Number of Eircom bidders set to exit raceA NUMBER of companies are planning to drop out of the race to acquire Eircom after the employee share ownership trust (Esot) …Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Shannon to seek €2m compensation from Ryanair over cut in servicesTHE SHANNON Airport Authority (SAA) is expected to pursue Ryanair for financial compensation of more than €2 million for breaching…Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Directors of Setanta Sports to meet on firm's futureDUBLIN-BASED Setanta Sports could be placed into administration today by its directors, who will meet in London to decide the…Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Employee share trust supports STT bid for EircomEIRCOM’S EMPLOYEE share ownership plan (Esop) has agreed to support the bid by Singapore Technologies Telemedia’s (STT) for the…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Setanta Sports near collapse after losing live soccer rightsDUBLIN-BASED Setanta Sports yesterday lost its prized rights to live Premier League football in England, a development that left…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Dublin airport passenger charge could rise by 13%AVIATION REGULATOR Cathal Guiomard has indicated he is prepared to sanction a 13 per cent increase in passenger charges at Dublin…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Arthur Cox wins Nama legal contractDUBLIN-BASED law firm Arthur Cox was yesterday confirmed as the winner of a tender process to provide legal services to the National…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Ryanair to scale back at Dublin and ShannonRYANAIR PLANS to further scale down its operations at Dublin and Shannon airports this winter as a protest against the Government…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Lisbon: airline to fly Yes flagRYANAIR’S CHIEF executive Michael O’Leary spends much of his time criticising the Government, but when it comes to a second referendum…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Planned sale of 'Tuam Herald' not proceedingTHE PLANNED sale of the Tuam Herald newspaper in Galway to the Alpha Newspaper Group, which is controlled by John Taylor, is …Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Diageo seeks to cut 107 jobs in IrelandGLOBAL DRINKS giant Diageo is seeking 107 redundancies in Ireland as part of a £100 million global cost-reduction planWed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Nama to name winner of legal services tender todayTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency (Nama) is today due to announce the winner of a tender to provide legal services to the …Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Smart Telecom parent breached covenantsTHE PARENT company of Smart Telecom has breached financial covenants with lenders and is currently relying on extra funding provided…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Setanta director quits to avoid conflict of interestIRISH FINANCIER Barry Maloney stepped down from the board of troubled broadcaster Setanta Sports yesterday to avoid a potential…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Overheads hit after-tax profit at Kerry AirportKERRY AIRPORT’S after-tax profit fell last year by 40 per cent following a steep increase in its overheads.Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus confirms 25% cut in Shannon-US flightsAER LINGUS announced plans yesterday to cut its transatlantic services by 25 per cent this winter “as a first step to right-sizing…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
US industrialist throws Setanta £20m lifelineWEALTHY AMERICAN industrialist Len Blavatnik has thrown Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports a financial lifeline by offering to …Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Setanta Sports founders gain backer for £50m rescue dealSETANTA SPORTS founders Michael O’Rourke and Leonard Ryan have secured an international backer that could help them secure the…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Setanta Sports in £50m rescue bidSetanta Sports founders Michael O’Rourke and Leonard Ryan have found an international backer that could help them secure the …Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus to cut key routes from Shannon to the USAER LINGUS plans to cut all flights from Shannon airport to New York and Chicago from its winter schedule in a bid to stem its…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Eircom appoints Goldman Sachs to advise on saleEIRCOM HAS appointed investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise it on bids for the telecoms group by its listed Sydney-based parent…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Airlines fined over duty-exempt fuel usageIRISH AIRLINES Aer Lingus, Ryanair and Aer Arann were fined by the Revenue Commissioners earlier this year for the misuse of …Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Setanta says it has some 'live options' to prevent its collapseSETANTA SPORTS chances of avoiding being placed into administration later this week appeared to improve last night.Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Setanta Sports on brink of collapseTHE BACKERS of Dublin-based pay television group Setanta Sports were making concerted efforts last night to save the broadcaster…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Digicel dials into net profit for first time with $41m figureDENIS O’BRIEN’S Digicel mobile phone operation in the Caribbean entered the black last year for the first time since its launch…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus defeats Ryanair motions seeking pay cuts for board membersAER LINGUS yesterday defeated two motions from its largest shareholder Ryanair, which sought to reduce significantly the pay …Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Airline's 'most difficult period'AER LINGUS chairman Colm Barrington told shareholders yesterday that trading remained “extremely challenging” due to a “deteriorating…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus set to reduce directors' annual feesAER LINGUS is set to bow to pressure to reduce the annual fees paid to its board of directors.Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Irish ad agency snapped upGLOBAL ADVERTISING group Leo Burnett Associates has acquired the Irish-owned agency Larkin Partnership and plans to merge it …Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Department rejects Ryanair proxy claimTHE DEPARTMENT of Transport has rejected a claim made yesterday by Ryanair that Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey did not have…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
SR Technics to sell bulk of operation to Irish groupZURICH-BASED SR Technics has agreed to sell the bulk of its aircraft maintenance operation in north county Dublin to a group …Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Aer Rianta International wins duty free contract at Delhi airportAER RIANTA International (ARI), the Shannon-based airport retail specialist, has landed a lucrative 15-year contract to operate…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Ryanair's €169m annual loss is first in 20 yearsRYANAIR REPORTED its first full-year loss in 20 years yesterday after writing down the value of its 29Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Minister declines offer to act as proxyTRANSPORT MINISTER Noel Dempsey has declined Michael O’Leary’s offer for him to act as Ryanair’s proxy at Aer Lingus’s annual…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Planning for a long crunchTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW/Jon Moulton, managing partner, Alchemy Partners: THERE’S A board hanging on a wall in the London office…Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
€200,000 retrieved from RyanairAVIATION REGULATOR Cathal Guiomard told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs yesterday that his office…Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
Greencore shares slip 8.7% as profits and revenues fallSHARES IN Irish-listed food group Greencore declined by 8Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
C&C aims to boost cider sales with 10% price cut on BulmersLISTED DRINKS group C&C has decided to cut the price of a pint bottle of its Bulmers cider by 10 per cent in a bid to try…Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
Hanrahan acquires Carlton Screen Advertising from ITVIRISH MEDIA executive Dermot Hanrahan has acquired Carlton Screen Advertising, Ireland’s biggest cinema ad agency, from British…Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
Sky Sports to apologise to Irish viewers for non-registered textsBRITISH SATELLITE broadcaster Sky Sports will this morning issue an on-air apology to Irish viewers who were charged for text…Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
O'Leary pushes for cut in fees at Aer LingusRYANAIR HAS written to 4,000 shareholders of Aer Lingus to seek support at the former State-owned airline’s annual meeting on…Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
Ireland slipping in broadband leagueIRELAND SLIPPED one place last year in a league table of broadband penetration for 30 industrialised nations, according to the…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Britvic revenues decline by almost 14% as recession takes fizz out of salesDRINKS GROUP Britvic Ireland said yesterday that its revenues fell by 13Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus denies it has financial crisisAER LINGUS’S executive chairman Colm Barrington said yesterday that there was no chance of the airline going out of business …Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
24 leading business figures shortlisted for entrepreneur awardTWENTY FOUR leading business people in Ireland have been shortlisted for this year’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Melly seeks to acquire Eircom with higher offerTELECOMS ENTREPRENEUR Sean Melly has made a bid to acquire Eircom, The Irish Times has learned.Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Eircom names Donovan as new chief executiveEIRCOM has chosen former Vodafone executive Paul Donovan as its new chief executiveSat May 16 2009 - 01:00
ICG reports 25% decline in revenuesLISTED FERRY company Irish Continental Group (ICG) yesterday reported a 25 per cent decline in its revenues for the first four…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
SR Technics sells Dublin unit to sister firm in Abu DhabiSWISS GROUP SR Technics sold part of its Dublin aircraft maintenance business this week to an Abu Dhabi-based sister company, …Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
Musgrave profit down 20% to €75.5mCORK-BASED wholesale grocery group Musgrave expects further erosion in its profits this year as it attempts to help its retailers…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
