ICG sells charter ship for €37.7mFERRY OPERATOR Irish Continental Group (ICG) has agreed to sell its Bilbao charter ship for €37.7 million.Sat Dec 04 2010 - 00:00
O'Brien's Digicel plans to raise $300mDENIS O’BRIEN’S Caribbean-based Digicel mobile phone group is planning to raise $300 million through a private placement of loan…Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
Brown Thomas posts a profit of €2.7mUPMARKET IRISH department store group Brown Thomas recorded an 82 per cent fall in its operating profit last year as the company…Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
Britvic writes down Irish businessBRITISH SOFT drinks group Britvic has taken an impairment charge of £104Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
One more thingResidence back on the green; waves at a Cork ferry; sports consultancy pitches for business; big freeze hits McDonald’s profits…Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
Developers in denial about crisis, says NamaTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency (Nama) has accused developers of being in “denial” about the crisis in construction and …Wed Dec 01 2010 - 00:00
Broad welcome for labour and competition changesREFORM: THERE WAS a broad welcome yesterday for the labour market adjustments and the competition reforms outlined in the announcement…Tue Nov 30 2010 - 00:00
No change envisaged to 12.5% rate over 10 years of dealCORPORATION TAX: IRELAND’S MUCH-PRIZED 12Mon Nov 29 2010 - 00:00
Welfare changes go beyond planFOUR-YEAR PLAN: A MAJOR tightening of the rules around unemployment benefit and a pay freeze for State pensioners until 2015…Mon Nov 29 2010 - 00:00
Saongroup posts €2.6m profit in 2009 after big cut in cost baseSAONGROUP, THE global online recruiter owned by Denis O’Brien and Leslie Buckley, returned to the black in 2009 in spite of a…Sat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
Eircom reports flat earnings to SeptemberA STRONG focus on cost containment enabled Eircom to report flat earnings for the three months to the end of September in spite…Sat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
O'Leary flies below ITN's radar at T2MICHAEL O’LEARY was loitering with intent at the launch party for the new Terminal 2 in Dublin airport last Friday, wearing a…Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
Web licence to print money?OPTIMISM WAS on the menu in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin on Tuesday morning as Raglan Capital hosted a business breakfast.Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
Largo Foods doubles operating profit as restructuring bears fruitCRISP MAKER Largo Foods more than doubled its operating profit in 2009 in spite of a 6Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
Go Harvey Go - if it wasn't for the leasesGERRY HARVEY, the billionaire owner of Australian retailing giant Harvey Norman, must regret the day he set up his first Irish…Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
Income tax, pension reform and end of reliefs to yield €2.02bn in budgetREFORMS: IRISH WORKERS will have to pay an additional €2Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
3's market share reduced to 5.8%COMREG HAS restated its second-quarter 2010 mobile phone market share statistics after it emerged earlier this year that 3 had…Wed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
IN&M makes key appointmentINDEPENDENT NEWS & Media (IN&M) has appointed public affairs executive Karl Brophy to the new role of director of corporate…Wed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
Top Aer Lingus officials increase shares in airlineAER LINGUS chief executive Christoph Mueller and chairman Colm Barrington have increased their shareholdings in the airline.Tue Nov 23 2010 - 00:00
O'Brien's Aergo concludes sale of SafairDENIS O’BRIEN’S aviation leasing company Aergo Capital has concluded the sale of its interest in Johannesburg-based subsidiary…Sat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00
One more thingRyanair man speaks out; Denis O’Brien assists you in getting your tax returned; danger of PR; charter flights; and a popular …Fri Nov 19 2010 - 00:00
ICG shares dip in spite of profit riseSHARES IN Irish Continental Group (ICG) dipped slightly yesterday in spite of the ferry company informing the market that its…Fri Nov 19 2010 - 00:00
Food alliance has plenty of sweetenersANALYSIS: FORGET THE IMF and talk of bailouts from BrusselsThu Nov 18 2010 - 00:00
Ryanair to cut extra flights from Dublin airport in JanuaryRYANAIR IS to cut an additional 48 flights at Dublin airport from January as it continues its campaign against the Government…Thu Nov 18 2010 - 00:00
Aer Lingus transatlantic flights from T2 delayed until new yearAER LINGUS has postponed the transfer of transatlantic flights to Terminal 2 at Dublin airport until the new year as US customs…Wed Nov 17 2010 - 00:00
Four Star Pizza chain has interim examiner appointedTHE COMPANY behind the Four Star Pizza takeaway chain became the latest business in Ireland to seek the protection of the High…Tue Nov 16 2010 - 00:00
Kingspan to pay €120m for CRH armIRISH BUILDING materials giant CRH has agreed to sell its European insulation business to Cavan-based Kingspan for €120 million…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Manchester United Irish entity trades in the redMANCHESTER UNITED might be one of the best supported football clubs in Ireland, but its US owners, the Glazer family, must be…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Danes on hunt for prime Dublin siteNATIONAL IRISH Bank might be downsizing its branch network here but the group is on the hunt for a new head office in Dublin …Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Mallow factory site a monument to EU follyTHIS WEEK’S report on Europe’s sugar reform appears to have taken everyone by surprise, including Greencore.Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Hotelier moves on GermanyWITH THE hotel sector here on its knees, Frankie Whelehan is now looking to Germany for growth.Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Digicel ready to pounce in GuyanaDENIS O’BRIEN’S Digicel telecoms group in the Caribbean is keeping an eye on plans to further liberalise the market in Guyana…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Airlines retain €28m in taxes and charges on unfilled flight seatsTHE NATIONAL Consumer Agency (NCA) is seeking to clip the wings of Irish airlines who pocket taxes and airport charges paid by…Thu Nov 11 2010 - 00:00
Eircom staff to get €27m tax-free windfallMORE THAN 14,000 current and former Eircom staff are set to net a pre-Christmas, tax-free windfall from the company’s employee…Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
Wind-down costs see Postbank record loss of €73.4 millionPOSTBANK, THE financial institution being wound down by its joint owners – An Post and BGL BNP Paribas – made a loss of €73.4…Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
Tough sanctions for bankers proposedTOUGHER CORPORATE governance rules at banks, building societies and insurance companies will be introduced on January 1st, 2011…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
SouthWestern earnings up 47%CLONAKILTY-BASED business processing group SouthWestern, which is controlled by Ion Equity, recorded a 47 per cent increase in…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
Elderfield says level of mortgage arrears likely to get worse but should not destabilise banksTHE LEVEL of mortgage arrears is likely to get worse but this should not destabilise our banks due to the new capital requirements…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
TV3 parent writes down goodwill value by €118.7mTHE PARENT company of Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 wrote down the goodwill value of the business by €118Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Nude cafe closes doors as crisis curbs healthy appetiteIT WAS once a symbol of the Celtic Tiger boom but yesterday the Nude cafe on Dublin’s Suffolk Street, owned by Bono’s brother…Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Dunnes Stores' UK profits soar 68%PROFITS AT Dunnes Stores’ business in Britain rose by 68 per cent last year in spite of the difficult economic backdrop there…Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Two-year 'interest holiday' on bailoutsBANK FUNDING: THE GOVERNMENT has been cleared by Eurostat in Brussels to take a two-year “interest holiday” in relation to the…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Airline aims to expand from UK baseAT ONE point late in the marathon, four-hour High Court hearing on Aer Arann’s future yesterday, its examiner, Michael McAteer…Thu Nov 04 2010 - 00:00
Court backs examiner's scheme for Aer ArannAER ARANN’S future was secured yesterday after Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan agreed in principle to approve a modified scheme…Thu Nov 04 2010 - 00:00
Ryanair shares fall despite airline raising profit guidanceRYANAIR’S SHARE price fell by 3Tue Nov 02 2010 - 00:00
Drawing from the wellIreland needs to lose its provincial mindset if the economy is to return to growthFri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Aer Arann creditors agree debt schemeAER ARANN appeared to move a step closer to successfully exiting examinership yesterday after a majority of the airline’s creditor…Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
Irish Times Ltd reports loss of €27.9m for 2009THE IRISH Times Ltd made an after-tax loss of €27Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
One more thingMusgrave GB turns oft-quoted corner; Moody feeling flat about C&C; upwardly mobile aspirations; recession's a gift for Dawson…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
