Brown Thomas sees operating profits rise by 13 per cent to €6.1mIRISH DEPARTMENT store group Brown Thomas increased its operating profit by 13 per cent last year to just under €6Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
FleetMatics gets off to a flyer after New York IPOJUST FOUR weeks after its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, the first broker reports for Ireland headquartered company FleetMatics…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Etihad expects to reach 85% load on Abu Dhabi routeUAE-BASED Etihad Airways expects to achieve an 85 per cent load factor on its Dublin to Abu Dhabi route this year.Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Freezing prices while making hot profitsON WEDNESDAY, C&C-owned Bulmers Ltd announced that it was leaving its prices unchanged, in spite of recent increases in fuel…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
. . . and some little thingsTHERE WERE gasps when Eircom dropped the bombshell this week that it plans to cull 2,000 from its 5,700 staff.Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Pillo talk as hotels group predicts profitsPILLO HOTELS, which is backed by Irish private equity group Ion Equity, is poised to move into the black this year.Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Golden Pages firm paid €43.6m dividendTHE IRISH company that operates the Golden Pages directories business paid a dividend of €43Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Chief executive PJ Timmins leaves Clerys six weeks after Gordon Brothers takeoverRETAILER CLERYS has parted company with its chief executive PJ Timmins.Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
BT2 more like Brown ThomasIT WAS originally set up as a fashion store for a younger age set but 14 years after it was launched, BT2 is now evolving into…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Aer Lingus 'at a loss' over union actionAER LINGUS is “at a loss to understand why it has been served with notice of industrial action” by its unions in relation to …Thu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00
Eircom to shed 2,000 jobs in effort to cut €100m per yearIRELAND’S BIGGEST telecoms company, Eircom, plans to shed 2,000 jobs over the next 18 months in an effort to save €100 million…Thu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00
Sherry FitzGerald in black after sale of UK armTHE IRISH operation of estate agent Sherry FitzGerald made a profit of €13Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Guinness timeDiageo marked the beginning of construction of a new €153 million brew house at its St James’s Gate brewery in Dublin yesterday…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Stout defence of brand GuinnessAs a €153 million new brewhouse opens at St James’s Gate brewery in Dublin, Diageo chief executive Paul Walsh talks about the…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
. . . and some little thingsHE HAS designed a wedding dress for Christina Aguilera and in the 1990s was famed as being a favourite designer of Edina Monsoon…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Car rental market gets back some 'va va voom'THE IRISH franchisee of Europcar is accelerating plans to grow the business hereFri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
C&C makes tasty acquisitionCIDER MAKER C&C made a strong statement of intent this week with its acquisition of the Vermont Hard Cider Company in the…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Plans near take-off to split Shannon from Dublin bodyPLANS TO separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority are gathering momentumFri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
What's in a name for INEC?WE’VE HAD the Aviva Stadium, the O2 and the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre; now the INEC event centre in Killarney is hoping to attract…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
New Dublin to NY daily flightsAmerican Airlines has announced plans to fly a daily service from Dublin to JFK airport in New York from June 12thThu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Shares rise as CC spends €235m on biggest alcoholic cider brand in USSHARES IN Clonmel-based drinks group CC rose marginally yesterday after it announced a $305 million (€235 million) acquisition…Wed Oct 24 2012 - 01:00
European values slide for third dayEUROPEAN STOCKS declined for a third day, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index sliding to its lowest level in almost seven weeks as…Wed Oct 24 2012 - 01:00
Airsynergy recruits Setanta CEOColin Morgan has stepped down as chief executive of sports broadcaster Setanta Ireland to join Airsynergy, a new Irish renewable…Tue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
Gibney hands over to deputyAFTER 17 YEARS at the helm, Ita Gibney has decided to hand over the day-to-day running of her public relations agency Gibney …Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
DAA denies making pension offerTHE DUBLIN Airport Authority yesterday denied that it had made a €55 million offer to trade unions to try to resolve a long-running…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
CityJet on route to profitabilityLATEST ACCOUNTS for Irish airline CityJet indicate that it is on the right flight path to profitability.Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Eircom revenue fell 10% in year to end-JuneEIRCOM’S REVENUES and earnings declined in the year to the end of June 30th, 2012 as the company continued to lose ground in …Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Poundland celebrates a glamorous birthdayONE MORE THING: Former Miss World and recent German Playboy pin up Rosanna Davison will be in Stillorgan this morning to help…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
No half measures for TeelingTEN MONTHS after selling Cooley Distillery to Beam for $95 million, the Teelings are back in the whiskey business.Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
European stocks up for third dayEUROPEAN STOCKS rose for a third day, the longest winning streak in five weeks, as Moody’s Investors Service kept its investment…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
DAA meets over pension offerA SPECIAL subcommittee of the Dublin Airport Authority’s board held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss the fallout from…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
DAA's €55m pension offer puts Aer Lingus under pressureWORKERS AT the State-owned Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) could receive pension payments on retirement of 78 per cent of their…Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Law firm brings barristers in-houseLAW FIRM Maples and Calder is planning to shake up the market for legal services here by bringing courtroom advocacy functions…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Dublin-based aircraft lease firm in major mergerDUBLIN-BASED aircraft leasing company SMBC Aviation Capital is set to merge with two related companies located in Amsterdam in…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Barrett steps down from postBUSINESSMAN RICHARD Barrett has stepped down as chairman of the trustee manager to Treasury China TrustSat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Varadkar sceptical on Ryanair proposalsTHE MINISTER for Transport, Leo Varadkar, does not believe remedies being proposed by Ryanair to the European Commission as it…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Varadkar in for the long haul on tourismON A DREARY Thursday morning in Dublin, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar firmly grips a mug of coffee for…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Things take turn for the worse after Toyota interviewTIMING IS everything in life and Michael Gaynor, Toyota Ireland’s senior customer and marketing communications manager, might…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
McCann keen to retain contractHOTELIER PAT McCann will be fighting hard to retain the management contract for the Clyde Court and Ballsbridge hotels in Dublin…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Irish final a mixed blessingDUBLIN’S HOSTING of the Heineken and Amlin rugby cup finals next May might prove conflicting for our Minister for Transport, …Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
. . . and some little thingsEOIN FOYLE’S Odessa club and restaurant in Dublin’s Dame Court appears to have had a profitable time in the year to the end of…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Irish start-ups continue to win venture capital fundsINVESTMENT group Delta Partners has been busy of late providing venture capital funding to a variety of young Irish businesses…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Successful Fota resort bidder could double money on dealAN IRISH-LED consortium that is bidding to buy the Fota Island Resort in Cobh from the National Asset Management Agency (Nama…Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
End of the road for Bill Cullen's car companyAFTER 55 years in the motor trade, Ireland’s best known car dealer, Bill Cullen, has been put off the road by his main lender…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Barrett and Ronan finally raise the white flag as liquidation loomsTHE DEATH knell sounded for Treasury Holdings yesterday as KBC Bank Ireland’s winding-up petition, supported by the National …Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
GenCell raises €2.7m in seed funding for expansion of overseas businessLIMERICK-BASED genetic research company GenCell Biosystems has raised €2.7 million ($3Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
Airline seeks pay deal over pensionsAER LINGUS is seeking pay restraint for a four-year period from staff in return for providing a once-off financial contribution…Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
Airline boss rules out stake in Aer LingusJEFF SMISEK has become the latest major airline boss to rule out any interest in acquiring the Government’s 25 per cent stake…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
INM chairman told to sell sharesDENIS O’BRIEN has avoided having to make a mandatory bid for the entire share capital of Independent News & Media after inadvertently…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Not all plane sailing for Aer Lingus and UnitedONE MORE THING: THE JOINT venture between Aer Lingus and Chicago-based United on the Washington DC-Madrid route will close later…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
