McNamara may invest only €5m in €1.5bn siteProperty developer Bernard McNamara may invest only €5 million of his own cash in the €1Thu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
Selling property the best move for GreencoreBusiness Opinion: Shareholders in Greencore must have been a little taken aback last Tuesday to discover that the company now…Mon Nov 27 2006 - 00:00
Hoodwinking, Irish-style, or market forcesBusiness Opinion: It is amazing reallyMon Nov 20 2006 - 00:00
NI deal shouldn't hinge on cut in corporation taxBusiness Opinion: It's hard to believe that the St Andrews Agreement will stand or fall on the issue of corporation taxMon Nov 13 2006 - 00:00
Riverdeep aims mountain-high in takeover planBusiness Opinion: Riverdeep and Barry O'Callaghan are back with a vengeanceMon Oct 30 2006 - 00:00
Eight directors earned €2.8mThe six executive directors of The Irish Times Ltd and the non-executive chairmen of The Irish Times Ltd and The Irish Times …Fri Oct 27 2006 - 01:00
Ryanair where it wants to be on Aer LingusBusiness Opinion: Looking at the goings on of last Friday it is hard to escape the view that Ryanair is laying the groundwork…Mon Oct 23 2006 - 01:00
Losses at Finglas Motors hit €9.4mFinglas Motors, one of the largest independent Ford dealerships, plunged to losses of €9Thu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Another chapter in Goggin's unhappy taleBusiness Opinion: The sale of Davy Stockbrokers back to its management looks like the latest chapter in the unhappy tale of …Mon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
Friends' generosity saved Taoiseach €100,000 interestInterest accrued: Even if he settles his debts at this late stage, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will have saved almost €100,000 in…Thu Sept 28 2006 - 01:00
O'Leary ready to cause trouble for Aer LingusBusiness Opinion: The unveiling by the Dublin Airport Authority of its plans for a second terminal at Dublin Airport provoked…Mon Sept 18 2006 - 01:00
Bluffer's guide to the August silly seasonBusiness Opinion: As a courtesy to our readers who have only just returned from the summer holidays, Business Opinion is pleased…Mon Sept 04 2006 - 01:00
Smurfit Kappa reports first-half loss of €152mSmurfit Kappa Group has reported a loss of €152 million for the six months to JuneWed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Russian firm may acquire Aughinish AluminaAughinish Alumina could be taken over by Russian aluminium company Rusal as part of a deal that will create the world's largest…Wed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Difficulties of building buzz around airlineBusiness Opinion: It looks as though the Government finally is going to press the button today on the long-awaited Aer Lingus…Mon Aug 28 2006 - 01:00
Tide is turning for O'Dwyer pub empireBusiness Opinion: The idea that the O'Dwyer brothers pub empire might be in some sort of trouble has been greeted with some …Mon Aug 21 2006 - 01:00
Regulatory reform favours status quoBusiness Opinion: Last week the Department of the Taoiseach published, in a surprisingly low-key way, a consultation paper …Mon Jul 31 2006 - 01:00
Irish Times buys MyHome.ie for €50mThe Irish Times Ltd , publisher of The Irish Times , has bought MyHome.ie, the leading online property portalFri Jul 28 2006 - 01:00
Cloudy picture of growing petrol pricesBusiness Opinion: It has a familiar ring to it by this stageMon Jul 24 2006 - 01:00
Global Voice plans European launchGlobal Voice, the Irish-run but Singapore-listed telecoms group, is to relaunch itself as Europe's largest private fibre network…Fri Jul 21 2006 - 01:00
US proxy advisers make their markBusiness Opinion: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the US proxy voting and corporate governance consultancy, is starting…Mon Jul 17 2006 - 01:00
Doubts remain on robustness of new NorkomBusiness Opinion: When you look at the all-star cast that makes up Norkom's share register it's hard not to believe the soon…Mon Jun 12 2006 - 01:00
Siptu's stance covers its own pensions holeBusiness Opinion: Given the prominence that pensions have been given in the new national partnership agreement, the announcement…Mon Jun 05 2006 - 01:00
Credit unions' bad debt stance may prove costlyBusiness Opinion: The internal Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) report into the financial health of the credit union movement…Mon May 29 2006 - 01:00
Esot will have cash left over after investing €308m in bidEircom's Employee Share Ownership Trust (Esot) will end up with a 35 per cent stake in the privatised company once the transaction…Wed May 24 2006 - 01:00
Risky double act for firms taking unlimited routeBusiness Opinion: The gentle trickle of private limited companies transforming themselves into unlimited entities is in danger…Mon May 22 2006 - 01:00
Great airline circus show must go onBusiness Opinion: The following press release arrived on the desk of Business Opinion late on Friday night.Mon May 15 2006 - 01:00
Corrib battle needs political leadershipBusiness Opinion : It's pretty clear from the report that the pipeline proposed by Shell was safe. So what went wrong?Mon May 08 2006 - 01:00
Unwieldy split may pose risk for DairygoldBusiness Opinion: If you set out to design a company for 21st century Ireland, it's pretty unlikely that you would lump together…Mon May 01 2006 - 01:00
Mandate for Eircom's Esop gets narrowerBusiness Opinion : The Eircom Employee Share Ownership Plan or Esop looks to have pulled off another masterstrokeMon Apr 24 2006 - 01:00
Mortgage at 10 times salaryFirst Trust, the Northern Ireland arm of AIB, lent a customer 10 times their annual salary to purchase a homeFri Apr 21 2006 - 01:00
Blackrock will not be free of Fyffes parentBusiness Opinion: The demerger by Fyffes of its property interests into a separate quoted company looks on the surface like …Mon Apr 17 2006 - 01:00
Fyffes spin-off to have €207m in assetsBlackrock Land International, the property company being spun off by Fyffes, will have assets of €207 million when it comes to…Fri Apr 14 2006 - 01:00
Bank's advice likely to go unheeded by GovernmentAnalysis: Taken at face value the Central Bank's prognosis for the economy is the latest in a series of upbeat predictionsThu Apr 13 2006 - 01:00
Transferees may unlock puzzle of decentralisationBusiness Opinion : Dermot McCarthy is not a man given to making a lot of public pronouncementsMon Apr 10 2006 - 01:00
Signature and Davy chase €700m retail dealSignature Capital and Davy Stockbrokers are pursuing a €700 million retail portfolio in Germany, which they claim would be the…Tue Mar 28 2006 - 01:00
An Post speaks from both sides of poor mouthBusiness Opinion: Isolde Goggin, the chairwoman of the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) seems like a nice woman…Mon Mar 27 2006 - 01:00
Aer Lingus float up in the air as Cullen wobblesBusiness Opinion: Martin Cullen is wobblingMon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Abolition of Groceries Order means rules must be toughBusiness Opinion : All else being equal the Groceries Order will be consigned to the dustbin of history some time around Easter…Mon Feb 20 2006 - 00:00
An Post chooses Fortis as banking partnerAn Post is to enter exclusive negotiations with Fortis, the Belgian-Dutch financial services group, on the formation of a new…Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Ryanair goes on the defensive to clean up dispatched dirtBusiness Opinion: In many ways the most surprising thing about the Dispatches undercover investigation of Ryanair that is due…Mon Feb 13 2006 - 00:00
NTR entitled to return on risky investmentBusiness Opinion: A solution to the congestion on the M50 may now be sight, but this drama still has some way to runMon Feb 06 2006 - 00:00
Dairy in Baskin-Robbins dealSilver Pail, a dairy based in north Cork, has struck a three-year deal with Baskin-Robbins, the world's leading chain of ice …Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
O'Brien causes a stir with moves on IndoBusiness Opinion: Denis O'Brien has clearly been reading his Von ClausewitzMon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Government to back SSIA-style pension reliefA new style of pension modelled on the Special Savings Incentive Accounts (SSIA) is to be endorsed by the Government.Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Sisters had X factor in battle to control JurysBusiness Opinion: The new year has arrived, but before we let go of 2005, Business Opinion must make its annual awards.Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00
Issues prompted by case unresolvedBusiness Opinion: Next Wednesday morning, all else being equal, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy will start delivering her judgment in…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Social partnership 'aids growth'The economy and society can still benefit from social partnership but the goals of the process should be updated, according to…Thu Dec 15 2005 - 00:00
VHI unlikely to receive €30m Christmas bonusBusiness Opinion: Sometime between now and December 26th the Tánaiste will have to decide how she will respond to the latest…Mon Dec 12 2005 - 00:00
Ill-judged ICG tactics play into hands of SiptuBusiness Opinion: Eamonn Rothwell is the best thing for the Irish trade union movement since Jim LarkinMon Dec 05 2005 - 00:00
