The Irish Times

Saatchi advertising agency agrees €366m takeover deal by larger rival

Bid by listed Next Fifteen group trumps offer from Saatchi largest shareholder, Vin Murria

Fri May 20 2022 - 15:51

For 20 years teenage smoking fell steadily in Ireland. Then along came vaping and it all changed

Campaigners claim global tobacco giants are a significant influence on Ireland’s vaping market

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 09:30

Tobacco firm frustrated over delay in menthol ban investigation

‘Inaction’ causing release of new products to replace banned menthol flavours, says BAT

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 04:50

Plotting the future of industrial technology on the edge of Mullingar

Interview: Barry Kennedy of the Irish Manufacturing Research Centre

Wed Sept 09 2020 - 01:00

Philip Morris to pay millions to Australia on failed plain packaging case

Big tobacco battle: Final costs figure kept secret but reported as being up to €33.36m

Mon Jul 10 2017 - 20:19

Plain packaging on cigarettes and tobacco due in May 2017

Health warnings with graphic images of health consequences to dominate packaging

Tue Oct 04 2016 - 22:32

Almost 90 jobs lost in Mullingar as Imperial closes factory

Imperial Tobacco ending production at facility, which has been open since 1967

Thu Jun 30 2016 - 14:39

Travel and leisure sector under pressure

Paddy Power and Bank of Ireland have good days, while Ryanair are Smurfit are quieter

Sat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00

E-cigarettes 95% safer than tobacco, say UK health officials

Suggestion doctors should be able to prescribe the ‘game-changing’ devices

Wed Aug 19 2015 - 16:16

Tobacco companies to appeal €10bn Canadian court ruling

Damages would compensate some 100,000 Quebec smokers and ex-smokers

Tue Jun 02 2015 - 12:48

European shares rebound on reports of possible Greek deal

Rise in the shares shows markets want euro zone to continue, says analyst

Wed May 27 2015 - 22:15

England to insist on plain cigarette packaging

Third country to implement change after Australia and Ireland

Wed Mar 11 2015 - 23:23

Stocks fall on lower growth forecasts

Exploration and production-related stocks plunge after oil prices tumble

Wed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00

Imperial lights up over budget move

Government criticised for fuelling a ‘criminal industry’

Fri Oct 17 2014 - 01:10

Stocks rally in most western markets

Ireland and Iceland only western countries not to record positive day’s trading

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00

Markets retreat on fresh Espirito fears

Trade mixed in Dublin with Ryanair down, despite its new app, and Paddy Power up

Wed Jul 16 2014 - 01:00

$25 billion tobacco merger promises to shake up industry

Reynolds American is to buy rival Lorillard, merging two of the world’s biggest cigarette makers

Tue Jul 15 2014 - 17:15

Stocktake

‘Dr Doom’ sees crash – again

Tue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00

Reynolds and Lorillard merger to reshape Big Tobacco

Reynolds, Lorillard and British American Tobacco have agreed key elements of deal

Sat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00

Eight-year jail term for breaking planned law on plain packaging for tobacco

Planned law would let Minister fo rHealth determine how cigarettes are packaged

Mon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00

AstraZeneca and Deutsche Bank drag down European shares

Airlines weakness reverses after Ryanair said average fares for 2015 would improve

Mon May 19 2014 - 21:48

European shares snap winning run

Bank of Ireland advances to 32 cent but Iseq closes out session marginally down

Fri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00

European stocks rise in first week of year

Bank of Ireland’s good run continues with stock finishing 0.7% ahead at 30 cent

Sat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00

Here come the girls . . . but are they just like the boys?

What does it mean now there are more women heading FTSE 100 firms?

Wed Dec 11 2013 - 01:01

Stocks nudge up in subdued Thanksgiving trade

Rio Tinto climbs, but there are losses in London for housebuilders and tobacco firms

Fri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00

Plain cigarette packs back on UK political agenda

UK government says review to ask whether move can benefit particularly children’s health

Thu Nov 28 2013 - 11:22

Gloomy news from China and US weighs on markets

Anxiety mounts that US Federal Reserve will soon pare back stimulus measures

Thu Nov 21 2013 - 20:13

Heavy hitters depart from Burberry and Barclays

Ahrendts and Sants say ‘adieu’

Wed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00

Big Tobacco looks to the future of e-cigarettes

Ireland still has lack of product regulation

Fri Aug 23 2013 - 00:00

US jobless data drives global markets down

Jobless claims in US fuels speculation that Fed will trim bond-buying programme

Thu Aug 15 2013 - 19:23

Tobacco industry’s campaign against plain packaging is based on fear for its profits

Cigarettes are marketed in forms which appeal in particular to children

Fri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00

The tobacco industry gets smoked out

Will the e-cigarette kill off the business that kills millions every year?

Mon Jul 15 2013 - 00:00

Early signs not good for British help-to-buy scheme

Fears that scheme designed to help first-time buyers may actually push up property prices

Wed May 08 2013 - 06:00