Superquinn checks out options as six potential bidders emergeSIX POTENTIAL bidders have expressed interest in Superquinn and the owners of the supermarket chain have instructed their advisers…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Bumper season helps Celtic score record-breaking pretax profit of £15mSCOTTISH FOOTBALL club Celtic accounted for almost 43 per cent of the combined turnover of the 12 Scottish Premier League (SPL…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Saongroup buys recruitment website in central AmericaIRISH ONLINE recruiter Saongroup.com has expanded its operations to central America with the acquisition of Tecoloco.comMon Sept 01 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair calls for Aer Lingus review after €20m lossRYANAIR "EXPRESSED its concern" yesterday about Aer Lingus's half-year results and called for it to review its strategy.Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Club Travel flying high with profits of €6.5mDUBLIN-BASED tour operator Club Travel quadrupled profits to just under €6Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
DAA rejects Ryanair flights to MarrakechTHE DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) has rejected an application from Ryanair to begin flights to Marrakech under its new route…Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair claim over increased charges contradictedTHE CLAIM by Ryanair deputy chief executive Michael Cawley that the airline did not agree to increased charges at Cork Airport…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Aer Lingus on course to record losses of €100m in 2009AER LINGUS chief executive Dermot Mannion warned yesterday that the airline could make a loss of about €100 million in 2009 if…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
UTV's pretax profit rises by over 9% to £9.8mBELFAST-BASED broadcaster UTV increased its pretax profit by more than 9 per cent in the first six months of this year, in spite…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
One51 makes approach to acquire UK waste group AugeanDUBLIN-BASED investment group One51, which is headed by Philip Lynch, has made an approach to acquire the publicly quoted UK …Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Copeland firm listed for strike-offA COMPANY owned by well-known retailers Louis and Adrian Copeland has been listed for strike off by the Companies Office.Tue Aug 26 2008 - 01:00
Mayo fashion retailer for saleMAYO-BASED fashion and accessories retailer Carraig Donn has been put up for sale by its owners, brothers Pat and Vincent Hughes…Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Superquinn investors poised to put supermarkets up for saleTHE OWNERS of Irish retailer Superquinn are believed to be considering selling the company.Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Babcock in 'informal' talks about Eircom saleTROUBLED AUSTRALIAN investment group Babcock Brown, which this week overhauled its senior management team, is believed to have…Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Londis acquires properties for expansionKILDARE-BASED wholesale grocery group ADM Londis spent €3 million earlier this month acquiring a convenience store in Ferbane…Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Tesco Ireland seeks to raise €70m in property sell-offTESCO IRELAND is planning to offload a number of its properties here in a move to generate up to €70 million for future expansion…Fri Aug 22 2008 - 01:00
Circulation of 'Irish Times' increasesTHE IRISH TIMES was the only daily newspaper to achieve a rise in circulation in the first half of this year compared to the…Fri Aug 22 2008 - 01:00
Barrington appointed Aer Lingus chairmanAER LINGUS has appointed experienced Irish aviation executive Colm Barrington as its new chairman, ending weeks of speculation…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
Airlines welcome decision to force BAA to sell basesRYANAIR AND Aer Lingus have welcomed a preliminary decision by Britain's Competition Commission to force BAA to sell two of its…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
Downturn compels Dunnes to shelve three new storesDUNNES STORES is believed to have scaled back expansion plans in Ireland as a response to tougher trading conditions resulting…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Oil price fall may give Ryanair a profitRYANAIR CHIEF executive Michael O’Leary yesterday indicated that the airline could post a profit in the current financial year…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Buckley withdraws from low-cost airline AironeBUSINESSMAN LESLIE Buckley has withdrawn as an investor in the fledgling Caribbean low-cost airline Airone Ventures, which is…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
FAI makes €2.46m profit on sale of HQTHE FOOTBALL Association of Ireland made a €2Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
Payzone may be set to sell European divisionsDUBLIN-BASED electronic payments group Payzone is believed to be preparing to sell its divisions in Spain, France, Italy, Poland…Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Passengers up at Aer Lingus while long-haul traffic fallsAER LINGUS carried just more than one million passengers in July, an 8Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
UPC earnings up despite drop in TV subscribersREVENUES AT UPC Ireland, owner of the NTL and Chorus cable television platforms, rose by 7Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Minco shares sold at premium for £364,000CREDIT SUISSE Securities is believed to have sold its shares in Irish mineral exploration group Minco to Newry-based private …Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Aer Lingus resolves dispute with former chiefAER LINGUS is believed to have paid former chief executive Michael Foley more than €500,000 to settle a long-running legal dispute…Wed Aug 06 2008 - 01:00
19% rise in passengers for RyanairRYANAIR CARRIED 5.66 million passengers in July, a 19 per cent increase on the same month of 2007.Wed Aug 06 2008 - 01:00
Irish-based subsidiary pays Tyco €6.77mAN IRISH subsidiary of Bermuda-based fire and safety group Tyco International paid a €6Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
UK airports manager in court action against RyanairUK AIRPORT manager BAA has begun legal action against Ryanair to force it to pay it a recent 15 per cent increase in airport …Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair CEO regrets decline of airline's share priceRYANAIR CHIEF executive Michael O'Leary has expressed regret to the airline's shareholders for the steep decline in the company…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Property crash hits WPC incomeDUBLIN-BASED property investment group Warren Private Clients (WPC) saw net income decline by 21 per cent last year as a result…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair shares slump on news of 85% fall in profitALMOST €1.1 BILLION was wiped off the value of Ryanair's shares yesterday after it published weak first-quarter results and warned…Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Smart metering firm gets project in FranceLANDIS+GYR, the Switzerland-based smart metering company led by Irish executive Cameron O'Reilly, has been chosen as part of …Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Dubliner appointed new chief executive of QantasDUBLIN-BORN executive Alan Joyce has been named chief executive at Australia's flag carrier, Qantas Airways.Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Cameron O'Reilly firm completes $1.1bn refinancingSWITZERLAND-BASED smart metering company Landis+Gyr, which is headed by Irish businessman Cameron O'Reilly, has completed a $…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
DAA made €52m from airport car parks last yearTHE DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) earned revenues of €52 million in 2007 from its car parks at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Spreading the wordTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW/Conor Foley, WorldSpreads: CONOR FOLEY admits he's not much of a gambler but his punt on launching online…Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Pilots in Aer Lingus nursing paper losses of €34mPILOTS IN Aer Lingus are nursing paper losses of €34 million as a result of the recent steep decline in the airline’s share price…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Indaver Ireland will bid to build incinerator in BelfastWASTE MANAGEMENT group Indaver Ireland is planning to lodge a bid to build a 400,000 tonne incinerator for the greater Belfast…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Airport raises €600m in bonds issueDUBLIN AIRPORT Authority (DAA) yesterday said it had secured €600 million in new funding through the issue of eurobonds that …Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
TV3 outbids RTÉ for 2009 Uefa Cup rightsTV3 ADDED to its growing portfolio of live sports coverage yesterday by outbidding RTÉ for the exclusive terrestrial rights to…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Developer believed to have lost €20m on Aer Lingus sharesLEADING DEVELOPER Liam Carroll is believed to have sold more than 31 million shares in Aer Lingus yesterday at an estimated loss…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
IAWS secures €795m 'revolving loan'IRISH FOOD group IAWS refinanced its debt last month by securing a €795 million “revolving loan facility” in advance of its purchase…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
O'Leary 'sorry' for Ictu chief pay jibeRYANAIR CHIEF executive Michael O'Leary yesterday issued a tongue-in-cheek apology to Ictu general secretary David Begg for comments…Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
Irish-backed UK radio station fined £1.1m for breaching codeIRISH-BACKED UK commercial radio station GCap Media has been fined a record £1Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
West African gains 21% after takeover approachDUBLIN-BASED exploration group West African Diamonds said yesterday that it had received a third-party approach that might lead…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Earnings at Sunway dip as firm expands its businessPROFITS AT Dún Laoghaire-based tour operator and travel agent Sunway Holidays more than halved last year to €194,136 as the company…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Digicel trims Caribbean losses to under $75mDENIS O'BRIEN'S Digicel mobile phone operation in the Caribbean cut pre-tax losses last year by 33 per cent as revenue rose by…Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
