Retailer Shaws faces split as one owner seeks to sell stakeA SPLIT has developed within the family-owned Shaws retail chain – famous for its “almost nationwide” advertising slogan – after…Mon Jul 19 2010 - 01:00
Wireless agrees to sell Phantom radio share to 4FM backerA GROUP of executives at Dublin alternative rock music radio station Phantom FM have agreed to sell their 19 per cent shareholding…Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
Pump up the volumeTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Ray O'Sullivan, managing director of Great GasFri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
One more thingFitzpatrick's habits come out in the wash; Indian bank bats lashes at Ireland; Anglo on recruitment mission abroad; shake-up …Fri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
Shareholder group at One51 to query €4.9m paymentREBEL SHAREHOLDERS in the Philip Lynch-led investment group One51 are preparing to table a series of questions relating to the…Fri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
AIB unveils range of plans to boost investment in sectorRESOURCES COMMITMENT: AIB YESTERDAY sought to stress how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were at the “core” of its…Wed Jul 14 2010 - 01:00
One51 held talks with dissident shareholderINVESTMENT GROUP One51 and dissident shareholder Gerry Killen held talks in late June about the executive rejoining the business…Tue Jul 13 2010 - 01:00
FitzPatrick to seek bankruptcy declarationFORMER ANGLO Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick will ask the High Court today to declare him bankrupt after he failed to agree…Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
UPC €2m drive to win rivals' clientsCABLE GROUP UPC Ireland is planning to launch an aggressive €2 million marketing campaign to poach customers from satellite rival…Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
Building of airport car park beginsTHE DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) has begun construction of a €14 million short-term car park beside the new Terminal 2 (T2) …Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
Revenues flat at Mason Hayes+CurranREVENUES AT top six law firm Mason Hayes+Curran were flat at €36 million in 2009, according to figures provided to The Irish …Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
DAA to lodge complaint about O'Leary with stock exchangeTHE DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) is to take a complaint to the Irish Stock Exchange about comments made to the media yesterday…Fri Jul 09 2010 - 01:00
Mansfield's Citywest Hotel placed into receivership as going concernJIM MANSFIELD’S high-profile Citywest Hotel, conference centre and golf complex in Saggart, Co Dublin, has been placed into receivership…Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Agency made loss of €7m in its first two monthsTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency (Nama) made a loss of €7 million in its first two months of operation, according to its …Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Union to seek advice on Eircom business planTHE Communications Workers Union (CWU) plans to appoint independent financial advisers to examine Eircom management’s new three…Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Dublin Aerospace awarded contractAIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE business Dublin Aerospace has won a multimillion euro contract with Aer Lingus to carry out checks on 12…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Eircom meets unions over job cutsThe national executive of the Communications Workers Union are to meet this morning amid reports Eircom is planning to reduce…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Eircom in talks with unions over job cutsEIRCOM HAS entered talks with its trade unions on a new three-year business plan that will lead to more redundancies at the telecoms…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
DAA to employ 500 to run Terminal 2THE DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) is planning to recruit 500 people to run Terminal 2 (T2) when it opens in November.Thu Jun 24 2010 - 01:00
O'Brien increases stake in Independent to 20%DENIS O’BRIEN has taken his holding in Independent News & Media (IN&M) to just above 20 per cent, cementing his position…Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
Irish Nationwide submits its plan for restructuringIRISH NATIONWIDE has submitted its restructuring plan to the Department of Finance which, in turn, will seek approval from the…Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
KBC group to offload Irish assets for €23.7mBELGIAN FINANCIAL services group KBC has agreed to sell its Irish asset management arm for an “upfront” cash payment of €23.7…Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
Weedle to create 50 jobs in DublinFLEDGLING IRISH online social networking group Weedle is to create 50 new jobs at its base in Blackrock, Co Dublin.Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
O'Keeffe finalising loan plan for SMEsMINISTER FOR Enterprise Batt O’Keeffe is set to seek cabinet approval for a State-backed loan guarantee scheme for small businesses…Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
Hoteliers threaten to withhold ratesIRISH HOTELIERS are threatening to withhold €27 million in local authority rates in a row over how their businesses are valued…Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
One more thingEtihad expands in Dublin; Patrick Honohan on the differences between economists and regulators; Bunworth bids farewellFri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
Challenging timesTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Chris Martin, chief executive of MusgraveFri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
Irish market leads decline as Musgrave profits fall 7%PROFITS AT the Cork-based Musgrave grocery and cash and carry group fell by 7 per cent last year to €70 million as it continued…Fri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
Recruitment entrepreneur diesIRISH RECRUITMENT entrepreneur James Kilbane died yesterday after a long illness.Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
Failures in governance 'not tackled with sufficient steel by regulators'CONCLUSIONS: IRELAND’S BANKING crisis was “home made” and our system of regulation was not sufficiently “hands on or pre-emptive…Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
9.9% drop in Aer Lingus passengersTHE NUMBER of passengers carried by Aer Lingus in May declined by 9Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Eirtech Aviation to create 71 maintenance jobs at Dublin airportSHANNON-BASED aircraft maintenance group Eirtech Aviation is to create 71 jobs at Dublin airport over three years, in a move …Fri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
One more thingSwan liqueur looks to raise €1m; betting firm back in the black; Citylink’s one million passengers; Ryanair’s dividendFri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
C&D Foods buys Nestlé canning plantLONGFORD-BASED pet food manufacturer C&D Foods has acquired a 140,000 sq ft canning facility near Amsterdam from Swiss food…Tue Jun 01 2010 - 01:00
UPC to launch broadband for towns in midlands and westCABLE TELEVISION and telecoms provider UPC Ireland is set to launch high-speed broadband in six towns in the midlands and west…Mon May 31 2010 - 01:00
Anonymous donor gives €500,000 for Smurfit school MBA scholarshipsAN ANONYMOUS wealthy donor has agreed to provide the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School with €500,000 to help produce…Mon May 31 2010 - 01:00
Record for wind-generated electricityA NEW record for the amount of electricity generated by wind turbines across the country in any one day was set on April 5th, …Mon May 31 2010 - 01:00
Donovan's Eircom taskSINCE TAKING the reins last September, Eircom chief executive Paul Donovan has spent much of his time fighting fires.Fri May 28 2010 - 01:00
Greencore's convenient truthGREENCORE’S INTERIM results this week highlighted the shift of the food business away from agri activities in Ireland to convenience…Fri May 28 2010 - 01:00
PayPoint's revenues drop due to decline in top-upsFIGURES RELEASED yesterday by British mobile top-up group PayPoint show a steep decline in revenues for its business in Ireland…Fri May 28 2010 - 01:00
Portlaoise hotel goes into receivershipTHE 87-BED Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise, which is backed by Bernard McNamara, has been placed into receivership.Tue May 25 2010 - 01:00
One More ThingReal Madrid welcome at Carton House; Slattery returns to his roots; McKeon searches for gas; Bank to shed royal trappingsFri May 21 2010 - 01:00
One51 investment group records loss of €10.9mTHE PHILIP Lynch-led One51 investment group recorded a loss of €10.9 million in 2009 as it booked €44Fri May 21 2010 - 01:00
Eircom seeks to hire adviser on debtsEIRCOM IS seeking to appoint a corporate adviser to help it formulate its long-term financial strategy and restructure its €3…Fri May 21 2010 - 01:00
'Meath Chronicle' owner diesDEIRDRE ROMANES, owner of the Meath Chronicle, Anglo-Celt and Westmeath Examiner newspapers, died yesterday aged 60.Tue May 18 2010 - 01:00
BoI to offer shares for €0.55 in €1.1bn rights issueSHAREHOLDERS IN Bank of Ireland will be offered the chance to buy new stock in the bank for just 55 cent each as part of a €1…Sat May 15 2010 - 01:00
AIB sells off family silverAIB YESTERDAY confirmed that it had converted preference shares owned by the Government into an equity stake of 18 per cent, …Fri May 14 2010 - 01:00
Lid is closed on Greenstar saleNTR HAS pulled the sale of its waste management subsidiary, GreenstarFri May 14 2010 - 01:00
Avestus undeterred by credit crunchWHILE DEREK Quinlan adjusts to life in Switzerland, his former colleagues in the newly named Avestus Capital are hoping to launch…Fri May 14 2010 - 01:00
Little ThingsIRISH COMEDIAN Graham Norton (pictured) must have been soooo happy with the performance last year of his British TV production…Fri May 14 2010 - 01:00
