Ahern announces specialist financial education fundThe Government will establish a fund for specialist financial education to counter a shortage of skills in the financial sector…Fri Sept 15 2006 - 01:00
Tax inquiry into US tech firm deepensThe US tax authorities have deepened their scrutiny of the Californian software multinational Synopsys, whose activities in Ireland…Thu Sept 14 2006 - 01:00
Digicel enjoys strong growthDenis O'Brien's plan to float Digicel on the New York Stock Exchange comes at a time of rapid growth for the Carribean mobile…Wed Sept 13 2006 - 01:00
Plan underlines Henry Street's roleOnly weeks after the sale of Roches Stores to Debenhams, Arnotts' plan for a new "Northern Quarter" in central Dublin underlines…Wed Sept 13 2006 - 01:00
Arnotts seeks approval for €700m projectDepartment store company Arnotts is seeking planning permission for a massive redevelopment of its extensive properties behind…Wed Sept 13 2006 - 01:00
Qualceram up 7% on first-half earnings of €2.2mShares in Qualceram Shires gained another 7.14 per cent to close yesterday at €1Wed Sept 13 2006 - 01:00
Merrion Hotel profits rise to €1.4mThe Merrion Hotel in Dublin, one of the plushest resting places in the city, has reported a 569 per cent rise in annual post-…Fri Sept 01 2006 - 01:00
FreightWatch to spend €8.6m on acquisitionsDublin-based freight security group FreightWatch has embarked on a round of acquisitions that will see it spend $11 million (€…Fri Sept 01 2006 - 01:00
Indian group set to pay over €100m for Irish drug firmA businessman who set up a drug company in Co Tipperary 30 years ago is poised to sell the business to an Indian pharmaceutical…Wed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Own-brand sales rise forecastedThe annual value of the Irish market for private label grocery products will rise to €5.32 billion by 2010 from €3Wed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Cullen appoints directors to Aer Lingus boardMinister for Transport Martin Cullen has moved to strengthen the Aer Lingus board in advance of the airline's flotation next …Sat Aug 26 2006 - 01:00
O'Brien's Caribbean mobile phone chief quitsThe chief executive of the Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) unit of Digicel - the Caribbean mobile phone group controlled by Denis…Sat Aug 26 2006 - 01:00
Family group set buy three airport hotels for €75mFour brothers in their 30s from a little-known business family in Co Mayo and three of their friends are to buy the Great Southern…Fri Aug 25 2006 - 01:00
Eircom's finance director to stay on after takeoverEircom finance director Peter Lynch has reached agreement with Australian investment fund Babcock & Brown to stay on at the…Wed Aug 23 2006 - 01:00
Cosgrave buys London mall for £281mCosgrave Property Group, the Dublin-based developer, has bought a shopping centre in Romford, east London, for £281 million (€…Tue Aug 22 2006 - 01:00
Competition Authority stops clock on Statoil takeoverThe Competition Authority has stopped short of sanctioning the Topaz consortium's multimillion-euro takeover of Statoil's Irish…Tue Aug 22 2006 - 01:00
Boost for Kerry Group in race for Birds EyeKerry Group's hand in the race for Unilever's Birds Eye brand has been strengthened by the collapse of a consortium considered…Tue Aug 22 2006 - 01:00
Women less likely to start pensionsWomen are less likely than men to prepare for their retirement by taking out a pension, according to new market research for …Mon Aug 21 2006 - 01:00
Small stocks hit hard by rising interest rates - GoodbodyThe pressure of rising interest rates and international political uncertainty will be less favourable for smaller Irish stocks…Mon Aug 21 2006 - 01:00
Eircom chief's salary to top €300,000Eircom's incoming executive chairman Pierre Danon is set to receive more than twice the salary of his predecessor, Sir Anthony…Fri Aug 18 2006 - 01:00
Oracle Irish arm sends €800m to US to avail of tax breakUS software giant Oracle took a dividend of more than €800 million from its Irish unit last year in an apparent move to take …Fri Aug 18 2006 - 01:00
Guyana awards mobile licence to O'Brien firmThe government in the south American state of Guyana has decided to award a mobile licence to Digicel, the rapidly-expanding …Wed Aug 16 2006 - 01:00
SWS to expand windfarms in €400m funding roundBandon-based group SWS has finalised plans to raise up to €400 million in debt and equity to finance acquisitions and seed projects…Wed Aug 16 2006 - 01:00
Dublin firm channels $17m bid to buy US tech groupA syndicate of international private investors is using a Dublin-based vehicle known as BlueCoral Ltd to acquire a fast-growing…Wed Aug 16 2006 - 01:00
Scor took €90m dividend from small IFSC firmThe French reinsurance group Scor took a €90 million dividend last year from an IFSC company that employed an average of only…Tue Aug 15 2006 - 01:00
Managers seek equity partners to buy BWGMembers of the management team at the Spar franchise owner, BWG Holdings, want to strike a partnership deal with a private equity…Tue Aug 15 2006 - 01:00
IMF urges more control of insurance sectorThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for "improvements" in official supervision of the insurance and reinsurance …Mon Aug 14 2006 - 01:00
Gap to enter Irish fray in ArnottsGap, the US mass market fashion chain, is planning a foray into the Irish market with a big concession outlet in Arnotts, the…Sat Aug 12 2006 - 01:00
H&M says it expects profit here by end of this yearH&M, the Swedish fashion giant, has declared that its stores here will be profitable by the end of this yearSat Aug 12 2006 - 01:00
Property group Kenny set for sale at €475mAn international property portfolio controlled by the Galway-based Kenny development group is coming on the market with a pricetag…Thu Aug 10 2006 - 01:00
Fiji setback to O'Brien's mobile firmEfforts by the businessman Denis O'Brien to establish a mobile operation in Fiji have run into trouble on a grand scale after…Thu Aug 10 2006 - 01:00
Roches Stores to get €18m a year in rents after sell-offThe family behind Roches Stores, one of the oldest Irish retail brands, will receive rents of almost €18 million per year after…Wed Aug 09 2006 - 01:00
Roches sale to net family €18m in yearly rentMembers of the Roche retailing dynasty will receive annual rents of almost €18 million from Debenhams after the British chain…Wed Aug 09 2006 - 01:00
Buoyant Irish market continues to lure UK retailersAnalysis: The exit of the Roche family from the retail trade marks the determination of major British retailers to increase …Wed Aug 09 2006 - 01:00
'Clare People' challenges rival with new freesheetThe owners of the Clare People newspaper in Co Clare have unveiled plans to a distribute a new weekly freesheet to 25,000 homes…Mon Aug 07 2006 - 01:00
Moody's downgrades Eircom's debtMoody's, the international credit rating agency, has downgraded Eircom's debt following its €2Fri Aug 04 2006 - 01:00
Roches staff seek assurances ahead of Debenhams dealUp to 2,000 staff at Roches Stores, the privately held department store chain, are demanding the retention of their current terms…Fri Aug 04 2006 - 01:00
Thornton's gets strike-off warningThe "ultimate parent company" of the restaurant run by celebrity chef Kevin Thornton has been listed to be struck off the companies…Thu Aug 03 2006 - 01:00
Management buyout at Irish aircraft leasing firmA management team backed by Anglo Irish Bank has bought out the Dublin-based aviation services group Pembroke from the jet-engine…Thu Aug 03 2006 - 01:00
Smurfit syndicate invests €20m in Finnish paper millA syndicate led by the former Jefferson Smurfit deputy chairman Dr Dermot Smurfit has spent €20 million on the purchase of a …Wed Aug 02 2006 - 01:00
Arthur Cox loses half its partners in Belfast officeLaw firm Arthur Cox has had to replace half the partners in its Belfast office after a spate of defections in April and June.Tue Aug 01 2006 - 01:00
Statoil to net up to €76m from Topaz dealStatoil has indicated that it will realise a net gain in the region of only €76 million from the sale of its Irish business to…Tue Aug 01 2006 - 01:00
Debenhams set to close Roches dealThe sale of nine Roches Stores outlets to the Debenhams department store chain is almost complete, clearing the way for a big…Tue Aug 01 2006 - 01:00
Carroll set to build stake in Greencore to 29.9%Liam Carroll, the property developer, is likely to re-enter the market for Greencore shares to build up his 21Sat Jul 08 2006 - 01:00
Esot votes to accept Eircom takeoverA majority of the 14,400 members of the Eircom employee share ownership trust (Esot) have voted to accept the takeover of the…Sat Jul 08 2006 - 01:00
Ifsra bars Broadstone chiefs from sector for 18 monthsThe Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority has moved to disqualify two directors of Broadstone Fund Management from any…Sat Jul 08 2006 - 01:00
LoJack sets up Dublin office to reduce taxThe rapidly-expanding US company LoJack, which makes electronic devices to find stolen cars, has set up a unit in Ireland to …Fri Jul 07 2006 - 01:00
Judgment reserved on bid to restrict owner of 'B&F'The commercial division of the High Court has reserved judgment on an application to restrict the owner of Business & Finance…Thu Jul 06 2006 - 01:00
Shares in O'Mahony firm double in valueShareholders in International Securities Trading Corporation, the finance company backed by former Anglo Irish Bank director …Wed Jul 05 2006 - 01:00
Fee income at PFPC's Irish unit up by 27% to $56.59mThe IFSC unit of the US-owned fund administration group PFPC increased its fee income by 27 per cent to $56Wed Jul 05 2006 - 01:00
