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
IEC Holdings sees losses of Eur4.7mIEC Holdings, the freight forwarding and supply chain management group, made a loss of €4Thu Mar 18 2004 - 00:00
Company secretary set to help regulator with Bula investigationThe former company secretary of Bula Resources has said he is available to assist detectives from the Office of the Director …Wed Mar 17 2004 - 00:00
EU shoppers hesitate to go online - ByrneConsumers continue to have little confidence in e-commerce, European Commissioner Mr David Byrne told a conference on the topic…Tue Mar 16 2004 - 00:00
Company produced plenty of news but little oilBula Resources, placed in liquidation by the High Court yesterday, produced a lot of headlines over the years but little gas …Tue Mar 16 2004 - 00:00
Credit union league in fresh bid to develop IT platformThe Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) is conducting pilot projects with a view to developing a new IT platform for its members…Fri Mar 12 2004 - 00:00
Usit liquidator gets EUR744,305 for two-year stintLiquidator's fees of €744,305 were charged by Mr Ray Jackson of KPMG during a two-year period as liquidator to Usit Ltd, according…Fri Mar 12 2004 - 00:00
Grass-roots movement struggles to come to terms with a changing financial worldBottles flying through the air at an annual general meeting is not the sort of image most associate with successful financial…Fri Mar 12 2004 - 00:00
VHI to oppose risk equalisation decisionThe VHI has said it will strenuously argue against a preliminary finding of the Health Insurance Agency (HIA) that could lead…Wed Mar 10 2004 - 00:00
Family firms failing in succession plansA survey of family businesses has found that only 51 per cent have a formal succession plan in place.Wed Mar 10 2004 - 00:00
Irish Equitable clients unlikely to get compensationIrish holders of policies from Equitable Life are to receive letters this week from the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority…Wed Mar 10 2004 - 00:00
Barclays' two Irish subsidiaries account for 5% of group's profitProfits at two Dublin-based insurance subsidiaries of the Barclays group accounted for more than 5 per cent of the group's total…Tue Mar 09 2004 - 00:00
Bula's wind-up deferred as firm hopes to relist on exchangesThe winding up of Bula Resources has been deferred to next week amid claims that efforts are being made to have the company re…Tue Mar 09 2004 - 00:00
Desmond makes most of Esat licence winOpinion: The point is sometimes made about Denis O'Brien that he was given the State's second mobile phone licence, sold it …Mon Mar 08 2004 - 00:00
SC withdraws 'disgrace' remark over proceedingsMoriarty Tribunal: Counsel for Mr Denis O'Brien described aspects of the tribunal's proceedings as a "disgrace" but later withdrew…Sat Mar 06 2004 - 00:00
O'Brien hung up during tense talks with Telenor about shareholdingsMoriarty Tribunal: Mr Denis O'Brien hung up during a telephone conversation with a senior Telenor colleague during tense negotiations…Fri Mar 05 2004 - 00:00
Chairman in stout defence of tribunal lawyerThe chairman of the tribunal, Mr Justice Moriarty, said that he had no hesitancy about accepting the "utter bona fides" and integrity…Thu Mar 04 2004 - 00:00
Witness says no massive conspiracy over Esat dealA person would have to believe a "massive conspiracy" took place within a number of levels of the public service to believe Esat…Thu Mar 04 2004 - 00:00
