South and North in campaign on road safetyTHE National Safety Council and the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment yesterday launched a joint road safety campaign…Tue Oct 15 1996 - 01:00
New group will advise Minister on legal reformAn 11 member group to advise "the Minister for Justice, Mrs Owen, on the need for reform of criminal law and procedure was announced…Tue Oct 15 1996 - 01:00
Anti drugs activist tells of threatA FEMALE anti drugs activist told a meeting in a community hall in Darndale, Dublin, yesterday that her life had been threatened…Tue Oct 15 1996 - 01:00
No plans to change quarantine lawsTHERE are no plans to change the six month quarantine law for pets coming from abroad, a spokesman for the Department of Agriculture…Tue Oct 15 1996 - 01:00
Reverse takeover of Tuskar approvedSHAREHOLDERS in Tuskar Resources have voted to give a 65 per cent shareholding in their company to the Houston-based Camac/Allied…Sat Oct 12 1996 - 01:00
FF plans company taxation reformsFIANNA Fail is proposing a new small business rate of corporation tax of 27 per cent for small and medium sized companies with…Sat Oct 12 1996 - 01:00
Ireland falls to sixth in US companies tableIRELAND has fallen from, third to sixth place in Europe for investment by US companies.Fri Oct 11 1996 - 01:00
Processors compete for forest by-productsDEVELOPMENT in the forest products sector in Ireland this year has been such that despite steady, ongoing and significant increase…Fri Oct 11 1996 - 01:00
FF moots sale of semi-state sharesIT may be time to "democratise" the semi-state sector and allow people to take up individual shareholdings in companies originally…Fri Oct 11 1996 - 01:00
New IFSC company to pursue cashA GLOBAL debt collection firm, believed to be the first of its kind, is to set up business this December in the International…Fri Oct 11 1996 - 01:00
Rabbitte says "at least £2.5m" missing in Tony Taylor investment affairTHE amount of money missing as a result of the disappearance of investment adviser Mr Tony Taylor is now known to be at least…Thu Oct 10 1996 - 01:00
McInerney builds in confidenceBUILDING company - McInerney Construction is coming out from the shadow cast over it by the financial problems of its holding…Wed Oct 09 1996 - 01:00
Earnings dip at MotorolaMOTOROLA has reported reduced sales and earnings for the third quarter and warned that cost culling over the rest of the year…Wed Oct 09 1996 - 01:00
Greatest need for widening basic tax bandTHE priority in income tax should be to reduce the tax den on lower and middle income earners, according to the latest report…Wed Oct 09 1996 - 01:00
Bill to expand Central Bank's money powersA NEW law extending the powers of the Central Bank and providing for the immediate transfer of large deposits into the account…Tue Oct 08 1996 - 01:00
Worker directors fight board changesA GROUP representing employee directors on semi state companies has set up a "political committee" to fight against the reduction…Mon Oct 07 1996 - 01:00
Sport offers Waterford great prizeTHE value to Waterford Crystal of having its product used so often as a sports prize is "staggering", according to company chief…Sat Oct 05 1996 - 01:00
Grocers fear taxes and competitionTAXES and competition are the primary issues of concern to grocers and off licence owners, according to a survey.Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
IFSC to outdo banks for lendingLENDING by banks in the Irish Financial Services Centre, in the Custom House Docks, Dublin, will soon exceed the Irish domestic…Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
SFA seeking tax changesTHE Small Firms' Association is calling for a clampdown on social welfare fraud, with the monies saved going to fund changes …Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
Union sells shareholder culture to staffTHE general secretary of the Communications Workers Union, Mr David Begg, is to begin a six week "roadshow" today to explain …Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
Farmers in protest over Greencore price for beetBEET farmers picketing the Dublin headquarters of Greencore yesterday threatened they would boycott the company's products, and…Tue Oct 01 1996 - 01:00
White Paper emphasises science's importanceTHE most comprehensive review of science policy ever undertaken in this State is to be published in the coming few weeks, the…Mon Sept 30 1996 - 01:00
Consultant did not bother to cash pay cheques worth £122,000A hospital consultant in the northeast who was "not very assiduous in his financial affairs" had not bothered to cash salary …Fri Sept 27 1996 - 01:00
Jobless fraud close to 11% - De RossaDELIBERATE fraudulent unemployment claims are "probably close enough" to 11 per cent of the total, the Minister for Social Welfare…Fri Sept 27 1996 - 01:00
Investors sought tax amnesty in return for Taylor evidenceTWO investors, who had placed around £650,000 with the missing broker Mr Tony Taylor, asked the Department of the Enterprise …Thu Sept 26 1996 - 01:00
£11.5m loss blamed on welfare fraudTHE Department of Social Welfare detected overpayments of social insurance and social assistance amounting to £16Thu Sept 26 1996 - 01:00
Committee set to call time on pub opening hours chaosWHY, asks Mr Charles Hanagan TD, chairman of the Dail Select Committee on Legislation and Security, "on a fine summer's evening…Sat Sept 21 1996 - 01:00
Norwich managers want jobs backTHREE former senior managers With the Norwich Union life assurance group told the employment appeals tribunal yesterday they …Thu Sept 19 1996 - 01:00
Boy (7) killed and four people injured as fishing boat sinks in DundalkA SEVEN year old boy died yesterday evening in hospital following a boating accident in Dundalk Bay.Mon Sept 16 1996 - 01:00
Hospital consultants to be warned on lawsuitsCONSULTANTS are to be warned they should take steps to protect themselves from being sued by patients whose health has suffered…Thu Sept 12 1996 - 01:00
Turn off and see us sometime, says winning ArdaghTHE PEOPLE of Ardagh, Co Longford (population 80), are hoping more people will turn off the N4 and come to visit them following…Tue Sept 10 1996 - 01:00
Prettiness is no longer enough, says Howlin, stressing enhancementTHE Minister for the Environment, Mr Howlin, said that "prettiness" was no longer enough to win a Tidy Towns awardTue Sept 10 1996 - 01:00
Creamery executives get death threats over farmFOUR members of the board of Donegal Creameries, which bought the farm from which the Graham family was evicted last month, yesterday…Tue Sept 10 1996 - 01:00
Dunnes strike talks end after an hour but sides hope for progress todayTALKS aimed at settling the Dunnes Stores dispute were adjourned after only an hour yesterday, but there were hopes that real…Thu Sept 05 1996 - 01:00
Small firms hit hard as strike starts to cost jobsA FIRM employing 200 people is among those which have laid off workers as a result of the Dunnes Stores dispute.Thu Sept 05 1996 - 01:00
At 19 months, veteran picketer Kavan can take it all in his snoozeFOR Kavan Naughton it was the second time in his 19-month life that he has found himself on the picket line.Wed Sept 04 1996 - 01:00
Little progress in talks to resolve Dunnes disputeTALKS between unions and management in the Dunnes Stores dispute were adjourned last night, seemingly without making much progress…Wed Sept 04 1996 - 01:00
Staff sign on for doleTHE thousands of Dunnes Stores workers who went on strike yesterday signed on at their local labour exchange on the advice of…Tue Sept 03 1996 - 01:00
Thousands of jobs are at risk in supply firmsASSOCIATIONS which represent companies supplying or working alongside Dunnes Stores have warned that thousands of jobs are being…Tue Sept 03 1996 - 01:00
Strike issues carried over from last yearTHE issues at the centre of the Dunnes Stores dispute have remained unresolved since a bitter three week strike last summer.Tue Sept 03 1996 - 01:00
Old soldiers recall Emergency days at anniversary exhibition in DublinCOLONEL Terry O'Brien's unit of around 100 men was charged with the "defence of Merrion Strand" during the Emergency and had …Mon Sept 02 1996 - 01:00
Unions believe family pride is central in Dunnes rowYESTERDAY'S breakdown in union management negotiations destroyed hopes among the workforce that there had been a fundamental …Mon Sept 02 1996 - 01:00
Strike to shut all 73 Dunnes outlets this morningA SHUTDOWN of all 73, Dunnes Stores outlets begins this morning, sending a "surge of despair" through suppliers and small businesses…Mon Sept 02 1996 - 01:00
Untreated paedophiles likely to abuse children again after prison termLOCKING up people guilty of child abuse and not giving them treatment before they are released into the public domain "involves…Thu Aug 29 1996 - 01:00
Norish expects profit advanceHALF year results from cold storage company Norish will be published next month and will be "in line with expectations", the …Thu Aug 29 1996 - 01:00
Reflex sustains profit recoveryTHE Reflex Group yesterday announced that its return to operating profitability last year had been sustained during the first…Wed Aug 28 1996 - 01:00
Brokers' body outlines contacts with TaylorTHE Irish Brokers Association (IBA) has issued a statement outlining the sequence of events in relation to its involvement with…Tue Aug 27 1996 - 01:00
