Family `destitute' after firm's collapseA director of a grain merchants in business since the 1830s said yesterday his family was "destitute" following the collapse …Sat Dec 02 2000 - 00:00
Deal with former chief executive driven by pragmatism, says BulaBula Resources chief executive Mr John Hogan yesterday said reaching an agreement with former chairman and chief executive Mr…Fri Dec 01 2000 - 00:00
ICC sale to net staff £100,000Employees in ICC Bank are likely to receive shares worth in excess of £100,000 (€127,000) each if the sale of the State-owned…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
ESRI finds 50% of job schemes have no effectSeven out of 14 education and training programmes had no discernible effect on the subsequent employability of participants, …Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
US firm may sue Bula-linked companyA company based in the United States had a disastrous involvement in the 1990s with the same Russian oil company at the heart…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Bula legal action against Stanley likely to be settledTalks between Bula Resources and its former chairman and managing director, Mr Jim Stanley, are expected to result in the settlement…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
Russian links that spelt only trouble for Irish oil companyA former executive with the Russian company at the heart of the Bula Resources scandal was shot dead last year when gunmen opened…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
Weak euro cost Concern £1.27mRelief and development agency Concern has said the weakness of the euro cost it £1.27 million (€1Fri Nov 17 2000 - 00:00
Development to get 25% boost next yearThe Overseas Development Assistance Programme next year is to get a 25 per cent increase on this year's allocation.Fri Nov 17 2000 - 00:00
Banking regulators ignored early warning signalsA senior Central Bank official this week told the Moriarty tribunal he did not wish, in his evidence on the monitoring of Guinness…Fri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
Seminar for potential investors is cancelledPeople claiming to be representatives of an unauthorised investment firm who were hosting seminars for potential investors went…Thu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
Business group to submit CRH had unfair level of dominanceA group representing former owners of quarries and cement businesses is preparing a submission to the Moriarty tribunal urging…Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
Tax revenue up as percentage of GDPTax revenue as a proportion of gross domestic product rose in most OECD member-states during the 1990s, including the Republic…Fri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
Former CIE staff ask to give evidence to Oireachtas groupFour former CIE employees who now work for Modern Networks Ltd (MNL) have written to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public…Fri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
Settlements lift DIRT clawback to £163.8mThe tally of payments made by financial institutions arising out of the DIRT tax affair is now running at £163Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
CIE chief's salary rise not submitted for required ministerial approvalThe salary of CIE's chief executive was increased from about £100,000 (€127,065) to £181,952 earlier this year without the required…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Fibre-optic deal could cost taxpayer millionsAllowing Esat Telecom to lay fibre-optic cables along the rail network has added millions to the cost of Iarnrod Eireann's new…Fri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
Head of firm was on CIE, rail boardA former non-executive director of CIE and Iarnrod Eireann is now chairman of Modern Networks Ltd (MNL), the Dublin company involved…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Medical team anxious that stress should stop `as soon as possible'Former Taoiseach Mr Charles Haughey is terminally ill with prostate cancer and should not be called again to give evidence to…Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
No `precipitous' ruling to be made in relation to HaugheyThe chairman, Mr Justice Moriarty, said he will not make a "precipitous" ruling in relation to Mr Charles Haughey giving further…Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
Concerns deepen about Haughey's healthThe legal team for Mr Charles Haughey is to attend a sitting of the Moriarty tribunal this morning amid growing speculation about…Mon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
Carroll increases holding in DunloeThere was further trading in Dunloe Ewart stock yesterday, with 3Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
3,600 companies named on latest strike-off listAbout 3,600 companies are on the latest strike-off list issued by the Companies Registration Office, the first list to be published…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Jones picks up £292,973 for Dunloe stakeEntrepreneur and former accountant Mr Tom Jones made a profit of £292,973 (€371,999) from the sale on Wednesday of 18Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Haughey company listed for strike offCeltic Helicopters Maintenance & Services, a subsidiary of Celtic Helicopters, has been listed for strike off by the Companies…Thu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Carroll nudges Dunloe stake over 20%Reclusive builder Mr Liam Carroll, of Zoe Developments, has bought a further 18Thu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Intel gets permission for £1.6bn extension of its Leixlip plantA decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission to Intel for a £1Tue Oct 10 2000 - 01:00
Ross ineligible for immediate releaseThe Cork-born financier, Finbarr Ross (55), has been informed by the Northern Ireland Prison Service that it will not take into…Tue Oct 10 2000 - 01:00
Four Seasons firm involved in Budapest projectThe firm which put together the investors behind the £60 million (€76Sat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
Unemployment rate clocks in at 3.8%Live register figures for the end of September, released yesterday, show the largest monthly drop since figures were first collated…Sat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
Enforcement body to tackle abuse of lawThe office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, to be established by the Company Law Enforcement Bill, currently on its …Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
Defaulters in £4.25m tax settlementsA building company based in Naas, Co Kildare, which made a £1 million (€1Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
First Active shares rise as insurer buys its British businessFirst Active is to sell 60 per cent of its UK business, First Active Financial, to a Birmingham-based UK insurance company, Britannic…Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Rise in property prices in Republic 85% higher than in nearest rivalThe increase in residential property prices in the Republic from 1995 to 1999 was 85 per cent ahead of Finland and Holland, its…Tue Aug 29 2000 - 01:00
Dermot Desmond `certain' IFSC will move in 10 yearsFinancier Mr Dermot Desmond has said he is "certain" that in 10 years' time the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Government rejects Desmond's plan for `ecosphere' in docksFinancier Mr Dermot Desmond has been told by the Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, the State will not back his proposal for …Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Investors offer `contribution' towards hotel costsThe investors set to buy the Four Seasons along with the hotel group itself have offered to make a "substantial contribution" …Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Developer had a £3m claim on top hotel dealA director of one of the development companies building the Four Seasons hotel in Dublin at one stage had a call (claim) over…Fri Aug 25 2000 - 01:00
Virgin Islands firm was to receive £3m from Four SeasonsA company with links to the British Virgin Islands was to receive £3 million (€3Thu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
Hotel group had £3m guarantee on cost overrunsThe Four Seasons Hotel Group signed a £3 million guarantee to fund cost overruns in relation to the construction of the proposed…Wed Aug 23 2000 - 01:00
Rehabilitation costs falling - reportAn independent report compiled for the rehabilitation company, Gandon Enterprises, estimates that the net operational cost to…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Hotel backers may be asked to provide fundsThe 10 Irish businessmen and lawyers behind the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin, are to be asked by the receiver appointed…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Investors won't pay out for completion of hotelThe investors due to buy the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin, have ruled out making a financial contribution towards…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Receiver may be put into cash-strapped hotel firmACCBank and its partner banks involved in funding the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin, were in talks all day yesterday…Thu Aug 17 2000 - 01:00
British Virgin Islands company involved in Ballsbridge projectA British Virgin Islands company forms part of the complex legal structure put in place for the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge…Thu Aug 17 2000 - 01:00
New entity may be set up by banks for Four SeasonsA new legal entity to replace the development company behind the Four Seasons hotel in Ballsbridge is one of the options available…Wed Aug 16 2000 - 01:00
Inspectors launch `blitz' on wage ratesNew labour inspectors with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have launched a three-month "blitz" to monitor …Tue Aug 15 2000 - 01:00
Company `has no funds' to complete Dublin hotelThe development company building the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin has no funds to complete the project, according…Tue Aug 15 2000 - 01:00
Rogue investment intermediaries push foreign exchange schemesOne in ten of the unauthorised investment intermediaries cold-calling in the Republic are urging people to invest in foreign …Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
