Melly seeks to acquire Eircom with higher offerTELECOMS ENTREPRENEUR Sean Melly has made a bid to acquire Eircom, The Irish Times has learned.Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus denies it has financial crisisAER LINGUS’S executive chairman Colm Barrington said yesterday that there was no chance of the airline going out of business …Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
24 leading business figures shortlisted for entrepreneur awardTWENTY FOUR leading business people in Ireland have been shortlisted for this year’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Eircom names Donovan as new chief executiveEIRCOM has chosen former Vodafone executive Paul Donovan as its new chief executiveSat May 16 2009 - 01:00
SR Technics sells Dublin unit to sister firm in Abu DhabiSWISS GROUP SR Technics sold part of its Dublin aircraft maintenance business this week to an Abu Dhabi-based sister company, …Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
Musgrave profit down 20% to €75.5mCORK-BASED wholesale grocery group Musgrave expects further erosion in its profits this year as it attempts to help its retailers…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
ICG reports 25% decline in revenuesLISTED FERRY company Irish Continental Group (ICG) yesterday reported a 25 per cent decline in its revenues for the first four…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
Johnston halts sale of Irish titlesSCOTTISH MEDIA group Johnston Press yesterday pulled the plug on the sale of its 13 Irish regional newspapers after failing to…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Eircom agrees deal with unions for 1,200 job cutsEIRCOM AND its unions reached agreement yesterday on a major restructuring plan that will lead to 1,200 job cuts and voluntary…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus to cut five routes and one aircraft at Belfast baseAER LINGUS has decided to cut five routes and remove one of its three aircraft from its Belfast base over the winter months in…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Clare FM acquires large stake in Kildare-based KfmCLARE FM and two of its biggest investors have acquired a 55 per cent stake in fellow commercial radio station Kfm in a deal …Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00
INM move puts O'Brien under fresh scrutinyTHE BROADCASTING Commission of Ireland (BCI) is set to scrutinise Denis O’Brien’s ownership of various national and local radio…Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00
BCI awards contract to OneVision 'in principle'THE BROADCASTING Commission of Ireland (BCI) yesterday awarded the contract to operate the three commercial digital terrestrial…Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00
Aviation authority's staff asked to shore up pensionTHE IRISH Aviation Authority will ask its workers to make a contribution of about 8Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Murdoch says News Corp to charge for newspaper sitesBILLIONAIRE MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch has indicated that he will begin charging for access to News Corporation's newspaper websites…Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Good result for struggling SetantaHAVING BEEN on something of a losing streak in recent months, Irish pay TV broadcaster Setanta Sports gained a positive result…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Smart accounts not so brightAS BRENDAN Murtagh seeks to drum up interest in Smart Telecom, its latest set of published accounts give an insight into the …Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Quinlan's luxury hotels in London lose €10mDEREK QUINLAN’S luxury hotels in London slipped into the red last year, reporting an after-tax loss of £9Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Payzone would feel some heat if it loses British GasLAST WEEK I began hearing whispers that British Gas had dropped troubled Dublin-based electronic payments group Payzone as its…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
O'Leary calls €10 exit tax 'tourist suicide'RYANAIR’S MICHAEL O’Leary was in flying form yesterday at a press briefing called, primarily, to have a cut at the Government…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Pension funds willing to put €6bn into State projectsIRISH PENSIONS funds have indicated to the Government they would be prepared to invest up to €6 billion over the next three years…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Bond would be a win-win situation for construction industry and StateANALYSIS: Any proposal that can save 70,000 jobs has to be welcomed, even if that is a lobby group’s estimateWed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Spanish energy firm Endesa to upgrade two former ESB plantsSPANISH ENERGY group Endesa yesterday announced plans to upgrade two former ESB electricity-generating power plants that it bought…Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Mannion took 41% pay cut prior to leavingAER LINGUS’S recently-departed chief executive Dermot Mannion took a 41 per cent cut in his total pay last year, according to…Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
An Post plans to cut 200 jobs and seeks agreement on pay freezeAN POST is planning to cut more than 200 jobs from its workforce and is seeking agreement from its unions not to pay staff an…Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
ICG shares dive 23% as consortium shelves bidIRISH CONTINENTAL Group’s (ICG) share price collapsed by 23.8 per cent yesterday to a 41-month low of €10Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Aer Arann salaries to drop 7%AER ARANN intends to cut salaries at the airline by an average of 7 per cent, as the latest measure aimed at achieving costs …Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
UPC says State should not buy EircomTHE HEAD of one of Ireland’s biggest broadband providers said yesterday that debt-laden Eircom,which is up for sale, should not…Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus facing €100m loss as revenues decline 16%AER LINGUS is expected to record an operating loss of more than €100 million this year after warning that the level of bookings…Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Group may not pay bonuses to sales staffEIRCOM IS considering not paying bonus commissions to sales staff for business generated in the first three months of 2009.Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
O'Brien says '50-50 chance' INM bond is refinancedDENIS O’BRIEN, Independent News Media’s second-biggest shareholder, said yesterday that there was only a “50-50 chance” of the…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Airport authority expects passenger numbers to fall 11%THE DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) expects passengers numbers at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports to decline by 11 per cent …Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
DAA predicts fall in passenger numbersThe Dublin Airport Authority expects passengers numbers at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports to decline by 11 per cent this year…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Telco Smart looks for buyerCAVAN-BASED businessman Brendan Murtagh has engaged advisers to find a buyer or strategic partner for Smart Telecom, the Dublin…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
RTE introduces new pricing system for its TV advertisingRTÉ HAS introduced a new pricing system for its television advertising that it hopes will put a floor on this income stream, …Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Consortium close to making bid for ICGADVISERS TO the Moonduster consortium and Eamonn Rothwell are expected to spend the weekend trying to finalise a bid for listed…Sat Apr 18 2009 - 01:00
NCB to make 15 to 20 staff redundantNCB STOCKBROKERS is to make 15 to 20 staff redundant in a bid to trim its cost base.Sat Apr 18 2009 - 01:00
Eircom tells unions of plan to cut 1,250 jobs in restructuringEIRCOM HAS told its trade unions that it wants to cut 1,250 jobs from its 7,500-strong workforce over the next 18 months as part…Sat Apr 18 2009 - 01:00
€95m takeover bid for Eircom by former Babcock executivesAN AUSTRALIAN-BASED group of former Babcock Brown executives yesterday tabled a A$175 million (€95 million) cash offer for the…Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
Treasury's generates new plan for Battersea stationTREASURY HOLDINGS appears to have abandoned plans for a 250-metre “eco-chimney” as part of its redevelopment of the iconic Battersea…Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
RDS backs a winner as turnover increases 19%SEVERAL YEARS of investment in its prime 44-acre Ballsbridge site appears to be paying off for the Royal Dublin Society.Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
RSA beats recession gloom by acquiring BenchmarkINSURANCE GROUP RSA has acquired Benchmark Underwriting Ltd, proving that some merger and acquisition activity is getting across…Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
Nairobi commuters won't want tardiness on their trainsTHE ON-AGAIN off-again saga of the metro link to Dublin airport rumbles on, but that has not stopped Ireland stepping in to help…Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
Former Ryanair boss leading one of four bids for SR TechnicsFORMER RYANAIR executive Conor McCarthy is leading one of the four bids being actively considered by SR Technics to acquire its…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Leading law firm makes 17 redundantLEADING IRISH law firm William Fry has made 17 staff redundant and introduced pay cuts of up to 10 per cent in response to the…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Budget Travel forecasts 30% drop in businessBUDGET TRAVEL, Ireland’s biggest package holiday operator, expects to record a 30 per cent decline in business volumes this year…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Johnston Press shortlists three biddersTHREE GROUPS have been shortlisted by British media company Johnston Press to make final bids for its Irish regional newspapers…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Eircom staff will be asked to take voluntary pay cutEIRCOM WORKERS are to be asked to take voluntary pay cuts that will last until June 30th, 2011Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
C&C's head of its British business to leaveCLONMEL-BASED cider maker C&C yesterday announced that John Holberry, the managing director of its British business, will…Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
Unions agree deal as 394 Superquinn jobs goTHE OWNERS of grocery retailer Superquinn have agreed to give its workers 1Sat Mar 28 2009 - 00:00
