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
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
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
Buckley withdraws from low-cost airline AironeBUSINESSMAN LESLIE Buckley has withdrawn as an investor in the fledgling Caribbean low-cost airline Airone Ventures, which is…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
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
FAI makes €2.46m profit on sale of HQTHE FOOTBALL Association of Ireland made a €2Thu Aug 14 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
First-half operating loss of €153m at electronic payments group PayzoneTROUBLED DUBLIN-BASED electronic payments group Payzone made an operating loss of €152Fri Jun 20 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
Dublin docklands authority sees surplus cut by 91%FEWER SALES of development assets and higher regeneration costs resulted in the Dublin Docklands Development Authority's surplus…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Mobile operators' revenues decline by 6% as competition intensifiesINCREASED COMPETITION in the Irish mobile phone market resulted in operators' revenues declining by 6 per cent in the first three…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Regulator urges airlines to avoid legal challengesTHE AVIATION regulator has said his office received a €190,000 cheque from Ryanair last week as payment for legal costs accumulated…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Passenger numbers increase by 3% at Aer ArannREGIONAL AIRLINE Aer Arann said yesterday that its passenger numbers grew by 3 per cent year on year in the first five months…Thu Jun 05 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair profits soar 20% to €480.9mSHARES IN Ryanair rose by 5.4 per cent to just under €2Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
TV3 wins Champions League rightsTV3 HAS won exclusive rights to show UEFA Champions League matches on Tuesday nights for three years from September 2009 onwards…Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
UK food group in deal with Joyces of GalwayUK FOOD wholesale and retail group Nisa-Today's has agreed a supply deal with Galway-based retailer Joyces 365, marking its first…Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
Loss of €2.9m at DAA FinanceA COMPANY involved in managing the Dublin Airport Authority's debt made a pretax loss of €2Mon Jun 02 2008 - 01:00
Oil rise a 'speculative bubble'FOOD PRICE inflation should ease in the near future as supply patterns change to meet current demand, Tesco chief executive Sir…Sat May 31 2008 - 01:00
Rising fuel costs may wipe out airline profitsOPERATING PROFITS at Aer Lingus and Ryanair will be almost wiped out in the current year due to the soaring price of fuel, according…Sat May 31 2008 - 01:00
Reel success for cinema ownersONE MORE THING THIS YEAR promises to be a bumper one for Irish cinema owners, helped by the release of the Sex and the City …Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
Analyst's note sobering for MagnersONE MORE THING MERRION STOCKBROKERS' note on CC Group yesterday will not have done anything to ease the hangover being felt …Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
Food inflation to ease, predicts Tesco CEOTesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has said food price inflation should ease in the near future as supply patterns change …Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
Premier plans to double its recruitment trade by 2012CORK-BASED recruitment company Premier Group is planning to more than double the size of its business by 2012.Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
O'Brien's Sterling puntONE MORE THING DENIS O'BRIEN continues to build his stake in Sterling Energy, the UK-based oil and gas exploration and production…Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
Smurfit jnr an investor in AironeONE MORE THING MICHAEL SMURFIT jnr has emerged as an investor in Airone Ventures, the Leslie Buckley-backed Caribbean low-cost…Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
