Carving out a new nicheFUTURE PROOF Brady Family Ham: Its deli products lead the premium market – now Brady Family Ham is hoping to repeat the success…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Warning against tax increasesIreland’s biggest accountancy body says any further increase in income taxes in December’s budget will stifle economic growth…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Cross-Border trade positionFormer Swansea Cork Ferries chief Thomas Hunter McGowan is taking the helm at cross- Border body Intertrade Ireland.Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Holfeld Plastics in talks over €16m debtHOLFELD PLASTICS is negotiating with its banks concerning its €16 million debt and hopes to raise €1Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Nama paid €3.5m from receiver's sale of land to UCCSTATE AGENCY Nama has been paid €3Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Bus Éireann sues executive of rival company for libelSTATE-OWNED Bus Éireann is taking a libel case against one of the executives of the company that is challenging its right to …Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
High-level shake-up at TamboranFORMER ISLAND Oil Gas executive Karl Prenderville has become one of two regional directors at Tamboran.Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
BAM seeking to recruit 100 people for building projects here and abroadBUILDING contractor BAM is seeking to recruit 100 people from Ireland to work on projects here and in locations such as Jordan…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Wife of former Nama official facing lawsuit resigns postALICE KRAMER, wife of the former Nama executive who is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly taking confidential information…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Cork group bids for Fota resortA CORK-BASED consortium is bidding to buy Fota Island resort in CorkThu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Markets lose faith in ECB, Fed movesEUROPEAN markets retreated yesterday as investors decided that the rallies sparked by initiatives from the European Central Bank…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Smurfit Kappa bond issue to raise €250mINTERNATIONAL PACKAGING group Smurfit Kappa is preparing to refinance a further €250 million with a fresh bond issue yesterday…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Ex-head of building group sues over dismissalTHE FORMER managing director of building group McInerney Holdings, Barry O’Connor, is suing the company for unfair dismissal…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Bord na Móna to lay off over 100STATE-OWNED Bord na Móna is laying off more than 100 seasonal workers and putting a further 90 on short time as it struggles …Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Atlantic rescue plan approvedTHE RESCUE plan for DIY chain Atlantic Homecare, approved yesterday, includes a saving of between €4 million and €5 million on…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Irish green energy firm may be dissolvedA GREEN energy company supported by Business Expansion Scheme investors’ money faces the prospect of being struck off and dissolved…Mon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
Global surge follows Fed bond-buyingLEADING EUROPEAN markets reached their highest point for six months after the US Federal Reserve announced it was going to buy…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
NIB turns to head office for cost reductionDANISH-OWNED National Irish Bank (NIB) will turn its attention to its head office after completing a round of cuts that will …Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Ex-Nama manager alleged to have sent wife sensitive emailsFORMER NAMA portfolio manager Enda Farrell allegedly sent more than 30 emails containing “highly confidential and commercially…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Trackers dispute likely for Supreme CourtISSUES RAISED in the row between buy-to-let interest-only tracker-mortgage holders and Permanent TSB look destined for the Supreme…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Court told how developer and family used more than €6m owed to NamaHIGH-PROFILE developer John McCabe and members of his family used more than €6Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
ESB considers move into telecoms sectorSTATE-OWNED energy group ESB is considering expanding into the telecoms business.Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
£28m profit at care home groupA NURSING home chain in which Irish businessmen Denis Brosnan, John Magnier, JP McManus and Dermot Desmond, have a stake, earned…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Tilman says court defeat will not stop operationsINVESTMENT MANAGER Tilman Brewin Dolphin said yesterday that it will continue operating despite a court ruling that threatens…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Network costs drive electricity price riseINCREASED NETWORK charges and the euro’s weakness against sterling will leave State-owned ESB’s 1Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
ECB bond move drives values higherMARKETS ACROSS Europe continued their rally yesterday on the back of European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s announcement…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
State's borrowing costs lowest in two yearsINTEREST RATES on State borrowing fell to their lowest levels in two years yesterday as markets continued to respond positively…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Home heating oil prices up 18% - surveyHOME HEATING oil prices are up 18 per cent to an average of €964 for 1,000 litres in a further blow to consumers this winter…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Crosbie resigns from dockland companiesDEVELOPER AND businessman Harry Crosbie has resigned as a director of a series of companies connected with his Dublin docklands…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Companies face major hike in electricity pricesKEY INDUSTRIES such as pharmaceutical manufacturers and food processors are facing six-figure electricity bill increases as a…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Bus Éireann acts after inquiryBUS ÉIREANN has disciplined a senior member of staff following an investigation into the operation of the school transport scheme…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
ESB borrows €600m in five-year bondSTATE ENERGY company the ESB borrowed €600 million from European institutions yesterday to refinance existing bank debt and credit…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Electricity and gas price hikes approvedCONSUMERS AND businesses are facing increases in gas and electricity prices this winter, following a number of decisions by the…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Energy price rises turn heat up on consumersINCREASED CHARGES on networks, rising commodity prices and the euro’s weakness have combined to leave both consumers and businesses…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Businesses face increases of up to 7% in natural gas pricesBUSINESSES ARE facing an estimated 5 per cent to 7 per cent hike in natural gas costs after the State’s energy regulator approved…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Target owes €600,000 in taxes to RevenueINSOLVENT TRUCKING company Target Express owes €600,000 in workers’ social insurance contributions and PAYE to the Revenue Commissioners…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Grafton hopeful of rescue plan for subsidiaryGRAFTON IS optimistic that a rescue plan for its subsidiary, Atlantic Homecare, will be in place by the time the troubled business…Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Paddy Power upwardly mobile after record profitsBOOKMAKER Paddy Power is launching social media gambling and mobile casino products following a record first half that delivered…Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Haulage firm in liquidation as protests go onTROUBLED HAULAGE group Target Express was placed in liquidation yesterday as workers continued sit-ins at some of its depots.Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Maplewood says Nama forced it to insolvencyTHE DIRECTORS of Maplewood Developments, which has gone into liquidation owing more than €300 million to creditors, have accused…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Key markets end two days of gainsKEY EUROPEAN markets fell yesterday as Spanish region Catalonia signalled that it would shortly seek a bailout from Madrid, while…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
United Drug acquires two US firms in €32m dealHEALTHCARE SERVICES group United Drug is buying two companies in the US for up to €32 million.Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
United Drug agrees €32m dealsHealthcare services group United Drug is spending up to $40 million (€31.8 million) on two deals in the United States.Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Renewable energy goal to cost up to €5bnMEETING IRISH renewable energy targets will require investment of up to €5 billion between now and 2020, according to a report…Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Glass half full at ArdaghTHEY MAY be on hold for the moment, but Ardagh has not abandoned its intention to go back to the marketFri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Ardagh group may build glass plant in RepublicPACKAGING GIANT Ardagh is moving ahead with plans to return to manufacturing in the Republic.Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Markets drift on sluggish trading dayQUIET TRADE and low volumes sent markets drifting yesterday, eroding gains made during Tuesday’s rally.Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Nine-year sanction for property director over misuse of fundsTHE DIRECTOR of a property company that was placed in administration two years ago with a shortfall of more than €15 million …Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
Management shake-up at O'Brien's Caribbean mobile group DigicelDENIS O’BRIEN’S Caribbean mobile telecoms group Digicel is moving Mark Linehan, its chief executive for Jamaica, to another of…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
