Eir cash cow continues for shareholders
The €195m payment to shareholders is close to double profit after tax at telecoms group controlled by French billionaire Xavier Neil
Xavier Niel
French billionaire Niel inches closer to full ownership of Eir
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The French billionaire who will hold on to Eir ‘until the day I die’
Worth an estimated €10bn, Niel is one of your ‘always on’ kind of entrepreneurs
Xavier Niel starts to mop-up US hedge funds’ Eir shares
French billionaire moving to take full control of telecoms firm
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
Eir likely to scale back dividends after €2bn in payouts since French takeover, says Moody’s
Ratings agency expects dividends to fall to no more than €150m this year and next as it raises outlook on telecom’s junk-rated debt
Airport operator DAA should ignore ‘arbitrary’ passenger cap in Dublin, says Michael O’Leary
Seen & Heard: RTÉ contracts come to an end, Eir dividends rise above €1bn, Kildare Village revenue jumps and stock exchange left out of financial strategy
Eir owner Xavier Niel to invest €200m in artificial intelligence
Intended projects include cloud supercomputer as Europe looks to compete with US and China in new technology
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
Big Eir shareholder Xavier Niel and billionaire Daniel Kretinsky compete for control of French grocery chain Casino
Two competing groups offer cash injections as French supermarket races to restructure debts
Eir’s biggest backer in line to reap major dividend
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