Setanta seeks to raise £159m for live soccer rightsIRISH PAY TV broadcaster Setanta Sports has hired London-based merchant bank Close Brothers to raise at least £159 million (€…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Sky beats Setanta in rights dealIRISH PAY TV broadcaster Setanta Sports was dealt a blow yesterday when the English Premier League announced that from the 2010…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
New fitness gym built for leaner timesWHILE MOST businesses are retrenching, 30-year-old Irish businessman Jamie Myerscough is planning to open more Educogym franchised…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Payzone to seek 27 redundanciesTROUBLED IRISH electronic payments firm Payzone is believed to be seeking 27 compulsory redundancies among its 93 workers at …Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Rights contest a nail-biter for SetantaSETANTA SPORTS’s backers must be more nervous right now than a goalkeeper preparing for a penalty shoot-out to decide who wins…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Digicel hits target on Caribbean job lossesDENIS O’BRIEN’S Digicel telecoms group has achieved its target of 450 voluntary redundancies across its Caribbean operations…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Shelbourne made a loss of €307,000 in 2007THE FIVE-STAR Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin made a loss of €307,000 in 2007, the year it reopened for business after a €125 million…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Setanta lodges bid for Premier matchesIRISH PAY television broadcaster Setanta Sports yesterday lodged a bid for rights to show live English Premier League football…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Aer Lingus directors agree to take 20% cut in feesAER LINGUS directors have agreed to take a voluntary 20 per cent cut in their annual fees in recognition of the current downturn…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Banks out of favour again in very light trading dayMARKET REPORT: ACTIVITY ON the Irish stock market yesterday mirrored that on the slushy streets and roads around the country…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Communicorp sale depresses Today FM profitsCOSTS ASSOCIATED with its sale to Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp Group in January 2008 depressed profits last year at national radio…Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair shares rise on profit forecastSHARES IN Ryanair rose 7 per cent yesterday after the airline predicted it would make a net profit after tax of €50-€80 million…Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Plans for Terminal 2 operator scrappedMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has scrapped plans to seek an operator for Terminal 2 (T2) at Dublin airport and decided …Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Hotel consortium buys property in BrusselsIRISH HOTEL operator Prem Group and Goodbody Stock- brokers have paid €27 million for an office block in central Brussels that…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Some newsagents to boycott 'Sunday Independent' in costs rowUP TO 400 newsagents around Ireland are expected to boycott selling the Sunday Independent newspaper this weekend as they escalate…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
McConnells forms new joint ventureMcCONNELL’S Media Group and Publicis Groupe Media have formed a joint venture that they claim will be Ireland’s biggest advertising…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
One more thingCountdown towards 4FM launch; plan for transatlantic service hits turbulence; operator of Dublin airport’s Terminal 2 not yet…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Servisair pay freeze and possible job cutsTHE AVIATION services company Servisair has implemented a pay freeze for its near 300 staff at Dublin airport and has signalled…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Dublin airport passenger traffic to fall, says authorityTHE DUBLIN Airport Authority expects passenger traffic at Dublin airport to decline by 3-4 per cent this year as consumers feel…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Aer Lingus staff warned of another bid from RyanairAER LINGUS’S senior executives warned staff yesterday that they expected Ryanair to make another bid for the airline sometime…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Eircom chief announces intention to step down from postEIRCOM CHIEF executive Rex Comb will step down from his post in June and return to his native Australia with his family to pursue…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair concedes bid for rival overRYANAIR HAS accepted defeat in its latest bid for Aer Lingus after the Government rejected its €748 million offer for the airline…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Heavey's bravery deserving of creditTULLOW OIL chief Aidan Heavey clearly has nerves of steelFri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Aer Lingus in deal with UnitedAER LINGUS yesterday announced a transatlantic partnership with United Airlines that will see the pair operate a daily service…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Superquinn to shed 400 jobs as sales slumpSUPERQUINN PLANS to proceed with three store openings in Dublin this year in spite of announcing 400 redundancies yesterday and…Thu Jan 22 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair wants DAA chairman to resign over AngloRYANAIR CALLED yesterday for Gary McGann to resign as chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) in the wake of his decision…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Unions angered by Bus Éireann cutbacksTRADE UNIONS reacted angrily yesterday to Bus Éireann’s confirmation that it intends to make 322 of its 2,700 staff redundant…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Bus Éireann seeks 320 job cuts to break evenBUS ÉIREANN is planning to make about 320 staff redundant and take about 150 buses off the road as part of a major restructuring…Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
Diageo puts €650m investment on holdDIAGEO’S PLAN to invest €650 million in new brewery operations in Ireland has been put on ice due to the sharp deterioration …Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair rejects bid for privacy on takeover hearingRYANAIR HAS rejected a request from the Irish Takeover Panel that their legal dispute should be held in private when the case…Mon Jan 19 2009 - 00:00
United Drug chief to earn €480,000UNITED DRUG chief executive Liam Fitzgerald is set to earn €480,000 on October 1st this year under the terms of a long-term incentive…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Aer Lingus and Ryanair forced to clarify statementsAER LINGUS and Ryanair have both been forced by the Irish Takeover Panel to clarify statements they made in relation to the increasingly…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Payzone announces loss of €206m for 12 monthsDUBLIN-BASED electronic payments group Payzone yesterday announced total losses of €206 million for the 12 months to the end …Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Dublin Bus to cut jobs and services in radical planDUBLIN BUS plans to reduce its fleet by more than 100 buses and cut at least 250 jobs as part of a radical restructuring plan…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
O'Brien's Digicel to cut workforce in Caribbean by 10%DENIS O’BRIEN plans to trim his 4,500-strong Digicel workforce in the Caribbean by 10 per cent by the end of February as part…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
RTÉ head-to-head airline debate cancelled on legal groundsA PLAN by RTÉ’s current affairs programme, Prime Time, to air a head-to-head debate last night between Aer Lingus chief executive…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
Directors at Waterford were paid 31% moreDIRECTORS AT Waterford Crystal were paid 31 per cent more by the company in its last full financial year before it collapsed …Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
EU sets deadline for review of Ryanair takeover planTHE EUROPEAN Commission has set a deadline of February 12th for the conclusion of its phase one investigation into Ryanair’s …Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
Minister supports Aer Lingus egm over MannionMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey is prepared to support the calling of an extraordinary general meeting (egm) of Aer Lingus…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Nearly €8m loss for Black Shore HoldingsONE MORE THING: Tricky times for Galway-based businessman John Sweeney, whose Black Shore Holdings group recorded a bottom-line…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair flying high over appealONE MORE THING: WHAT IS rare is beautiful, so, having lost a number of jousts with aviation regulator Cathal Guiomard, Ryanair…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Is tide about to turn for Chadwick's marina?ONE MORE THING: The tide seems to have come in for Michael Chadwick's investment in Dún Laoghaire MarinaFri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair lodges complaint over Aer Lingus claimsRYANAIR HAS lodged a complaint with the Irish Takeover Panel over claims made by Aer Lingus in a stock exchange announcement …Thu Jan 08 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair demands Aer Lingus egm over executive contractsRYANAIR YESTERDAY demanded that an extraordinary general meeting (egm) of Aer Lingus shareholders be held to debate recent changes…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
CityJet loses €16.2m despite 12.4% rise in turnoverCITYJET REPORTED a loss of €16.2 million in the year to the end of March 2008 in spite of a 12.4 per cent rise in turnover.Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Claret Capital to lay off several staffDUBLIN-BASED private equity group Claret Capital is expected to make a number of its 37 staff redundant in the new year due to…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Quinlan hires Lazard to raise funds for hotel group expansion plansIRISH FINANCIER Derek Quinlan has hired investment bank Lazard to identify opportunities on how he might expand his London-based…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
New head of Ely may sell on property sites after €39m takeoverIRISH BUSINESSMAN Philip Marley said he will look at selling on some of the property sites owned by student accommodation provider…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Sale of 'Tuam Herald' to MNG earns two cousins up to €7mTWO GALWAY-BASED cousins, Iain and David Burke, are set to net €6-7 million from the sale of the Tuam Herald regional newspaper…Wed Dec 24 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus issues formal rejection of Ryanair bidAER LINGUS yesterday formally rebuffed Ryanair's recent €748 million cash offer for the company.Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
