The Irish Times

Ex-Merrion chief John Conroy’s €75m food fund close to making first invstment

State pitches €15m into Redesdale fund through Enterprise Ireland

Fri Dec 03 2021 - 10:38

‘Everything was wiped and it was like taking a different child home’

Extra year of Jack & Jill home nursing care a huge relief for families

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 06:01

Liam Neeson among new investors backing €100m Ireland Impact fund

Dublin-based VentureWave Capital to invest in Irish ‘tech for good’ companies

Fri Oct 23 2020 - 03:10

East Coast Bakehouse seeks to raise another €5m in equity and debt

Drogheda-based biscuit maker’s revenue currently running at rate of €6m a year

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 05:00

Profits drop 36% at Lily O’Brien’s chocolates

Revenues at the Irish chocolate manufacturer rise by 8%

Mon Dec 02 2019 - 17:05

East Coast Bakehouse to boost exports to account for 80% of sales

Biscuit maker – winner of exporter of the year – on track to break even this year

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 03:35

Children of Jack and Jill: ‘You worry you might get that call’

Tracy Carroll is grateful to the Jack and Jill foundation for helping her daughter Willow

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 06:01

East Coast Bakehouse forecasts 300% growth in revenues for this year

Irish biscuit maker stockpiles ingredients as contingency measure against no-deal Brexit

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 05:36

A voice for parents too tired to shout

The new chief executive of Jack and Jill on how its nurses both support and speak out for vulnerable families

Thu Jan 10 2019 - 06:01

€40m acquisition of Lily O’Brien’s completed

Polish food company Colian Holding SA acquired the group debt-free

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 11:51

Sweet deal as Lily O’Brien’s changes hands for €40m

Irish chocolate company will now be owned by Polish food producer Colian Holdings

Fri Dec 22 2017 - 19:01

Sweet deal will see Lily O’Brien’s sell for nearly €50m

Carlyle Cardinal Ireland fund bought chocolate company for €15m three years ago

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 19:38

Pieces of me: Mary Ann O’Brien, founder of Lily O’Brien’s Chocolates

‘I love our kitchen as it surrounds family and friends in a blanket of cosiness and warmth’

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 08:00

Console controversy: Every crisis can damage all charities

Charities Act 2009 is strong but many of its provisions long-fingered despite scandals

Mon Jul 04 2016 - 01:00

Charities Act to give regulator new powers by September

Console controversy latest in series of scandals caused by ineffective legislation

Sat Jul 02 2016 - 01:00

Food File: Culinary Connemara and a feast for foodies

As well as new premium chocolate bars from Lily O’Brien and the Campo Viejo Tapas Trail returns to Dublin

Fri May 20 2016 - 07:28

Novices offer independent expertise as TCD Seanad candidates

Dementia activist, barrister, entrepreneur, climate action campaigner among hopefuls

Tue Apr 19 2016 - 01:00

Labour Senator says EPA a ‘lazy, limp and lame lapdog’

John Whelan highlights controversy over emissions from Enva waste plant in Portlaoise

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 21:12

Fianna Fáil councillor resigns from party after RTÉ report

Cllr Joe Queenan filmed offering to act as go-between in return for financial backing

Tue Dec 08 2015 - 10:07

Rewarding the best of Ireland’s food and drink industry

Mon Nov 09 2015 - 11:00

Meath councillor to contest Seanad byelection for Sinn Féin

Sinead Burke will run against party critic Máiría Cahill, who was chosen by Labour

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 13:49

Sweet home where Lily O’Brien’s chocolate empire began

Chocolatier Mary Ann O’Brien and her husband Jonathan Irwin of the Jack and Jill Foundation are selling their family home, a large rambling pile built in 1700

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 12:30

Environmental Protection Agency accused of failing to act

Senator says in many cases the agency had chosen not to believe the concerns of citizens

Wed Jul 22 2015 - 01:00

Miriam Lord: Marie Louise tells Mattie the jig is up for his jibes

Senator eats McGrath alive over his ‘outrageous’ behaviour in Oireachtas restaurant

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 14:57

Group not open to all Independent Senators, Craughwell says

Gerard Craughwell twice applied to group of five Independents and was twice rebuffed

Wed Jun 03 2015 - 21:54

Pressure that led to drinking water review is unlikely to ease

Analysis: Lack of definitive evidence means some will continue to call for change

Tue Jun 02 2015 - 19:45

Irish Water privatisation: Alan Kelly has gone ‘as far as is possible’

Senator Mary Ann O’Brien says services will be targeted by Russians and Chinese

Sat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00

Seanad rejects call for every local authority to vote on water privatisation

Minister says he has gone as far as he can ’hand on heart’, with plebiscite

Fri Dec 19 2014 - 17:56

Government looks likely to win crucial Seanad vote on Water Services Bill

Government Senators are now in a minority in the 60-seat upper chamber

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 17:18

Jack & Jill founder’s story makes classic tale featuring privilege, tragedy and fury

Charity boss Jonathan Irwin has his sights on the Dáil – and not even cancer can halt his gallop

Sat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00

Seanad defeat for Coalition on ‘gagging clause’ for GPs in free care scheme

Prof John Crown put forwards amendment to stop State taking ‘awesome level of power’

Wed Jul 09 2014 - 21:09

Only 20% of Minister’s 311 board appointments used the public advertising process

Bill to stop payments to board members rejected by Government

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 01:05

Government defeated in Seanad vote on upward-only rent reviews

Five Taoiseach’s nominees vote against the Government

Thu Feb 27 2014 - 01:00

CRC chairman should resign, says charity boss

Jack and Jill Foundation founder says CRC top-up revelations ‘appalling’

Mon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00