Enterprise Ireland investments fall by €5.69mEnterprise Ireland wrote down the value of its investments in start-up companies and seed capital funds by €19Fri Jun 24 2005 - 01:00
Scor bid puts €392.5m value on Irish Reinsurance PartnersIFSC-based reinsurance group Irish Reinsurance Partners has been valued at €392Thu Jun 23 2005 - 01:00
'Please stand up for us'Writers Patricia Scanlan and Sheila O'Flanagan have urged the Government not to withdraw or restrict the scheme that exempts …Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
EU urges enactment of directivesEuropean internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy has warned that the EU will take infringement proceedings against member…Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
O'Donoghue backs artists' tax exemptionMinister for Arts John O'Donoghue has urged Minister for Finance Brian Cowen not to abolish or dilute the scheme that exempts…Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
Leinster Leader wants to hold on to propertiesThe Leinster Leader board wants to retain ownership of the group's properties and buildings after the sale of its newspapers…Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
Leinster Leader advisers seek interest in group saleAdvisers to the Leinster Leader group have contacted a number of newspaper and private equity companies in their efforts to drum…Sat Jun 18 2005 - 01:00
Eircom applies for 3G mobile licenceEircom has applied for a third generation mobile phone licence, prompting ComReg to invite expressions of interest in the last…Fri Jun 17 2005 - 01:00
Spar chief eyes up ownership structure while increasing shopsAs a former finance director at Irish Distillers, Leo Crawford was more than a mite interested when Pernod Ricard moved last …Fri Jun 17 2005 - 01:00
Spar franchise owner BWG reports 29% profit riseSpar franchise owner BWG Holdings has reported a 29 per cent rise in operating profits to €48Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:00
Smart Telecom takes Eircom to High CourtSmart Telecom has taken a High Court action against Eircom, accusing the former State company of abusing its dominant position…Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:00
Clerys posts losses as sales fall to €35.3mThe Clerys department store group in Dublin has gone into the red with annual pretax losses of €742,875 following a marginal …Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:00
Dental surgeon pays €1m to RevenueA south Dublin dental surgeon has been fined €4,500 after pleading guilty to nine criminal charges of tax evasion following a…Tue Jun 14 2005 - 01:00
EU to investigate Irish finance, energy sectorsEU competition officials are planning to investigate the Irish financial services and energy markets as part of a wider European…Tue Jun 14 2005 - 01:00
Energis 2004 revenues stay flat at €43mAnnual revenues at telecom firm Energis Ireland, the third-largest fixed-line operator, were flat last year at €43 million as…Mon Jun 13 2005 - 01:00
Consortiums expected to line up for Jurys siteMajor property developers are likely to form consortiums to bid for the Jurys Doyle site in Ballsbridge in order to spread the…Sat Jun 11 2005 - 01:00
Jurys to knock Dublin hotels and sell siteThe Jurys Doyle group could realise as much as €160 million as a result of its decision yesterday to knock down its three hotels…Fri Jun 10 2005 - 01:00
Who owns Jurys?The Doyle connection: The people behind the scenes of one of Ireland's most famous hotel groups.Fri Jun 10 2005 - 01:00
Jurys rejects second Precinct approachThe directors of Jurys Doyle have rejected the second approach from the Precinct consortium, which valued the hotel group at …Thu Jun 09 2005 - 01:00
Allegations against bank up for mentionA case in which publican Hugh O'Regan alleges that officials in Bank of Ireland changed the mandates on an account owned by one…Thu Jun 09 2005 - 01:00
Guilty plea move results in Cologne Re sackingCologne Reinsurance (Cologne Re) sacked the former chief executive of its Irish operation, John Houldsworth, on Monday after …Wed Jun 08 2005 - 01:00
ADM Holdings posts loss of €110,000The parent of a Cork manufacturer of ingredients for the fizzy drinks industry has recorded losses after tax of €110,000 on revenues…Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
EU raids Fyffes' offices in fruit cartel inquiryEU competition officials have raided the headquarters of fruit importer Fyffes in an investigation into a suspected cartel in…Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
Fashion chain owner Mosaic has Irish sales of almost €:37mThe owner of women's fashion chains Karen Millen and Oasis has annual sales in Ireland of almost €37 million, it has emerged…Wed Jun 01 2005 - 01:00
Unidare investors will get €47.6m windfall on 3i dealShareholders at Unidare will receive a €47.6 million windfall of €2Wed Jun 01 2005 - 01:00
Home's owner settled tax bill of €1mThe combination of two tax settlements cost Leas Cross owner John Aherne and one of his companies almost €1 million in 2000, …Wed Jun 01 2005 - 01:00
Motor group makes pre-tax profit of €2.62mA car dealership that owns franchises in Cork and Tipperary for BMW and six other marques made annual pre-tax profits of more…Tue May 31 2005 - 01:00
Italian bank nets ?57m IFSC dividendItalian banking giant UniCredito received a €57 million dividend last year from its IFSC unit.Tue May 31 2005 - 01:00
Soden received up to €3m in B of I severance packageBank of Ireland has paid a severance payment of up to €3 million to its former chief executive Michael Soden, a year after he…Mon May 30 2005 - 01:00
Energis urges break-up of EircomTelecom firm Energis has called on ComReg to break up Eircom, arguing that the former State monopoly's dominance of the market…Mon May 30 2005 - 01:00
Profits decline at IRP HoldingsAnnual pre-tax profits have fallen €7 million to €57Mon May 30 2005 - 01:00
Eircom workers to get €37.4m in dividend payoutEircom's employee share ownership trust (ESOT) will receive €37Sat May 28 2005 - 01:00
Zurich admits using Cologne Re in Dublin to mislead regulatorsSwiss insurer Zurich Financial has admitted to the Australian authorities that it used reinsurance transactions with IFSC-based…Sat May 28 2005 - 01:00
Cologne Re chief 'created false documents' - US lawsuitThe chief executive in 2000 of IFSC-based Cologne Re helped create "false documents" in that year to cover up fraudulent deals…Fri May 27 2005 - 01:00
Cologne Re faces damaging charges in US lawsuitFor weeks, the Dublin outpost of Warren Buffett's insurance empire has been at the centre of widening international investigation…Fri May 27 2005 - 01:00
BT Ireland out of the redBT Ireland has passed the break-even point for the first time and signalled its intention to enter the mobile market whenever…Fri May 27 2005 - 01:00
ThirdForce warns of lower sales in BritainOnline learning firm ThirdForce warned of lower sales in the British market yesterday, as it made public its plans to acquire…Thu May 26 2005 - 01:00
SR Technics ready to vacate part of airport plantSR Technics, owner of the former FLS Aerospace, has indicated a willingness to vacate part of its plant at Dublin Airport to …Thu May 26 2005 - 01:00
Marks & Spencer Irish business bucks downward trendMarks & Spencer (M&S) continues to perform well in the Irish market in spite of setbacks in Britain that prompted a 19…Wed May 25 2005 - 01:00
New Vodafone customer centre to create 100 jobsMobile phone giant Vodafone has promised to create 100 jobs at a new customer centre in Leopardstown, south Dublin, as its Irish…Wed May 25 2005 - 01:00
Revaluation adds €37.5m to value of ClarendonThe property company that owns the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre in central Dublin revalued its portfolio upwards by more than…Tue May 24 2005 - 01:00
Individual liabilities in Revenue trawl may reach €1mSome people who put "hot money" into single-premium life assurance products have indicated to the Revenue Commissioners that …Tue May 24 2005 - 01:00
Retail sales growth in March declines slightlyThe growth in retail sales in March declined marginally on the previous months, although economists said they were encouraged…Sat May 21 2005 - 01:00
BIAM reorganises top staffBank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) has reorganised some of its senior staff as it attempts to recover ground since the departure…Sat May 21 2005 - 01:00
Profits at building firm Albany hit €20mPretax profits at Dublin building firm Albany Homes grew more than tenfold to €20Sat May 21 2005 - 01:00
Haulage firm in talks on €15m tyre-recycling dealA Co Tipperary haulage company is in negotiations with a US waste management group to invest more than €15 million on a tyre-…Thu May 19 2005 - 01:00
US group chooses Navan and Wexford for 490 jobsUS-owned financial services group PFPC International has chosen Wexford and Navan, Co Meath, as the locations for 490 new jobs…Wed May 18 2005 - 01:00
Pharmacy chain plans expansionCelesio, the owner of the Unicare pharmacy chain, has said that the Irish market will be a focus of the group's acquisition activities…Wed May 18 2005 - 01:00
Exports decline in AprilA dip in exports last month has been attributed to increasing competition from east European and Asian firms and difficult conditions…Wed May 18 2005 - 01:00
