Ardagh to sell six US glass plants as part of Verrallia puchaseDivestment is part of the terms of the glass group’s €1.3 billion purchase of Verallia North AmericaMon Apr 14 2014 - 10:43
Julius Baer enters Irish marketSwiss wealth manager completes acquisition of Merrill Lynch’s Irish businessMon Apr 14 2014 - 08:05
Rent or buy?Decisions, decisions. If you’re happy renting it seems to make sense to stay put but there may be a financial cost in doing soThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Pent-up demandIt’s a hard, expensive lesson in economics – poor supply and strong demand means high pricesThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Buying smartFirst-time buyers are older, wiser, and are sure of what they wantThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
If we need 80,000 new homes where are they?Demand for housing is expected to soar over the next five years, so why arent more houses being built?Thu Apr 10 2014 - 00:00
Back after the break: is now the time to take a punt on Irish commercial property?Before you invest, consider some of the things that can go wrong when putting money into propertyTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:15
Cost benefits a big attraction in generic route to prescriptionsOpting for a generic drug can give you the same benefits as branded medicines – but at a considerably lower costTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
IBRC liquidators to carry out review of legal adviceSolicitor Eugene Collins to assess whether or not KPMG should join proceedings against ex-directorsMon Apr 07 2014 - 15:02
Dublin-based pharm firm Mallinckrodt in $5.6bn dealAcquisition of Questcor will create a diversified, high-growth specialty pharmaceuticals companyMon Apr 07 2014 - 14:59
Refinancing deal for Tullow OilExploration company has increased the size of its credit facility to $750 million and extended its termMon Apr 07 2014 - 12:57
Bitcoining it - Irish company to pay staff in virtual currencyGSM Solutions, host of Ireland’s first Bitcoin ATM, will part-pay five of its staff in virtual currencyMon Apr 07 2014 - 11:17
NTMA to raise a further €1 billion from bond marketsIreland will return to international bond markets on Thursday with the aim of raising €1 billionMon Apr 07 2014 - 11:03
Dublin docklands home to high-frequency tradersVirtu, Susquehanna, and Geneva Trading all have sizeable operations in capitalFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:20
Getting your spell of the sun during term time can be a cost-efficient optionTaking your holiday off-season can yield ‘massive’ savings, according to travel expertsTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:15
Elverys management wins battle for sports retail chainPatrick Rowland's team beats off challenge from Mike Ashley's campanyMon Mar 31 2014 - 14:49
Lending to Irish households fell to 2005 levels in FebruaryData shows reduced appetite for credit amongst Irish consumers as demand for loans declineMon Mar 31 2014 - 14:21
Reprieve as property tax deadline extended until WednesdayRevenue to launch compliance programme and charge daily interest if charges are not paidMon Mar 31 2014 - 13:18
Examinership helps save 410 jobs in first quarter of 2014Uptake in SMES applying for examinership expected as Circuit Court to start hearing cases this ThursdayMon Mar 31 2014 - 12:25
Icon acquires US clinical trial designer for $143.5 millionAptiv Solutions executes adaptive clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotech customersMon Mar 31 2014 - 12:08
Eurozone inflation drops to lowest level since 2009Expectations growing that ECB will cut interest rates on ThursdayMon Mar 31 2014 - 11:35
Value of hotel sales soars by 150% in first quarterA total of 13 hotels worth almost €85 million were sold in the first three months of the yearMon Mar 31 2014 - 10:28
Tech chiefs welcome new San Francisco routeRoute will connect Dublin with Silicon Valley which accounts for about 40% of Ireland’s FDIMon Mar 31 2014 - 07:35
Green shootsSelling Irish food abroad should be easy given our lush landscape, but it does require a considered approach that takes in local sensibilitiesWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
How portable is your tracker – moving your low-cost mortgage to a new homeThe new ‘portable’ trackers are aimed at allowing more people to move house but they’re not without pitfallsTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:11
Ormonde Mining signs 5-year supply agreementDeal will see Noble Resources purchase tungsten concentrate produced from Spanish mineMon Mar 24 2014 - 15:22
Central Bank appoints new director of credit institutionsSharon Donnery, current Registrar of credit unions, takes over from Fiona MuldoonMon Mar 24 2014 - 14:56
New SME lending targets for pillar banks not neededLending targets not needed, credit reviewer says in latest reportMon Mar 24 2014 - 11:34
Irish car-hire technology firm to be sold for €450mFounded by Turley brothers, CarTrawler produces rental softwareMon Mar 24 2014 - 11:09
Cost of life insurance jumps by as much as 25% for womenWomen are bearing the brunt of Gender Directive as men benefit from lower premiumsThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00
Rise of 7.6% sees Dublin rents return to 2009 levelsGrowth in apartment rents outpaces rents for housesThu Mar 20 2014 - 00:00
Dublin-based pharma firm to be sold for $660 millionBuyer says it plans to base new entity in Republic for corporate tax reasonsWed Mar 19 2014 - 18:00
Export statistics suggest 'tentative' signs of recoveryDespite six per cent drop in exports from December to January, overall signals are goodWed Mar 19 2014 - 15:30
AIB back in the market for €500mBank raises €500 milllion from 140 investors in seven-year covered bond issueWed Mar 19 2014 - 15:10
Energy investor buys Blarney Golf ResortNI businessman Tom O’Gorman to buy resort in deal worth €2.5mWed Mar 19 2014 - 10:52
A lending handWhen it comes to funding home improvements, financing options range from loans to grants and tax breaksFri Mar 14 2014 - 10:50
Will a new era for pensions put the consumer first?Consultation on DC schemes examines costs, information and oversightTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:10
IBRC severance talks stall as deal altersOriginal offer of four weeks’ salary per year of service withdrawn in place of twoTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:01
Fyffes shares soar as investors go bananas for Chiquita dealChiquitaFyffes will have annual revenues of $4.6bn and will be domiciled in IrelandMon Mar 10 2014 - 15:47
Regular savings habits return for Irish consumers - surveyMore Irish consumers are saving for particular reasons rather than a rainy day but almost two thirds of respondents say that government policy discourages savingMon Mar 10 2014 - 13:50
Ireland to return to bond auctions on ThursdayFirst bond auction since September 2010 marks “full normalisation” of Ireland’s presence in the bond marketsMon Mar 10 2014 - 10:19
Access to finance and skilled talent key challenges for start-upsTalent and funding are the main issues facing Irish entrepreneurs according to a survey which also calls for the need to reframe failure as a step towards successMon Mar 10 2014 - 09:39
Aryzta targets double-digit growth in earnings for 2014Sales rise by 5.7 per cent in first six months of the year as food group reports “excellent progress” and eyes up acquisition targetsMon Mar 10 2014 - 07:59
Dublin among top 10 fastest growing property marketsGrowth in capital is now surpassing that of London, New York and SydneyThu Mar 06 2014 - 00:00
Despite some improvements in work, women are still lagging behind on payInternational Women’s Day will find not only are women earning less, but they’re living longer, causing new issuesTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:15
Bank of Ireland to seek 450 voluntary redundancies in next yearBank has still to use up €25m of a €45m charge taken for redundancies to trim cost baseTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:05
€75m fund to target SMEs looking to exportParticipants will get access to not just funding but also advice from panel of industry experts including Kerry’s Denis BrosnanMon Mar 03 2014 - 13:42
Ninth month of growth for manufacturing sectorPMI index points to a further rise in employment in the sector as February’s storms delay deliveries; Germany continues to drive manufacturing expansion across EurozoneMon Mar 03 2014 - 11:35
FBD reports profits in line with estimatesInsurer grows its Irish market share to new high but says February storms will hit FBD’s earnings in 2014 sending shares down 3.3% in Dublin tradingMon Mar 03 2014 - 11:29
Smurfit Kappa welcomes S&P upgradeImproved credit rating a reflection of group’s transition from a leveraged company to a corporate creditMon Mar 03 2014 - 10:06
