Tax inquiry results in 93 defaulters paying over €12mONGOING SPECIAL investigations were responsible for catching half of the people named in the quarterly list of tax defaulters…Sat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
Economist urges Lenihan to breach Maastricht limitsTHE MINISTER for Finance, Brian Lenihan, should "significantly breach" the Maastricht limit on public finance deficits in 2009…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Appleby warning on seed capital schemesTHE OFFICE of the Director of Corporate Affairs, Paul Appleby, has issued a draft guidance document for directors and investors…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Ahern joins board of property groupTHE FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern has joined the international advisory board of one of Ireland's most successful property and…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Suicide to be made an election issue by charityTHE SUICIDE prevention charity set up by solicitor and property developer Noel Smyth is planning to use next year's local elections…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Libertas chief denies political fundraisingTHE FOUNDER of Libertas, Declan Ganley, has denied it is currently engaged in political fundraising despite what the organisation…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Fás figures say spending control inquiry neededSENIOR FIGURES in Fás have suggested that an inquiry into compliance with expenditure and procurement controls may be needed …Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
'High non-compliance' with Fás tender proceduresAN INTERNAL audit report at training agency Fás, completed earlier this year, found there was "high non-compliance" with the …Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Fás contacts Garda on suspected fraudTHE TRAINING and employment authority Fás last week contacted the Garda about a case of possible fraud within the organisation…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Audit says spending on Fás project 'out of control'A FÁS internal audit report strongly criticised monitoring of a €19 million programme, describing it as "out of control financially…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Inquiry into Beamish takeover enters new phaseTHE COMPETITION Authority announced yesterday that it is elevating its inquiry into the intended takeover by Heineken of rival…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Eircom owners told its value has fallenTHE ESTIMATED value of Eircom has been revised downwards by approximately 3Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Developer regrets Reynolds will not make tribunal appearanceTHE CORK-BASED property developer Owen O'Callaghan has said he very much regrets the fact that former taoiseach Albert Reynolds…Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
Chairman of BB's Coffee and Muffins says business rose sharply in Ireland last yearBUSINESS AT BB's Coffee and Muffins group in Ireland increased strongly in 2007, chairman Kieran Walshe has told The Irish Times…Thu Jul 31 2008 - 01:00
Fine Gael questions FF's spending on treaty campaignFINE GAEL yesterday queried the size of the financial resources Fianna Fáil put into its Lisbon Treaty campaign.Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
FF spent less on Lisbon Treaty ads than FG or LabourFIANNA FÁIL spent less than a quarter of what Fine Gael spent on commercial advertising in the Lisbon Treaty campaign, figures…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Husband and wife disqualified from acting as directorsA HUSBAND and wife from Armagh have been disqualified from operating as directors after their company went into liquidation with…Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Lowry company records profit of €454,815GARUDA LTD, the Tipperary company run by former Fine Gael government minister Michael Lowry, made a pre-tax profit of €454,815…Sat Jul 26 2008 - 01:00
Review of corporate enforcement roleTHE DIRECTOR of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, has sought submissions on the strategy his office should adopt for the period…Sat Jul 26 2008 - 01:00
Appleby seeks submissions on ODCE strategyThe Director of Corporate Enforcement Paul Appleby has sought submissions on the strategy his office should adopt for the period…Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
O'Brien's online job group doubles UK sitesSAONGROUP.COM, the international online recruitment business controlled by Denis O'Brien, has doubled its number of UK regional…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Ahern first witness in SeptemberRESUMPTION: THE FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern is to be the first witness called when the Mahon tribunal resumes hearings after…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Dell's Irish subsidiaries make €94m pretax profitTHREE OF Dell's Irish subsidiaries made a combined pretax profit of €94 million in the year to February 2nd, 2007, according …Thu Jul 17 2008 - 01:00
United Drug buys Sharp Corporation for $99m cashUNITED DRUG has bought the number two pharmaceutical contract packaging business in the US for $99 million (€62.3 million).Thu Jul 17 2008 - 01:00
Abtran wins British passport contractThe business process services firm Abtran has signed a new extended contract with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Service…Mon Jul 14 2008 - 01:00
Construction contracted at record rate in June, figures showTHE CONSTRUCTION sector contracted at a record rate during June, according to the latest figures from the Ulster Bank purchasing…Mon Jul 14 2008 - 01:00
Court to decide if Lynn may give evidence by video-linkTHE HIGH Court is to rule later this month on an application to have video evidence heard from Budapest from absconded solicitor…Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Witness 'never heard' of payments to AhernMAHON TRIBUNAL: A BUSINESSMAN involved in the Quarryvale project has said he never heard of payments being made to former taoiseach…Thu Jul 10 2008 - 01:00
Mahon and Moriarty legal bills may cost up to €1bnTRIBUNALS: THE €1 BILLION that Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has said could be saved in 2009 from the measures announced…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
No mention of Dunlop as politicians' 'bagman' - O'CallaghanThe property developer Owen O’Callaghan told the Mahon Tribunal today that he never heard it mentioned in the early 1990s that…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Parc sells its last trading business for €30mPARC GROUP has sold its last remaining trading business for a price understood to be approximately €30 million.Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Parc Group sells aviation unit for €30mThe Parc Group has sold its last remaining trading business for a price understood to be approximately €30 million.Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Ganley's bid for Baghdad actionAfter the US invasion of Iraq, Libertas founder Declan Ganley was involved in a highyl controversial tender for a slice of the…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Property partner queried on diary's 'big one'MAHON TRIBUNAL: A PROPERTY developer involved with the Quarryvale project in Dublin told the tribunal he had absolutely no idea…Wed Jul 02 2008 - 01:00
Publican heads quarterly list of tax defaulters with €1.36m settlementA KILKENNY publican made a tax settlement of €1Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
Pharmaceutical society to sell Dublin 4 buildingsTHE PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Ireland is to sell off two buildings in Dublin 4, including a large property on Shrewsbury Road…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Publican makes €1.36m tax settlementA Kilkenny publican who made a tax settlement of €1Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Relatively little innovation in Irish manufacturing sector, report showsINNOVATION ACTIVITY by manufacturers in the Republic of Ireland has remained almost static over the 15 years to 2005, despite…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Paper firm in €125m sale of UK, Irish unitsSWEDISH PAPER, packaging and personal care group SCA has agreed to sell its Irish and UK corrugated packaging businesses to a…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
No agreement made to return £34,000 spent on furnishingsHOME IMPROVEMENTS: MR AHERN spent almost £34,000 on furnishing a house he was about to rent and without having any agreement…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Ahern 'fitted out' house for £34,000Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern spent almost £34,000 on furnishing and renovating a house he was about to rent and without having…Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
Collins not expecting to have Ahern dig-out cash returnedMAHON TRIBUNAL: THE LAST of the people named as having contributed to two “dig-outs” for former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has given…Thu Jun 12 2008 - 01:00
Libertas denies breach of electoral donations lawLIBERTAS HAS distributed 35,000 copies of a consolidated version of the Lisbon Treaty since it began campaigning in December …Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
Mahon hears Ahern cheque not cashedThe last of the persons named as having contributed to two “dig-outs” for the former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has given evidence…Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
Libertas sources of funding will not be disclosedCAMPAIGN SPENDING: A SPOKESMAN for the Libertas campaign against the Lisbon Treaty has rejected an estimate by Fianna Fáil that…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
Ahern says no documentation on source of B/T moneyFormer taoiseach Bertie Ahern has told the Mahon tribunal there is no documentary evidence to prove the source of the approximately…Fri Jun 06 2008 - 01:00
Ahern 'discussed' Larkin repaymentFormer taoiseach Bertie Ahern told the Mahon tribunal in February that he had learned of Celia Larkin’s repayment of money to…Fri Jun 06 2008 - 01:00
Ahern tells Mahon he had no foreign accountsFormer taoiseach Bertie Ahern has told the Mahon tribunal he has never had a bank account or a building society account outside…Thu Jun 05 2008 - 01:00
Focus on cash trail behind house purchaseANALYSIS: THE TRIBUNAL is inquiring into the details behind Bertie Ahern's renting and then purchase of his current home on …Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
Ahern sought advice on sterling - MahonA Dublin tax adviser has told the Mahon tribunal he was told by the former taoiseach Bertie Ahern in around 2000 that Mr Ahern…Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
