Dundalk to lose 250 jobs as US firm plans closureUp to 250 workers will lose their jobs when the US technology group Quantum closes its plant in Dundalk, Co Louth.Thu Aug 25 2005 - 01:00
Consumer body calls for end to Groceries OrderThe interim National Consumer Agency has claimed that three-quarters of all goods in a typical shopping basket may be more expensive…Wed Aug 24 2005 - 01:00
BWG select bidder for UK off-licence franchiseSpar franchise owner BWG Group has selected the British private equity house ECI Partners as preferred bidder for its Cheshire…Wed Aug 24 2005 - 01:00
Musgrave group breaks link with retail outletsThe Musgrave Group has discontinued its leading franchise operation in central Dublin after a long-running disagreement over "…Tue Aug 23 2005 - 01:00
IFSC companies lobby ministers on Luas extensionA group of IFSC-based companies has lobbied Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Tánaiste Mary Harney and three other Ministers in its campaign…Sat Aug 20 2005 - 01:00
BWG may look to buy Iceland sitesBWG Holdings, owner of the Spar franchise, has emerged as a potential bidder for some of the supermarkets in the Iceland frozen…Sat Aug 20 2005 - 01:00
Brown Thomas profits up 25% after sales surgePretax profits at the Brown Thomas chain climbed by 25 per cent to €24.19 million last year on the back of a 12Fri Aug 19 2005 - 01:00
Iceland food store shutdown risks 160 jobsUp to 160 jobs are at risk in Dublin and Donegal after the owners of the Iceland supermarket chain decided to shut down the seven…Thu Aug 18 2005 - 01:00
Parc group profits rise 6% to €3.7mOperating profits at the Parc recruitment group rose to €3.7 million in the year to the end of March from €3Wed Aug 17 2005 - 01:00
Fitzgerald group bucks bar trend as profits doubleAnnual pretax profits in the bar and restaurant empire controlled by publican Louis Fitzgerald almost doubled to €8Wed Aug 17 2005 - 01:00
Digiweb doubling staff ahead of roll-outBroadband provider Digiweb is doubling its staff to 120 as it opens new offices in Limerick and Citywest, Co Dublin.Tue Aug 16 2005 - 01:00
Fexco in talks to buy CNG Travel Group armFexco, the Kerry payments company, is in advanced discussions to acquire the loss-making business-to-consumer division of CNG…Tue Aug 16 2005 - 01:00
BIAM leaving Frankfurt for LondonBank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) is closing its Frankfurt office in a move that will see the €800 million business transferred…Sat Aug 13 2005 - 01:00
Tyco International revenues soar 400% to over €49mAnnual pretax profits at an IFSC-based finance unit owned by US conglomerate Tyco International have grown by almost 400 per …Fri Aug 12 2005 - 01:00
Day of reckoning looms for MartinMicheál Martin might not like it, but he is facing his biggest test since the ban on smoking in pubs in deciding whether to retain…Thu Aug 11 2005 - 01:00
SIAC in prime position to build Tara motorwayA consortium involving Spanish construction firm Cintra and the Irish group SIAC is now in prime position to build the €600 million…Wed Aug 10 2005 - 01:00
Fashion group's Irish profits hit €18mBritish retailer Philip Green is making annual pretax profits of more than €18 million at the 90 stores in the Irish unit of …Wed Aug 10 2005 - 01:00
AIB chief financial officer to leave the bank earlyAIB chief financial officer Declan McSweeney is to retire at the end of next monthTue Aug 09 2005 - 01:00
Kerry spends €180m on UK food groupKerry Group, the food maker, is spending almost €180 million to consolidate its British precooked meals business with the purchase…Tue Aug 09 2005 - 01:00
€450m takeover set to be finished in 10 daysThe €450 million takeover of Superquinn by the Select Retail Holdings consortium will be signed off in the next 10 daysSat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
Eircom adviser to head Aer Lingus flotationThe former Merrill Lynch financier who led the Telecom Éireann flotation has been appointed by the Government to take a senior…Sat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
Dublin centre traffic ban could aid retailersTraffic should be banned from Westmoreland Street, one of Dublin's main thoroughfares, in order to boost the city's retail business…Fri Aug 05 2005 - 01:00
IFSC reinsurer pays €40m to Bermuda parentA Dublin-based reinsurer, chaired by former Bank of Ireland head Maurice Keane, has paid dividends of $40 million (€32Fri Aug 05 2005 - 01:00
Bank of Scotland's Irish unit posts 20% growth in pretax profitsPretax profits at Bank of Scotland's Irish unit grew by 20 per cent to €71 million in the first half of the year, the bank said…Thu Aug 04 2005 - 01:00
Clontarf Castle Hotel sees 41% drop in profitsAnnual profits at the Clontarf Castle Hotel in north Dublin slumped by almost 41 per cent to €335,174 in the year to last November…Thu Aug 04 2005 - 01:00
Nestlé allocates €10.2m to close Mallow plantFood multinational Nestlé has made a €10Wed Aug 03 2005 - 01:00
Quinn projects pretax profits of over €270mThe Cavan-based Quinn Group is projecting pretax profits this year of more than €270 million from its insurance, hotel, plastics…Wed Aug 03 2005 - 01:00
Crawford goes into redThe south Dublin Ford dealer Crawford's, one of the oldest car sellers in the State, went into the red last year with pre-tax…Mon Aug 01 2005 - 01:00
Family shares €426,000 Power City dividendFive members of the Co Wicklow-based McKenna family have shared a €426,000 dividend from the Power City electrical goods retailer…Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
Bus Éireann runs daily service to WarsawBus Éireann has introduced a 42-hour daily bus service to Warsaw to draw business from the 45,000 Poles now living in Ireland…Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
Ex-NIB executives may be disqualifiedNine former National Irish Bank managers, including former chief executives Jim Lacey and Barry Seymour, are facing the prospect…Fri Jul 29 2005 - 01:00
Leinster Leader Group starts assessment of buyout offersThe owners of the Leinster Leader newspapers are preparing to start a due diligence exercise after about 10 bidders tabled indicative…Thu Jul 28 2005 - 01:00
Jurys talks to preferred bidderThe Jurys Doyle hotel group has entered exclusive talks with one of the bidders for its landmark site in Ballsbridge.Wed Jul 27 2005 - 01:00
Limerick man linked to aquatic centre, court toldThe company selected to run the National Aquatic Centre secretly transferred ownership of its lease to a Limerick businessman…Wed Jul 27 2005 - 01:00
Shell Ireland management to take stake in buyout firmShell Ireland director Dr Frank Bergin and members of his senior management team will take a minority shareholding in Topaz, …Fri Jul 22 2005 - 01:00
Sharman expresses regret over Aer Lingus memoAer Lingus chairman John Sharman has expressed regret to its staff over the "clinical and impersonal" language in a human resources…Fri Jul 22 2005 - 01:00
Unions angry over coercive measures in memoUnions in Aer Lingus have disputed claims by its chairman John Sharman that the airline never adopted as policy a series of measures…Thu Jul 21 2005 - 01:00
Inquiry into second IFSC reinsurerThe Dublin units of a second international reinsurer have been drawn into a major examination of practices in the sector by regulators…Wed Jul 20 2005 - 01:00
City manager concerned over quality of Grafton Street retailersDublin city manager John Fitzgerald has expressed concern about the quality of retailer moving to the south city as some international…Wed Jul 20 2005 - 01:00
Ahern nominates Celia Larkin to consumer bodyTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has nominated his former partner Celia Larkin to join the board of the National Consumer Agency, the new…Tue Jul 19 2005 - 01:00
Fingleton to leave competition bodyThe chairman of the Competition Authority, Dr John Fingleton, has resigned the post to take up a new job as chief executive of…Tue Jul 19 2005 - 01:00
Ownership of Blarney group moved out of StateThe shares in the companies within the Blarney Woollen Mills group, the Co Cork company that owns some of the best-known indigenous…Tue Jul 19 2005 - 01:00
Dublin man sells Australian dating site for €24mDublin businessman Stephen Mulcahy has sold an Australian online dating business for 38.92 million Australian dollars (€24Sat Jul 16 2005 - 01:00
Wal-Mart accuses Coughlin of fraud, forgeryThe world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, has accused its Irish-American former vice-chairman, Tom Coughlin, of misappropriating…Sat Jul 16 2005 - 01:00
Reuben brothers became self-made billionairesDavid and Simon Reuben, the billionaire brothers who emerged this week as backers of the Precinct bid for Jurys Doyle, bring …Sat Jul 16 2005 - 01:00
Spanish, Swiss chains size up Jurys DoyleA number of international hotel chains - including Swiss group Kempinski and the Spanish chains Sol-Melia and NH Hotels - are…Sat Jul 16 2005 - 01:00
Galway duo spend £175m acquiring London HQ of ABN AmroCo Galway-based property investors Mike McDonagh and Tim Bohan have spent £175 million (€254Fri Jul 15 2005 - 01:00
Precinct offers higher bid for Jurys DoyleThe Precinct consortium has made a third approach for the Jurys Doyle hotel chain, increasing its offer by 25 cent to €16Thu Jul 14 2005 - 01:00
An Post faces extra wage bill of €38m after judgmentAn Post is facing an additional wage bill of €38 million this year after the Labour Court called on the company to pay increases…Thu Jul 14 2005 - 01:00
Consumer agency seeks submissionsThe interim National Consumer Agency has asked consumers to make submissions to the Government on whether it should scrap the…Tue Jul 12 2005 - 01:00
