by Irish FerriesThe Government will attempt to frustrate the Irish Ferries plan to make more than 500 of its seafaring workers redundant and …Fri Sept 30 2005 - 01:00
IFG shares gain on interim resultsShares in financial services group IFG gained 2.27 per cent to close at €1Thu Sept 29 2005 - 01:00
Taoiseach condemns Irish Ferries proposalIrish Continental Group (ICG) is coming under mounting political pressure to abandon a plan to replace more than 540 of its staff…Thu Sept 29 2005 - 01:00
Superquinn founder's son to run family's interestsSuperquinn's former deputy chairman Eamonn Quinn has left the company after the completion of its €450 million sale to Select…Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:00
Dixons set to expand outside Dublin areaElectrical goods retailer Dixon's plans to open new stores in Cork and Drogheda in November in a new round of expansion that …Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:00
Harvey Nichols prepares for €10m opening in DundrumLuxury department store Harvey Nichols will go head-to-head with Brown Thomas at the high end of the retail market when it opens…Fri Aug 26 2005 - 01:00
Kildare land sale realises €11.23m for Goodman companyA company controlled by businessman Larry Goodman realised €11Fri Aug 26 2005 - 01:00
