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
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
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
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
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
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
Nestlé allocates €10.2m to close Mallow plantFood multinational Nestlé has made a €10Wed 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
North's business activity nudges upwards in JuneBusiness activity in Northern Ireland nudged upwards in June but the expansion in the first half of the year was at a slower …Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
McKillen raises stake in Savoy consortiumProperty developer Paddy McKillen has significantly increased his stake in the Irish consortium that owns the Savoy hotel group…Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
New EU tax battle on horizonTaoiseach Bertie Ahern successfully fought off moves to harmonise European tax rates in the troubled draft constitutional treaty…Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
Irish group buys $440m stake in Trump PlaceA group of Irish investors has taken a $440 million (€369 million) stake in a 77-acre New York property scheme worth $1Sat Jul 09 2005 - 01:00
Thomas Read team mounts €100,000 buyoutA management team at the Thomas Read group has secured agreement in principle to buy the pub chain for €100,000 from two of its…Fri Jul 08 2005 - 01:00
Engineers find 'no leaks' at aquatic centreEngineers acting for the builder of the €62 million National Aquatic Centre have reported that there are no leaks from the swimming…Fri Jul 08 2005 - 01:00
Builders reject claims of leaky poolsConstruction firm Rohcon, which built the €62 million National Aquatic Centre, has rejected claims that its representatives observed…Thu Jul 07 2005 - 01:00
DCC spends €11.8m in acquiring healthcare and oil businessesDCC, the marketing and distribution group, has upgraded its earnings guidance and spent €11Wed Jul 06 2005 - 01:00
Profits at Waterstone's Irish outlets hit €1.475mBritish book retailer Waterstone's is making annual pretax profits of €1Tue Jul 05 2005 - 01:00
IFSC-based reinsurance firm takes dividend holidayIFSC-based reinsurer London Life & General Reinsurance has taken a dividend holiday, a year after it took €22Mon Jul 04 2005 - 01:00
Parking for State employees costs €1.3m per yearThe Government is spending more than €1Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
Pool operator facing €10.25m VAT billDublin Waterworld, which runs the National Aquatic Centre, is facing a VAT bill of €10Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
Fas asks fraud squad to investigate supplier claimsThe internal audit unit at Fás has asked the Garda fraud squad to examine claims that one of its suppliers did not deliver services…Thu Jun 30 2005 - 01:00
IN&M expects growthIndependent News & Media is projecting higher advertising and circulation revenues this year and lower operating costs, the…Thu Jun 30 2005 - 01:00
€4.3m for firms with Enterprise board linksAlmost half the directors of Enterprise Ireland had interests in companies and funds that received financial assistance last …Mon Jun 27 2005 - 01:00
Bupa calls for opposition to Harney moveHealth insurer Bupa Ireland is making a last-ditch effort to stop risk equalisation payments of some €35 million to the VHI by…Sat Jun 25 2005 - 01:00
Government retains bar on foreign-trained pharmacistsThe Government has stepped back from an immediate move to scrap rules that prevent pharmacists not trained in the Republic from…Sat Jun 25 2005 - 01:00
Tax defaulters make settlements of €100mTax defaulters made settlements of more than €100 million with the Revenue in the first three months of the year, after audits…Sat Jun 25 2005 - 01:00
Harney spurns mutual VHI ideaTánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney has said that she does not favour turning the VHI into a mutual society, as mooted…Fri Jun 24 2005 - 01:00
