Management buy back Merrion Capital at €60m discountMANAGEMENT AT Ballsbridge-based stockbroker Merrion Capital have bought back the company from troubled Icelandic financial group…Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Poland to set out measures to cope with financial crisisPOLAND: POLAND'S FINANCE ministry, the central bank and the country's financial watchdog are set to meet the chief executives…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Management preparing bid for Merrion LandsbankiTHE MANAGEMENT team at Ballsbridge-based stockbroker Merrion Landsbanki is believed to be preparing a bid to take back full ownership…Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
London fund seeks €11.8m for losses on ICG sharesTHE PHILIP Lynch-led Moonduster consortium is believed to have received a demand for €11Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
Outgoing CC chief says firm has sparkling future in storeDEPARTING C&C chief executive Maurice Pratt doesn't do regrets but if he could turn back the clock on his seven-year stewardship…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Dublin firm has high hopes for BotswanaDUBLIN-BASED consultants International Development Ireland (IDI) has begun talks with the government in Botswana about a three…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
CC shares climb 9% despite profit warningSHARES IN Irish drinks group C&C rose by almost 9 per cent yesterday in Dublin in spite of the company issuing a profit warning…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
O'Leary's transatlantic ambitionsRYANAIR BOSS Michael O'Leary this week suggested that a sister operation could be launched within three years offering a no-frills…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Office space is new final frontierFIRST IT was developers Ray Grehan and Bernard McNamara offering interest-free loans to tempt buyers to their residential schemes…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Waterford statement on funds 'placing'WATERFORD WEDGWOOD yesterday informed the stock market that it could be the middle of December before it concludes a "placing…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
WPP media buys TNS research firmTHE MARTIN Sorrell-led quoted media giant WPP Group has succeeded in its long-running bid to to acquire market research firm …Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
Shares in Payzone fall to record lowSHARES IN troubled Dublin-based electronic payments group Payzone fell to an all-time low yesterday after the company announced…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
Takeover panel contacted on ICG dealsTHE IRISH Takeover Panel confirmed yesterday that it had received a letter from a third party alleging that certain share dealings…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Carraig gets deadline for firm Andor offerTAKEOVER PANEL RULING: THE UK takeover panel has ruled that Carraig Capital, an investment group controlled by Cavan-based Kingspan…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Claim ICG share dealings could breach rulesTHE IRISH Takeover Panel has received a letter from an adviser to leading property developer Liam Carroll alleging that certain…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Sweet returns for Jacob Fruitfield after restructuring boosts profitsFOOD GROUP Jacob Fruitfield increased operating profit, before exceptionals, last year by 16 per cent to €5Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Paris-based Veolia gets four bids for its Irish waste management businessPARIS-BASED environmental services group Veolia has received four bids for its Irish waste management business, which it has …Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Aer Lingus board gives go-ahead for cost-cuttingTHE BOARD of Aer Lingus has given the green light to plans by management to introduce sweeping cost-cutting measures at the loss…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Musgrave withdraws bid for SuperquinnCORK-BASED wholesale grocery group Musgrave has withdrawn its bid for SuperquinnFri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
Davy makes pre-tax profit of €30m in first six monthsDUBLIN-BASED stockbroker Davy made a pre-tax profit of more than €30 million in the first six months of this year.Fri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
TV3 to seek 15 redundancies as advertising slowsTV3 IS TO seek up to 15 voluntary redundancies from its 250-strong workforce as part of a move to trim €2 million annually from…Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Market views Irish lenders as less of a riskCREDIT SWAPS: THERE WERE signs yesterday that the Government's decision to guarantee the Irish banking system was having a positive…Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Merrion to change hands againIRISH STOCKBROKER Merrion Capital is set to change hands for the second time in three years.Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Cook Medical to create 200 jobsINDIANA-BASED medical devices company Cook Medical is to invest €25 million in a manufacturing and services facility in Limerick…Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Kerry to appeal Competition Authority ruling on Breeo saleTRALEE-BASED food group Kerry has decided to appeal the Competition Authority's decision to block its proposed €165 million acquisition…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Desmond's private gambling club reports €1.7m lossDERMOT DESMOND'S Dublin-based private members club, the Sporting Emporium, made a loss of about €1.7 million in 2007.Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
Losses at Setanta UK subsidiary rise sharply to £3.1m Parent company claims it is 'pleased' with group growthLOSSES AT a UK subsidiary of Irish pay television broadcaster Setanta Sports rose sharply to £3.1 million (€3Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
$25m funding for Blue OceanDUBLIN-BASED maritime communications group Blue Ocean Wireless has secured access to debt funding of $25 million (€17 million…Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair says it will break even this year if oil stays near $100 a barrelRYANAIR SHAREHOLDERS were told yesterday that the airline would break even in the year to the end of March, if oil remains at…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
Credit crunch scuppered lucrative saleIRISH NATIONWIDE: WHEN IRISH Nationwide members gathered in the RDS in April for its 133rd annual general meeting, they could…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
HK Global posts 80% pretax riseIRISH-OWNED kitchen equipment manufacturer HK Global Systems increased its pretax profit last year by 80 per cent to $21Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Buy4Now backers net $15m windfallIRISH RETAIL web portal Buy4Now has sold its subsidiary in the United States in a move that has allowed its backers to net a …Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
DAA awards final three T2 contractsTHE DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) has awarded the final three contracts for the construction of Terminal Two.Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
Japanese mobile phone firm splashes out $10m for stake in Blue OceanDUBLIN-BASED maritime mobile phone operator Blue Ocean Wireless has sold an 11Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
E-learning companyto create 450 jobsIRISH E-LEARNING company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) will invest €350 million over the next five years developing a research…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Britvic Ireland provides little sparkleBRITISH SOFT drinks group Britvic said yesterday that its operating profit in Ireland in the current financial year would be …Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Fitzpatrick looking out for third hotel property to buy in New York cityIRISH HOTELIER John Fitzpatrick is considering buying a third property in New York following a strong profit performance by his…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Tara Mines pays €97m dividend to Swedish parent groupTHE TARA lead and zinc mine near Navan, Co Meath paid a €97 million dividend to its Swedish parent group Boliden in 2007 following…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Aviation group Pembroke flying with profits of $19mDUBLIN-BASED aviation leasing business Pembroke Capital reduced its accumulated losses last year to $25 million after returning…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Radio Nova awarded Dublin rock licenceDÚN LAOGHAIRE-based Radio Nova, which is backed by millionaire executives Barry O'Callaghan, Pat McDonagh and Ulick McEvaddy, …Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Irish Press reports loss of over €800,000DUBLIN-BASED Irish Press plc made a loss after tax of €822,000 in 2007 following the write-off of investments in specialist lender…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Futura Gael made profits of €2.7 million last yearFUTURA GAEL, the Swords, Co Dublin-based charter airline that ceased flying yesterday, was given a clean bill of health in April…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Riverdance duo sell shares in hotel companyRIVERDANCE CREATORS John McColgan and Moya Doherty have sold their shares in the company that owns the five-star Claridge's, …Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Broadband provider Magnet gets €55m from its US parentLOSS-MAKING Irish broadband and digital television provider Magnet Networks received an equity injection of €55 million earlier…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Gadafy fund invests £19m in Circle OilDUBLIN-BASED oil and gas exploration group Circle Oil has secured an investment of £19 million (€23Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
€400,000 bill as travel firms go bustTHE COMMISSION for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has spent about €400,000 so far this year repatriating consumers affected by the…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Aer Arann awarded Knock-Dublin routeAER ARANN has been awarded the contract to operate scheduled flights on the Knock-Dublin public service obligation (PSO) route…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
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
