Trading improves for Slieve RussellTHE SLIEVE Russell hotel, founded by bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn, recorded positive earnings for the first 10 months of last…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Rihanna sales helped put the O2 ahead of Madison Square Garden in 2011GEORGE MICHAEL and Rihanna helped Dublin’s O2 gross more than $50 million last year and beat off the likes of New York’s Madison…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Concern for colony of rare bats puts paintball facility on holdCONCERNS FOR a colony of the protected and rare lesser horseshoe bat in a Co Clare woodland has resulted in the county council…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
West Clare railway link for KilrushPLANS HAVE been announced to extend the famous west Clare railway into the market town of Kilrush within the next two years.Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Minister to look at options for airportsTHE MINISTER FOR Transport is to engage with unions and potential investors before making a final decision on the future of Cork…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Locals divided over plan for €200m wind farmPLANS FOR an “industrial-scale” €200 million wind farm is dividing opinion among locals in a coastal west Clare community…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Migrants remain in Ireland as flight returnedTHE MINISTER for Justice has confirmed that 12 Congolese and eight Nigerians who were on board a flight costing €337,800 to deport…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Mayor says Ennis not a racist townTHE MAYOR of Ennis has said the town has suffered and has been portrayed as a racist town after the assault on Nigerian taxi …Thu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00
Avoca pre-tax profits up 3% last year to €1.64m as revenues hit €48.6mPRE-TAX profits at family-owned retailer Avoca increased by 3 per cent to €1Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Court told how woman, son held at gunpoint during raidA RAIDER wearing a balaclava prodded a loaded sawn-off shotgun into the stomach of a Co Clare woman and told her he would blow…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Councillors back fracking banCLARE COUNTY Council last night became the first local authority to agree to put in place a ban on fracking in its county development…Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Businesses up in arms over plans for Ennis retail parkBUSINESSES IN Ennis, Co Clare, are fighting plans by a developer to construct a €34 million retail park on the fringes of the…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Pretax profits down at Irish unit of pharma giant AbbottPRETAX PROFITS at the main Irish arm of medical and pharmaceutical product giant Abbott last year fell to €240Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Profits at Irish arm of Symantec down 52%PRETAX PROFITS at the Irish arm of security software solution provider Symantec last year fell by 52 per cent to €34Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Pretax profits at Lisney up 30%JAMES NUGENT, the newly appointed managing director of property firm Lisney, has said he is satisfied with the company’s performance…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Doolin Coast Guard unit carried out eight Cliffs of Moher searches in 2011THE DOOLIN unit of the Irish Coastguard Service conducted eight searches last year for people who went missing off the Cliffs…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Passenger jailed for attack on taxi driver in ClareA 36-YEAR-OLD Nigerian taxi driver said yesterday he no longer felt safe in his work after a man was jailed for an unprovoked…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Court users called to bar as judge switches legal venueA JUDGE has heard court cases under disco lights at a licensed venue during the first sittings of Killaloe District Court at …Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
€900,000 losses at Shelbourne HotelPRETAX LOSSES at the five-star Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin narrowed to over €900,000 in 2010.Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
Former charity chief gets $0.5m in severance dealTHE FORMER chief executive of philanthropic organisation the American Ireland Fund (AIF), Kingsley Aikins, is receiving $500,…Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
Clare fracking protest group to step up campaignOPPONENTS OF fracking are to leaflet-drop 6,500 homes in west Clare in coming days as a UK-based company steps up investigation…Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00
Windfall for Killaloe diocese as €678,000 left in willA CATHOLIC diocese has received more than €670,000 in a will.Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Poor Clares take day off from austerityONE OF 11 Poor Clare nuns at an enclosed monastery in Ennis, Sr Regina, is finding it hard to contain her delight as the expectancy…Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Killaloe priests donate thousands to dioceseTHE PRIESTS of the Catholic Diocese of Killaloe have paid more than €340,000 to shore up the diocese’s finances.Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Argos profits fall despite rise in revenuesPRE-TAX PROFITS at the Irish arm of catalogue retailer Argos last year declined by 11 per cent to €20Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Dog lover's donated house fetches €190,000 for ISPCATHE IRISH Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has realised €190,000 from the sale of a house that was bequeathed to …Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Closure of hospitals not part of HSE cost savingsA DEPARTMENT of Health report has discounted the closure of a number of hospitals as a means of saving money as part of Health…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Clare council to approve €1m to fund councillorsA LOSS-MAKING local authority is set to approve almost €1 million to fund the activities of its councillors next year.Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Shannon fund set up to attract new airlinesPUBLIC AND private interests in the west of Ireland have established a “war chest” to attract new airlines and routes to Shannon…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Profits at timber processor Glennon increase by 55%PRE-TAX PROFITS at timber processing group Glennon Bros last year increased by 55 per cent to €5.8 million.Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
East Clare court sittings move to bar/restaurantTHE SEARCH for a new court venue for east Clare has ended with the Courts Service striking a deal with a pub.Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Boston Scientific records pre-tax profits of €282.7mTHE IRISH business of Boston Scientific and a number of overseas subsidiaries recorded pre-tax profits last year of $381 million…Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Psychiatrist calls for lithium to be added to waterA consultant psychiatrist last night called on Government to add lithium salts to the public water supply in a bid to lower the…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Inquest told baby found dead in car seatA 14-MONTH-OLD baby boy was found dead in his car seat after spending three hours in a parked car on a warm day in July last …Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Varadkar expecting report on future of airportsMINISTER FOR Transport Leo Varadkar has confirmed he expects a consultants’ report on the future of Cork and Shannon airports…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Culinary visitor centre planned for MeathTOURISM: THE MEATH Partnership has advanced plans to establish a €1 million culinary tourism visitor centre as part of a bid…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Shannon proposed as hub for global aidTHE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs is advancing moves to establish a global humanitarian hub at Shannon Airport, it has emerged…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
University defends €230,000 salary for postTHE UNIVERSITY of Limerick (UL) has pointed to Government pay scales for medical consultants as the reason the head of its graduate…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
€3.7m spent on road in Ennis that is not usedCLARE COUNTY Council has spent almost €4 million on a 450- metre “road to nowhere” in Ennis that has not seen traffic use it …Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
M3 motorway makes €19m profit in first seven monthsTHE OPERATOR of the controversial M3 motorway generated operating profits of €19 million in its first seven months of operation…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Restructuring played part in Unilever's €9.8m loss-reportRESTRUCTURING COSTS at the Irish arm of consumer food giant, Unilever last year contributed to a €9Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Emigrants in Australia drive demand for Irish sportswear company's kitTHE LARGEST manufacturer of sportswear in Ireland yesterday reported a boom in the sale of GAA tops – in Australia.Tue Nov 15 2011 - 00:00
Final cost of Corrib Gas project set to be close to €3 billionTHE FINAL cost of the controversial Corrib Gas project is now set to be close to €3 billion and it may be late 2014 before gas…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Clare taps its diaspora to boost tourismPROMOTION: FORMER IRISH rugby captain and Clare native Keith Wood has led a 40-strong team to London as Clare bids to become…Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Bail for man accused of indecent assaultA RETIRED Co Clare primary school teacher appeared in court yesterday charged in relation to the indecent assault of 11 females…Thu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Minister wants to end airport subsidiesMINISTER FOR Transport Leo Varadkar said yesterday that he wants to phase out subsidies for regional airportsThu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Biotech firm profits up 30%PRE-TAX PROFITS at the Irish arm of global biotechnology company Genzyme last year increased by 30 per cent to €34Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Dell profits from Limerick fall 79% as services endREVENUES AND profits tumbled at the main Dell company in Limerick last year as the ending of manufacturing services and other…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Davis's firm in the red due to cost of Olympic GamesA COMPANY spearheaded by independent presidential candidate Mary Davis went into the red last year due to the costs from holding…Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
