Irish firms can prepare all accounts to new IAS normsAll companies are free from next year to prepare their accounts according to new international standards that will allow for …Sat May 22 2004 - 01:00
Golden Pages up for saleDutch media group VNU has announced it is to sell its World Directories unit, which includes the Irish Golden Pages business.Wed May 19 2004 - 01:00
Eurofood liquidator prepares for Parmalat court rowsThe liquidator to the Irish Parmalat subsidiary, Eurofood, Mr Pearse Farrell, is preparing for a number of court battles with…Wed May 19 2004 - 01:00
AES hires Davys to deal with approachesOne of the larger waste management businesses in the State has appointed Davys to deal with approaches from would-be investors…Tue May 18 2004 - 01:00
Harney calls for reimbursementsAIB should establish what customers were overcharged for foreign exchange transactions, even if a lot of costly work was involved…Sat May 08 2004 - 01:00
Overcharged AIB customers hard to identifyThe overcharging by AIB between 1996 and April 2004 occurred in three separate categories of foreign exchange transaction, the…Sat May 08 2004 - 01:00
Proposed safety legislation could see employers fined or prosecutedPeople who commission, procure or construct a place of work will have to appoint a competent person to ensure construction is…Thu May 06 2004 - 01:00
Demand for CNG shares high before AIM floatThe planned flotation of shares worth £22Thu May 06 2004 - 01:00
Ireland must adapt to live with success - DesmondIreland has to better learn how to live with its successful entrepreneurs, the multi-millionaire financier Mr Dermot Desmond …Fri Apr 30 2004 - 01:00
Consumers pay for barriers to careersThe Tánaiste Ms Harney has against strongly criticised the professions, saying there are too many barriers to entry and that …Fri Apr 30 2004 - 01:00
Coillte profits rise by 36% to €25.5m in 2003Coillte, the State forestry group, has reported a strong increase in profits for 2003, when the group made €25.5 million.Thu Apr 29 2004 - 01:00
Bula director fails to file report on company with High CourtThe remaining director of Bula Resources plc has failed to file a statement of affairs for the company as ordered by the High…Wed Apr 28 2004 - 01:00
Enhanced credit union rules urgedDifficulties at the credit unions in Firhouse in Dublin and Mitchelstown in Co Cork reinforced the clear need for enhanced regulation…Wed Apr 28 2004 - 01:00
Ardee shopping centre to create 100 new jobsPlanning permission has been given for a €26 million shopping centre in Ardee, Co Louth, which the developers say will provide…Mon Apr 26 2004 - 01:00
Call to protect movement's unique featuresAttempts by legislators and regulators at Government and European level to regard credit unions as "mere carbon copies" of other…Mon Apr 26 2004 - 01:00
Small firms upbeat on rise in staff levelsBusiness optimism among small and medium-sized firms is at its highest since the beginning of 2001, according to ISME, the organisation…Mon Apr 26 2004 - 01:00
Tough fines for late filersThe Companies Registration Office (CRO) is introducing a new regime of fines and other measures aimed at increasing compliance…Sat Apr 24 2004 - 01:00
Investors to pocket large gains in Eontec €84m saleA banking software company based in Dublin has been sold for up to $100 million (€84 million) in one of the largest ever Irish…Wed Apr 21 2004 - 01:00
$100m paid for Dublin software companyA banking software company based in the East Point Business Park, Dublin, has been sold for up to $100 million (€83Wed Apr 21 2004 - 01:00
Department complains over science council feesThe Department of Finance complained about the level of fees being paid to members of the Irish Council for Science, Technology…Tue Apr 20 2004 - 01:00
Revenue has set up special branch to monitor large firmsA special division of the Revenue is monitoring the affairs of the largest 343 businesses in the State, all of which have annual…Thu Apr 15 2004 - 01:00
Revenue monitors large-turnover firmsThe Revenue Commissioners are monitoring 343 companies and partnerships with annual turnovers of more than €125 million, a conference…Thu Apr 15 2004 - 01:00
Newcourt raises €8m in placingNewcourt, the security and recruitment services group, has raised €8 million in new equity through a private placing.Wed Apr 14 2004 - 01:00
Speedy negotiations swung Savoy deal for QuinlanThe €1.13 billion purchase of the Savoy hotel group in London by Quinlan Private was done in just three weeksFri Apr 09 2004 - 01:00
Investors swoop overseas as local options dry upThe upsurge in interest in commercial property in the UK and beyond is prompted by the Irish economic boom and the dearth of …Fri Apr 09 2004 - 01:00
Tribunal's diet of gourmet Gruel and coffee costs taxpayers €11,000Taxpayers are spending thousands of euro buying lunch and coffee and other necessities for the Moriarty tribunal team.Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
From financial adviser to high-flierDerek Quinlan has gone from strength to strength to become a major deal-maker, writes Colm KeenaTue Apr 06 2004 - 01:00
Phone licence inquiry to endMoriarty Tribunal: The chairman said the tribunal's inquiry into the 1995 second mobile phone licence competition will end during…Sat Apr 03 2004 - 01:00
Witness was surprised Esat Digifone won licenceMoriarty Tribunal: A former programme manager in the Rainbow Coalition said he expressed surprise when he heard that Esat Digifone…Sat Apr 03 2004 - 01:00
Banks concerned at replacementThree banks originally associated with the Esat Digifone bid for the State's second mobile phone licence expressed concern about…Fri Apr 02 2004 - 01:00
O'Reilly had 'no malice towards Lowry'The chairman of Independent News & Media (IN&M), Sir Anthony O'Reilly, has told the Moriarty tribunal he was not motivated…Thu Apr 01 2004 - 01:00
Inquiry made on 'pirates' policySir Anthony O'Reilly asked the then taoiseach Mr John Bruton in a letter in September 1996 if it was his government's policy …Thu Apr 01 2004 - 01:00
O'Reilly denies role in election day editorialThe chairman of Independent News & Media (IN&M), Sir Anthony O'Reilly, said the Rainbow Coalition was not given hostile…Thu Apr 01 2004 - 01:00
Bruton had sought inquiry into licenceFormer taoiseach Mr John Bruton asked that an inquiry be carried out into the 1995 mobile phone licence competition process after…Wed Mar 31 2004 - 01:00
O'Reilly was seen as likely winnerUS companies involved in a bid for the State's second mobile phone licence felt confident they would win because Sir Anthony …Wed Mar 31 2004 - 01:00
Esat win a 'surprise' for leaders of FG, Labour, DLThe leaders of the three parties in the Rainbow Coalition expressed surprise when told that Esat Digifone had won the 1995 mobile…Wed Mar 31 2004 - 01:00
Donlon told of risk of O'Reilly newspaper hostilityThe former senior adviser to the Rainbow Coalition, Mr Seán Donlon, has told the tribunal he was left in no doubt about Independent…Wed Mar 31 2004 - 01:00
Bula liquidator aids ODCE inquiryThe official liquidator appointed to Bula Resources is co-operating with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (…Mon Mar 29 2004 - 01:00
O'Reilly 'was unhappy' at not getting licenceThe former senior adviser to the rainbow coalition, Mr Seán Donlon, is to tell the Moriarty tribunal tomorrow about two occasions…Mon Mar 29 2004 - 01:00
Executive 'upset' cheque for Esat went to FGMoriarty Tribunal: An executive with the Norwegian firm, Telenor, said he was "shocked and upset" when he heard that a cheque…Sat Mar 27 2004 - 00:00
Persona chairman and Desmond met - witnessMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: An associate of the chairman of Persona told the Moriarty tribunal he witnessed him having a conversation…Fri Mar 26 2004 - 00:00
State lost Motorola investment, Bruton was told in letterMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: Ireland went from the top to the bottom of the list of countries earmarked for investment by Motorola following…Fri Mar 26 2004 - 00:00
Losing side in licence contest set to sue StateMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: The chairman of the consortium that came second in the 1995 mobile phone licence competition told the tribunal…Thu Mar 25 2004 - 00:00
Civil servant favoured bringing in Desmond as Esat partnerMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: The former secretary general of the Department of the Taoiseach, Mr Pádraig Ó hUiginn, described financier…Thu Mar 25 2004 - 00:00
Bruton tells how coalition was pressured by O'ReillyThe former taoiseach, Mr John Bruton, has spoken for the first time in detail about pressure from Sir Anthony O'Reilly and Independent…Wed Mar 24 2004 - 00:00
Irish hotel booking company plans AIM flotationA software and hotels reservation company based in Kenmare, Co Kerry, is to float on London's Alternative Investment Market in…Mon Mar 22 2004 - 00:00
ESOT chief rejects claim of excessive earningsMr Con Scanlon, the deputy chairman of Eircom, has said he does not see any unmanageable conflict of interest between his position…Mon Mar 22 2004 - 00:00
Inquiry into Bula directors' meetingA meeting of Bula directors, which approved a deal in Bahrain that cost the former plc approximately €1Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:00
Fast prosecution sought for Parmalat unit's ex-directorsTwo Italian former directors of the Irish Parmalat subsidiary Eurofood IFSC are among 29 top executives whom Milan prosecutors…Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:00
Radio deal breaks mergers lawThe Competition Authority has decided that the acquisition of a majority stake in NewsTalk 106 by Mr Denis O'Brien's Radio 2000…Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:00
