Iliad

Eir revenues increase by 2% as more mobile and broadband customers sign up

Company says broadband and mobile customers rose by 148,000 year on year in first quarter

Thu May 23 2024 - 07:58

Eir paid out dividends of €1.85bn since French billionaire takeover

Telco said its fibre broadband customer base increased by 2 per cent year on year to 852,000 customers

Tue Aug 29 2023 - 07:35

European shares tread water as investors eye ECB meeting

Markets report: Investors fret about inflation impact on food groups

Wed Apr 13 2022 - 18:49

Smurfit Kappa up in Dublin as Europe cheers positive earnings

Automakes lead European gains on hopes of top brand Porsche listing from Volkswagen

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 19:24

Eir’s biggest backer in line to reap major dividend

Seen and heard: Broadband subsidies, private housing gloom and Kingspan’s Grenfell recall

Sun Jan 30 2022 - 12:02

Values slide on Ukraine invasion and interest rate fears

Shares in all but four Dublin-listed firms dip – heavyweights Kingspan, Ryanair, CRH fall

Mon Jan 24 2022 - 20:02

European stocks slip again with tech under pressure

STOXX 600 index down 0.4% in early trading, with Asian stocks also under pressure

Mon Jan 24 2022 - 09:08

The A to Z of financial markets in 2021

Apple soared and Zoom slumped in a year that saw markets surge to record levels

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 05:20

Eir planning to sell almost half of Irish fibre network

Financial advisory firm Lazard engaged to advise on possible transaction

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 05:15

Eir’s owner Xavier Niel looks to take his business private

French telecoms billionaire launches offer to buy out his €11bn Iliad telecoms empire

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 12:03

Virgin Media Ireland revenues rise 3% in first half of 2021 as data usage soars

Telecoms group also points to advertising recovery at Virgin Media Television

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 10:43

Davy shareholders divided on merits of private equity takeover

Seen & heard: Eir payout; Ireland’s next ‘unicorn’; and gaps in SME rescue structure

Sun May 23 2021 - 11:58

Eir looks to recapture lost ground from Virgin in telecoms arms race

Customers trying to get through to us had a really hard time, says Eir boss Carolan Lennon

Sat Apr 17 2021 - 05:18

John Spillane: ‘Why can’t you sing about Ballincollig if you can sing about Phoenix, Arizona?’

The Cork singer-songwriter has been writing songs to order, like an old-style bard

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 05:00

European stocks rise after upbeat forecast from Volkswagen spurs rally

AstraZeneca boosted by comments from European Medicine Agency

Tue Mar 16 2021 - 18:45

ClassicsNow festival set to bring ancient Greece and Rome to life

Theatre, dance and literature events can all be enjoyed online

Tue Nov 10 2020 - 05:00

European stocks end higher as Trump-driven selling eases

Bank shares and Ryanair drive Iseq lower while FTSE 100 rebounds after shaky start

Fri Oct 02 2020 - 18:06

French billionaire Patrick Drahi offers €2.5bn for Altice Europe

Investors taking European telecoms companies private as share prices drift lower

Fri Sept 11 2020 - 16:27

Virgin Media vows to withhold sports channels until Eir ‘pays its bill’

Dispute between telecoms rivals flares up as postponed European football reaches climax

Fri Aug 14 2020 - 16:51

Eir owner Iliad agrees deal with Digicel in French West Indies

Agreement will mean companies invest jointly in new network infrastructure

Tue Jun 02 2020 - 10:58

Iseq lags behind its peers as European mood rises on trade deal hopes

Poor day on Dublin exchange for building and housing stocks, while FBD insurance group falls

Tue Nov 12 2019 - 19:38

Where it all went wrong for Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Facebook was blindsided this month when seven high-profile partner companies, including eBay, PayPal, Visa and Mastercard, stepped back from its Libra project

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 16:32

Eir sees earnings rise amid €350m bond sale

Moody’s estimates that sale will save Eir about €6m a year in interest costs

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 20:17

Shares down as traders get the jitters from weak US data

Markets report: Stocks gained ground after reports the ECB is leaning towards a stimulus package that includes a rate cut

Tue Sept 03 2019 - 20:03

Vodafone Ireland sees slight rise in revenues as parent slashes dividend

Europe’s biggest telecom carrier slashed its full-year dividend by 40% to 9 cent per share

Tue May 14 2019 - 10:50

Telecoms tycoon Niel to sell mobile towers to Cellnex for $3bn

Businessman’s company Iliad burned through €1.44bn in cash in 2018

Tue May 07 2019 - 13:11

Chairman of Eir owner Illiad fined €600,000 for insider trading

Fine relates to Iliad’s attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA in July 2014

Tue Apr 30 2019 - 17:44

Xavier Niel faces delay in Eir dividend after refinancing

Telecom firm hit with more debt to help make €400m payment to US hedge funds

Sun Apr 28 2019 - 18:50

Eir hedge funds ‘dividend’ upped amid €1.15bn debt-raise

Dividend replaces loan note the funds received for some of their shares last year

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 07:00

Eir investors’ €300m payday stokes unpleasant memories

Latest moves will leave Eir with high debt level of 4.1 times its earnings

Wed Apr 24 2019 - 04:05

Eir’s odyssey may face further twist as investor Iliad struggles

Markets Beat: Price-cutting French phone company now being beaten at its own game

Fri Mar 22 2019 - 17:39

European shares boosted by rally in car stocks

Iseq underperforms peers and falls 0.21%

Tue Mar 19 2019 - 18:54

Colleagues pay tribute to Irish teacher murdered in Paris

John Dowling ‘loved what he taught and the people he taught it to’

Thu Dec 06 2018 - 19:24

France’s internet bad boy puts his money where his mouth is

Xavier Niel is sponsoring budding entrepreneurs such as former car thief Tally Fofana

Fri Nov 30 2018 - 16:18