Accountants to look at forming regulatory bodyTHE main Irish accountancy bodies may look at establishing their own independent regulatory body, following the announcement …Tue Apr 09 1996 - 01:00
Carway action dropped in settlement agreementCOUNTYGLEN has dropped its legal action against Mr John Carway as a condition of the settlement of its action against the Limerick…Fri Apr 05 1996 - 01:00
Esat expects to sign telephone licence within two weeksESAT Digifone expects to finally sign the licence to operate the second mobile phone system within the next fortnightWed Apr 03 1996 - 01:00
Irish processors welcome planIRISH dairy processors have cautiously welcomed the British government's proposal to slaughter cattle over 30 months old in response…Tue Apr 02 1996 - 01:00
Pakistan contract biggest for ESBA CONSORTIUM including the ESB has won a contract to construct and run a $500 million power station in Pakistan.Tue Apr 02 1996 - 01:00
Irish food firms prepare to survive UK's beef crisisTHE British BSE crisis is bad news for the Irish food sectorFri Mar 29 1996 - 00:00
BSE stance puts results back in the spotlightTHE announcement yesterday afternoon by the British agriculture minister, Mr Douglas Hogg, that there are no plans for an immediate…Tue Mar 26 1996 - 00:00
Waterford Foods profits rise 22.7%BETTER prices for dairy products and lower costs helped Waterford Foods report a profit before taxation of £24.9 millionTue Mar 26 1996 - 00:00
MARKET REPORT - DUBLINTHE week ended quietly with trading grinding to a halt in Dublin yesterday afternoonSat Mar 23 1996 - 00:00
Meat processors wait anxiously to see if beef scare will hit jobs hereIT IS too early to say what the impact of the latest BSE scare will be on Irish exports to the UK, or whether any jobs in the…Sat Mar 23 1996 - 00:00
Kerry stock slumps in London on BSE fearsSHARES in Kerry Group fell by 20p to 535p sterling in London yesterday, while other Irish companies involved in the British beef…Fri Mar 22 1996 - 00:00
Elan develops a strategy for changeTHE surprise £406 million acquisition of Athena Neurosciences by Elan is only the latest "iteration of a strategy that has been…Fri Mar 22 1996 - 00:00
Glass ActREDMOND O'Donoghue, the new chief executive of Waterford Crystal, speaks the language of Harvard Business SchoolFri Mar 08 1996 - 00:00
Seventy staff retained by Butler's receiverJUST over half of the 130 strong workforce at Butler Engineering has been retained by the receiver, Mr Ray JacksonThu Mar 07 1996 - 00:00
Mackie prospers with profits up 60% to £3mTHE underlying strength of Mackie International's business was shown by the resilience of the Belfast company's share price after…Tue Mar 05 1996 - 00:00
Cambridge shareholders form action groupSHAREHOLDERS in Cambridge, the leasing group that went into receivership three years ago, have formed an action group and are…Mon Mar 04 1996 - 00:00
Esat seeks £30m in debt to fund mobile phone network launchCOMMUNICORP, the parent of Esat Telecom, is seeking to raise £30 million in debt to fund its share of the £100 million cost of…Wed Feb 28 1996 - 00:00
Car dealer steers to profit of £4.5mCITROEN and Peugeot distributor Gowan Group made profits in the region of £4.5 million last yearSat Feb 24 1996 - 00:00
Managers key to Inishtech, Crean accordTHE future structure of Inishtech's management is the issue preventing agreement on the terms under which James Crean will bid…Sat Feb 24 1996 - 00:00
Higgins set to expandHIGGINS being taken over by the British company Rubicon, is planing a major expansion into CanadaFri Feb 23 1996 - 00:00
APN sees profits grow 11% to £18mPRE-TAX profits have grown by over 11 per cent to £18 million at Australian Provincial Newspapers, the Brisbane based media group…Wed Feb 21 1996 - 00:00
Rubicon pays £25m plus for Galway firmRUBICON, the British engineering group, has bought the Galway based metal fabricator, Higgins Group, for an initial £25 million…Wed Feb 21 1996 - 00:00
Inishtech seeks clarification from Crean on aspects on bidTHE directors of Inishtech have postponed reconvening their board meeting to consider the proposed offer for the company from…Tue Feb 20 1996 - 00:00
Certification proposed for BES fundingTHE Minister for Finance has outlined the new certification process for companies seeking more than £250,000 in Business Expansion…Fri Feb 16 1996 - 00:00
GPA close to accord on financingGPA appears to be on the brink of reaching an agreement with its rebel shareholder that would clear the way for its planned $…Fri Feb 16 1996 - 00:00
Speculation as Desmond firm buys into Jones and BarloINTERNATIONAL Investment and Underwriting, the company set up by entrepreneur Mr Dermot Desmond, has emerged as substantial shareholder…Thu Feb 15 1996 - 00:00
Bid to settle Bula case appears to have failedMR Michael Wymes and the other plaintiffs in the long-running Bula court case are understood to have turned down the settlement…Thu Feb 15 1996 - 00:00
Financials advance as results at AIB are welcomed by marketSTRONG interest in financial stocks following the publication of AIB's results helped the market push ahead.Wed Feb 14 1996 - 00:00
Ex-BCP staff give promise on confidentialityTHREE employees of BCP who left to join rival stockbroker MMI have agreed not to use or disclose any confidential information…Wed Feb 14 1996 - 00:00
Study books at options to broaden pension fund investmentTHE possibility of investment in State companies such as CIE by pension funds will be considered in a study commissioned jointly…Sat Feb 10 1996 - 00:00
Spin doctor in need of his own medicineWHEN Joe Murray sat down for a drink in Hynes's pub on Baggot Street, Dublin with Jim Milton on Monday night he had just finished…Sat Feb 10 1996 - 00:00
Family interests fund Internet providerTHE extended family of Monaghan-born businessman Mr Macky Moyna provides the investment force behind Indigo, the rapidly expanding…Sat Feb 10 1996 - 00:00
GPA faces a fresh crisis on refusal of refinance packageGPA, the Shannon based aircraft leasing group, faces a fresh financial crisis following the refusal of one preference shareholder…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Murray PR advised on tax schemeMURRAY Consultants, whose directors made a £1 million tax settlement through a Panamanian company, advised the Revenue Commissioners…Tue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
1983 Act gave Revenue wide discretionTHE current legislation on tax settlements was brought in under the 1983 Finance ActTue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
Three directors settle over offshore paymentsTHE tax settlement made by directors of Murray Consultants for £1 million related to offshore payments to the three men, Mr Joe…Mon Feb 05 1996 - 00:00
PR firm directors made offshore payment of £1m to the RevenueTHREE directors of the State's largest public relations company made a tax settlement of £1 million through an offshore company…Mon Feb 05 1996 - 00:00
Winding up resolves Berland land disputeBERLAND Homes, the Dublin house builder, is to be wound up following the settlement of the long running dispute between its two…Fri Feb 02 1996 - 00:00
Shell damage limitation tour offers no easy answersIT IS easy for Western observers to oversimplify the political situation in Nigeria and its potential solutions, according to…Fri Feb 02 1996 - 00:00
McKinney signals further NI buysWOODCHESTER plans to expand further into the Northern Ireland market following its £3Fri Jan 26 1996 - 00:00
JS Corp allocates $25m provision for "problem product"JEFFERSON Smurfit Corporation, the US associate of Smurfit Group, made a $25 million provision for unspecified problems with …Thu Jan 25 1996 - 00:00
Woodchester to buy Hurst finance armWOODCHESTER is expected to acquire the finance arm of the Northern Irish motor group, Charles Hurst, as part of the takeover …Thu Jan 25 1996 - 00:00
Brown Thomas loses two senior members of management teamTWO senior members of the Brown Thomas management team have left the Dublin department store in the last two weeks.Tue Jan 23 1996 - 00:00
Woodchester associate set to take over North's leading car dealerLOOKERS, the British motor group 29Sat Jan 20 1996 - 00:00
Exporters nervous as £ edges above 104p sterlingTHE pound went over 104p sterling for a brief period yesterday in a foretaste of what may be ahead as European interest rates…Sat Jan 20 1996 - 00:00
Irish rates await German moveCUTS in British and French interest rates announced yesterday are not expected to have any immediate impact on rates here, according…Fri Jan 19 1996 - 00:00
£43m losses may affect Apple's plans for expansion in IrelandAPPLE Computers may review its Irish expansion plans following the announcement of a $69 million (£43 million) 16 for the three…Thu Jan 18 1996 - 00:00
Rates cut likely after German leadFURTHER interest-rate reductions are now likely following a clear signal from the German authorities that they will cut rates…Wed Jan 17 1996 - 00:00
MINING LISHEENIF ALL goes according to plan the first lead and zinc ore will be coming out of the ground at Lisheen, co Tipperary by mid 1998…Fri Jan 12 1996 - 00:00
Return of £270,000 in used hire cars requestedESMONDE Motors is seeking the return of over £270,000 worth of second hand cars sold to a motor trade dealer last DecemberThu Jan 11 1996 - 00:00
