Smyths Toys new European division generated almost €14m profitsSales at its 21-strong Irish division also rose last year to almost €226mSat Oct 19 2019 - 05:53
Desmond’s diamond miner warns of sales slumpCompany cites market sentiment, prices and bad weatherFri Oct 18 2019 - 16:29
Denis O’Brien closes online white goods retailer due to ‘market forces’Appliancesdelivered.ie had accumulated losses of €5.5m and was ‘not sustainable’Fri Oct 18 2019 - 14:43
NUJ seeks ‘clarity’ from INM over job cut fearsStaff meeting with publisher Peter Vandermeersch express unease over redundanciesFri Oct 18 2019 - 08:02
Sgt Stubby film falls short on repaying investorsTalks ongoing for debt-for-equity swap with Irish and US backers after US box office sales disappointFri Oct 18 2019 - 05:25
Why is Dermot Desmond investing €2m in Shamrock Rovers?For love or money? Billionaire financier’s football investments show his emotional sideFri Oct 18 2019 - 05:00
European shares falter on investor fears for Brexit deal voteIrish banks give up some gains of recent days as AIB down 3.6% and BofI slides almost 1%Thu Oct 17 2019 - 19:29
Fáilte Ireland tender sparks turf war with Tourism IrelandTourism Ireland complains to Government over sister agency’s plansMon Oct 14 2019 - 03:15
Markets explode into life on prospect of Brexit dealIseq up close to 4 per cent with banks leading the wayFri Oct 11 2019 - 19:03
Crises like Brexit jolt Ireland into action, but long-term planning is for the birdsCaveat: Prompt action in emergencies contrasts with sloth in dealing with chronic problemsFri Oct 11 2019 - 05:24
Business digs in under the shadow of no-deal BrexitState uses Budget 2020 to draw battle lines with €220m package to support the economyFri Oct 11 2019 - 05:01
Valeo Foods to pay €75m for UK’s biggest Christmas pudding makerDublin-based company recently bought Kettle crisps British operationThu Oct 10 2019 - 20:32
Tourism sector welcomes no-deal Brexit funds but wants moreBudget 2020: Confusion over whether there were two funds clarified by departmentTue Oct 08 2019 - 16:44
Mixed reaction to tax measures for self-employed and entrepreneursBudget 2020: failure to increase tax relief on capital gains criticisedTue Oct 08 2019 - 16:14
Donohoe raises investment limits for start-up tax break schemeBudget 2020 incentives: tax relief can also be claimed in full in the year of investmentTue Oct 08 2019 - 15:00
State to borrow €650m for no-deal Brexit fighting fundBudget 2020: Overall war chest of €1.2bn earmarked for expenditure around UK’s exitTue Oct 08 2019 - 14:27
Revenues slip at Dunnes Stores NI unitGroup now operates only in Ireland and Spain, after closing British storesTue Oct 08 2019 - 12:50
Visitors to major tourism attractions down 10% in 2019 – industry groupIndustry fears end of seven-year expansion may be loomingMon Oct 07 2019 - 05:20
Losses at K Club hit €3.7m as golf resort remains unsoldMichael Smurfit-owned complex valued at €65.1m, as sales fall by 7% to just over €17.5mFri Oct 04 2019 - 13:36
Ireland needs a plan for White House contender and Big Tech critic WarrenSenator’s plan to ‘break up’ Facebook, Google and Amazon creates dilemma for StateFri Oct 04 2019 - 08:30
Iseq flat as European markets staunch the sell-offAirbus and spirits makers among stronger European performers to buck negative trendThu Oct 03 2019 - 19:16
Magnet chief Stephen Brewer joins Obelisk boardVeteran telco executive will help guide group as it ties down new contractsThu Oct 03 2019 - 05:14
Tesco surprises markets by naming Irishman Ken Murphy its next CEOSupermarket giant says incumbent Dave Lewis will exit next summerWed Oct 02 2019 - 18:44
Government to publish report on worker ‘techno-stress’ and ‘right to disconnect’Unions point to increasingly routine after-hours work contact, often via company smartphonesWed Oct 02 2019 - 05:02
Blocking new hotels in Dublin is economic vandalismCouncillors play to the Twitter gallery as they deprive communities of investmentFri Sept 27 2019 - 05:33
Former Eircom CEO plans to sue the telco over annual consultancy fee rowCathal Magee hires top employment lawyer to file High Court actionFri Sept 27 2019 - 03:00
Irish-backed P&ID ups ante in $9.6bn Nigerian disputeLegal battle with African nation relates to failed deal to develop a gas plant in 2010Thu Sept 26 2019 - 17:31
Dublin nursing homes operator tees up bid to buy Smurfit’s K Club golf resortMichael Fetherston is the preferred bidder to buy resort put up for sale last year for €80mTue Sept 24 2019 - 05:46
The clean dozen: 12 Tesco Ireland suppliers pledge to cut food wasteIrish firms including Aryzta and Keelings join retailer’s scheme to reduce waste by 50%Tue Sept 24 2019 - 04:31
Strong jump in house sales in Dublin's commuter beltRise in supply and impact of Central Bank rules drive buyers from capitalMon Sept 23 2019 - 07:27
Notre Dame to get the ball rolling on gridiron college series in DublinCollege football series in Ireland is about a lot more than just big businessFri Sept 20 2019 - 16:00
Brexit will help Irish and German producers to undercut UK exporters, trade group saysUK’s exit present opportunities for indigenous companies and German producers, study findsFri Sept 20 2019 - 14:31
State would have helped if Kevin Lunney worked for a US firmCaveat: Where was the State response to threats to Quinn Industrial Holdings executives?Thu Sept 19 2019 - 15:10
Abduction of Kevin Lunney like something from ‘a civil war’Locals condemn Border area attack by assailants on Quinn Industrial Holdings chiefWed Sept 18 2019 - 21:47
Abducted Quinn executive was threatened with ‘permanent solution’Death threat was sent to Kevin Lunney’s company four months before attackWed Sept 18 2019 - 21:08
Iseq index slips into the red, dragged down by Irish banksBP falls 1.4% as crude prices drop amid reports Saudi oil supply could recover in weeksTue Sept 17 2019 - 20:31
Dermot Desmond’s QED Equity goes into liquidationBusinessman used financial advice firm for investments and to buy debts linked to FAITue Sept 17 2019 - 20:20
Neil Naughton takes on executive chairman role at Glen DimplexFounder’s son had been deputy chairman of the electrical goods maker since 2010Tue Sept 17 2019 - 20:14
Lebedev says Ireland facilitates ‘global financial apartheid’ with tax avoidanceOne-time oligarch controls Independent and London Evening Standard titles in UKFri Sept 13 2019 - 15:30
Bernard Shaw closure: Like business cycles and friends, some pubs just come and goCaveat: reaction to pub shutting down proves there is emotion in bars but little in businessThu Sept 12 2019 - 15:00
Mood lifts on global markets as tensions ease between US and ChinaMarkets report: All eyes now on the ECB’s monetary policy meeting on ThursdayWed Sept 11 2019 - 22:11
Doctors and publicans prominent among €10m tax defaultersLargest settlement of €888,000 was made by website consultant in RanelaghTue Sept 10 2019 - 16:13
Mixed bag for global equity markets as traders await economic stimulusGerman Dax rises to six-week high as Iseq falls by almost a third of 1% on thin trading volumesMon Sept 09 2019 - 20:56
RTÉ needs a revenue boost but its woes are all of its own makingSelling Donnybrook, relocating and resetting could be an option for broadcasterMon Sept 09 2019 - 17:02
State backs west Cork distillery as it buys out UK investor in €18m dealDistiller has also secured backing from the Ireland Strategic Investment FundSat Sept 07 2019 - 08:06
Investors cheered by China stimulus planIn Dublin, the Iseq index finished the session up 0.5%Fri Sept 06 2019 - 20:00
Jysk says it takes four times longer to open Irish store than rest of EuropeDirector says chain would open new stores ‘one per month’ if they could find the sites and says in Dublin rents are higher than in other markets in which they operateFri Sept 06 2019 - 07:24
Caveat: The Ministers and their ‘easy things to do’ ahead of no-deal BrexitAll the EI checklists in the world won’t make a difference to the preparedness of most Irish businessesFri Sept 06 2019 - 05:03
Government to discuss location of no-deal customs checks for cross-Border tradeTánaiste says negotiations to be held directly with European CommissionWed Sept 04 2019 - 14:40
Red Flag breaks €1m profit barrier and eyes 40% growth‘Significant uptick’ in clients from Asia, Africa and South AmericaWed Sept 04 2019 - 02:50
