Lowry fails to secure summary ruling in Smyth defamation caseTHE INDEPENDENT deputy for North Tipperary Michael Lowry has failed to get a summary ruling in the Circuit Court in a defamation…Tue Feb 01 2011 - 00:00
Anglo may sue Drumm over actions while chief executiveANGLO IRISH Bank may sue its former chief executive David Drumm for actions he took during his time as chief executive.Tue Feb 01 2011 - 00:00
Lowry fails in ruling on Smyth claimIndependent TD for Tipperary North Michael Lowry has failed to get a summary ruling in a defamation case where he claimed journalist…Mon Jan 31 2011 - 00:00
Developer and sons in 2008 share transferA FATHER and three sons who run one of the largest property businesses in the State transferred their shareholdings to their …Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Nama in breach of its own rules on sale of assets - SenatorA SENATOR and professional valuer has claimed the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) has broken its code of conduct for …Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
Drumm's wife may be questioned in Boston court on bankruptcy claimLORRAINE DRUMM, wife of the former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm, may be questioned as part of her husband’s US…Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
Committee told Ireland should seek to renegotiate interest rates for loansAN OIREACHTAS committee has been told Ireland should seek to renegotiate the interest rate it is paying on its emergency funding…Wed Jan 26 2011 - 00:00
Business taxation measures may deliver €60mCORPORATE: A NUMBER of business taxation measures included in the draft Finance Bill may deliver a further €60 million in revenue…Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Gresham and Metropole hotel bank loans are transferred to NamaBANKS LOANS belonging to the company that owns the Gresham Hotel in Dublin and the Metropole Hotel in Cork have been transferred…Fri Jan 21 2011 - 00:00
Monsanto's Irish arm made €18m profit but paid no taxA DUBLIN-BASED subsidiary of the US Monsanto Group made a profit of €18 million in the year to the end of August 2009, according…Fri Jan 21 2011 - 00:00
Value of Montrose Hotel written down by 80%THE OWNERS of the Montrose Hotel in Dublin have written down its value by almost 80 per cent, or €33 million, to €9 million…Thu Jan 20 2011 - 00:00
Challenge to Taxing Master in Curtin caseTHE HOUSES of the Oireachtas Committee is challenging the right of the Taxing Master, James Flynn, to act in a case where costs…Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
Bank claims 'could have cost Nama €20bn'INCORRECT INFORMATION provided by the banks to the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) in 2009 could – if acted upon – have…Fri Jan 14 2011 - 00:00
Ballymore holding posts losses of £223.8mBALLYMORE Properties Ltd, a UK holding company within Seán Mulryan’s Ballymore Group, lost £223.8 million (€265Fri Jan 14 2011 - 00:00
Clinton opens Port-au-Prince's Iron Market restored by Denis O'BrienIRISH BILLIONAIRE Denis O’Brien funded the reconstruction of the iconic Iron Market in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, which …Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:00
Fyffes forecast earnings will beat previous targetsFYFFES HAS said it expects its earnings in 2010 to be ahead of previous targets.Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:00
'I don't feel ashamed but I do feel regret, very serious regret'THE FORMER chief executive and chairman of Anglo Irish Bank has sought to give his version of that institution’s disastrous history…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Mansfield family not liable for company's debts, creditors toldTHE MANSFIELD family, owners of the Citywest hotel complex in Saggart, Co Dublin, do not have to stand behind the debts of their…Sat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
Food suppliers among the creditorsDEBTS: THE MANSFIELD family company that owns Citywest Hotel and other assets in Saggart, Co Dublin and which was placed in …Sat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
Anger and disbelief at creditors' meetingTHERE WAS anger and suspicion voiced at a two-hour creditors’ meeting in the Citywest Hotel in Saggart, Co Dublin, yesterday, …Sat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
INBS in site venture with Bahamas billionaireIRISH NATIONWIDE Building Society (INBS) is part of a profit-sharing property venture in England that involves the Bahamas-based…Fri Jan 07 2011 - 00:00
Hotel group in talks with banks over €43.5m debtTHE BYRNE Hotel Group, which owns three hotels in Galway, is in talks with its banks over debts of more than €43.5 million.Fri Jan 07 2011 - 00:00
Seán Dunne's wife initiates proceedings against US lawyerGAYLE KILLILEA Dunne, the wife of property developer Seán Dunne, has initiated legal proceedings against her New York immigration…Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Irish Google firms move cash abroad to cut tax billAN IRISH subsidiary of Google forwards multimillion investments to data centres in such locations as Vienna, Kuala Lumpur, Cairo…Thu Dec 23 2010 - 00:00
'Cases to answer' over AngloThe former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Seán FitzPatrick and its former chief executive David Drumm have “prima facie” cases …Mon Dec 20 2010 - 00:00
Journalist says he called TD a tax cheat not a thiefTHE CIRCUIT Court has reserved judgment in a case in which journalist Sam Smyth has said he did not call Michael Lowry TD a thief…Sat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
Judgment reserved in Lowry caseJudgment in a case where Michael Lowry is claiming journalist Sam Smyth called him "a thief" has been reserved in the Circuit…Fri Dec 17 2010 - 00:00
Broadcaster had large borrowings from own firmFINANCES: THE LATE Gerry Ryan had borrowings of €316,470 from the company he used to bill RTÉ.Sat Dec 11 2010 - 00:00
€4.8m in pretax profit for Byrne firmALSTEAD SECURITIES, a property holding company in the John Byrne property group, made a pretax profit of €4Sat Dec 11 2010 - 00:00
Dublin-registered Thema part of complaint filed to recoup $9bn received under MadoffA $1 billion Irish fund placed money with US fraudster Bernard MadoffFri Dec 10 2010 - 00:00
Treasury Holdings unable to repay loanTREASURY HOLDINGS, which had borrowings of €2Thu Dec 09 2010 - 00:00
Semi-State chiefs have no comment on salariesREACTION: A NUMBER of the highest-paid executives in the semi-State sector would face large pay cuts if Minister for Finance…Wed Dec 08 2010 - 00:00
New indicators to help measure national moodHAPPINESS INDEX: A NEW “national welfare index” to be created by the Central Statistics Office is to monitor the sense of wellbeing…Wed Dec 08 2010 - 00:00
HSBC denies claims it aided Madoff fraud networkHSBC HOLDINGS said claims the bank had aided the fraud scheme of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff were unfounded and it would…Tue Dec 07 2010 - 00:00
UK tax collector contests pension payment at MacSharry firmTHE INLAND revenue in the UK is contesting a £2 million (€2Mon Dec 06 2010 - 00:00
Drumm to face questions under oathTHE FORMER chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, David Drumm, is to face questioning under oath in the offices of a Boston legal…Sat Dec 04 2010 - 00:00
Lawyers examined FitzPatrick dealings for fraudARRANGEMENTS ENTERED into by former banker Seán FitzPatrick earlier this year were examined by lawyers to see if they were fraudulent…Sat Dec 04 2010 - 00:00
Grocer and director top defaulter listA GROCER with an address in Pimlico, Dublin, made a €1Sat Dec 04 2010 - 00:00
Fast action on bank reform and fiscal consolidation underpins programmeECONOMIC POLICY MEMORANDUM: THE DEAL with Europe and the International Monetary Fund is designed to “snap the pernicious feedback…Thu Dec 02 2010 - 00:00
Ex-AIB chief prepares to resume law careerTHE FORMER AIB chairman Dermot Gleeson SC is believed to be returning to practising more regularly at the Irish bar.Wed Dec 01 2010 - 00:00
Hearing in Boston on Anglo request to question DrummA HEARING is to be held next month in Boston on an application from Anglo Irish Bank that it be allowed to question its former…Tue Nov 30 2010 - 00:00
Action highlights Anglo dysfunction even after disaster struckBrowne continued to be given money, right through the peak of the bubble and beyondTue Nov 30 2010 - 00:00
Drumm claims he is being harassedTHE FORMER chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, David Drumm, has said the Irish Government wants to subject him to trial by media…Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
Costs to businesses to be reducedPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE GOVERNMENT is to take steps to reduce the costs to business that arise through public administration…Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
Growth in exports expected to fuel domestic recoveryTHE GOVERNMENT’S plan envisages growth in exports fuelling domestic economic recovery.Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
Welfare reform planned to end unemployment 'traps'JOBS: THE PLAN envisages a 12 per cent cut in the minimum wage and argues that welfare cuts must ensure there is no disincentive…Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
90% of exporters want to stay in euroMORE THAN 90 per cent of exporters want Ireland to remain in the euro zone, according to a survey conducted for the Irish Exporters…Wed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
Drumm bankruptcy case told wife has legal adviserTHE DAVID Drumm bankruptcy case has been told that the former banker’s wife, Lorraine, now has her own legal representative…Tue Nov 23 2010 - 00:00
Ex-Isme boss to have complaint reviewedTHE COMPLAINTS Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland is reviewing a complaint against a member by the…Mon Nov 22 2010 - 00:00
Dublin rent levels stabilising, economist saysRENT LEVELS in the Dublin housing market appear to have stabilised, economist John FitzGerald has said, in a commentary accompanying…Mon Nov 22 2010 - 00:00
