Councillors back Doolin pier planCONTENTIOUS PLANS to construct a €6 million pier at Doolin yesterday received the unanimous approval of Clare’s councillors in…Tue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Clare county manager backs plan for Doolin pierCLARE COUNTY manager Tom Coughlan is to recommend to councillors today that they approve contentious plans for a €6 million pier…Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
Gardaí presented with 'rendition' flight dossiersANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS dressed in orange Guantanamo-style jumpsuits yesterday delivered two wheelbarrows of dossiers to Shannon gardaí…Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Solicitor says judge's practice 'degrading'A SOLICITOR yesterday challenged a judge’s practice of requiring defendants to give sworn oral evidence in open court on their…Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Mulryan firm lost €58.8m over two-year periodA SEÁN Mulryan-controlled house-building firm recorded combined losses of €58Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Council paid boom prices for land for M7FARMERS ALONG the final phase of the M7 linking Dublin to Limerick have benefited from five-year-old property boom prices with…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
Corncrake population rises to 133THE BATTLE to save the corncrake from national extinction received a boost last year with the first increase in corncrake numbers…Mon Mar 14 2011 - 00:00
Rail route numbers lowPASSENGERS NUMBERS on the long-anticipated first phase of the Western Rail Corridor are falling far short of projections made…Thu Mar 10 2011 - 00:00
Burren farmers to get €300,000 for growing flowersPAYMENTS TOTALLING almost €300,000 have been approved for Burren farmers for producing rare and wild Burren flowers as part of…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Grealish firm had losses over €150,000A COMPANY owned by re-elected Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish recorded losses of more than €150,000 last year and has…Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
DAA chief accuses O'Leary of trying to insult Shannon airport's interestsTHE CHAIRMAN of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), David Dilger, has accused Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary of trying…Thu Mar 03 2011 - 00:00
Barnardos raises €8.5m fundingONE OF IRELAND’S best known children’s charities, Barnardos, has bucked the trend in the recession by increasing the amount it…Tue Mar 01 2011 - 00:00
Hiqa critical of HSE-run nursing homeINDEPENDENT INSPECTORS have uncovered several “unacceptable practices” at a Health Service Executive (HSE)-operated nursing home…Tue Mar 01 2011 - 00:00
Auditors add disclaimer to Instore accountsAUDITORS FOR the main company of the Instore group have provided a disclaimer as to whether the company’s financial statements…Mon Feb 28 2011 - 00:00
Man sent 'ominous' texts to psychologistA JUDGE has described texts and e-mails sent by a man to a Co Clare-based clinical psychologist as “chilling, disturbing and …Thu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
Ashford Castle recorded combined pretax losses of €39m in 2008, 2009ONE OF the country’s best-known hotels, the five-star Ashford Castle in Co Mayo, recorded combined pretax losses totalling €39…Wed Feb 23 2011 - 00:00
Junior doctor paid more than €136,000 in overtimeONE JUNIOR doctor in the midwest last year received more than €136,000 in overtime payments, the Health Service Executive (HSE…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
Steamboat property firm in Nama talksSTEAMBOAT, THE loss-making property development group co- owned by former Irish rugby team manager Pat Whelan, is in discussions…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Cheap Cliffs of Moher pass fails to attract localsA CUT-PRICE deal for Clare residents to view the Cliffs of Moher has had a limited take-up, it was confirmed yesterday.Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Milano pizza chain sustains 3% drop in profits to €3.3mTHE COMPANY that operates the chain of Milano restaurants in Ireland last year sustained a 3 per cent drop in pretax profits …Thu Feb 17 2011 - 00:00
Salmon fishermen fined for breaking Shannon banA SALMON drift net fisherman said yesterday that “it is like a death in the family not being able to fish in the Shannon estuary…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Councillor conference expenses questionedTHE STATE’S local government auditor has raised questions over the spending of €48,000 by Clare councillors in attending three…Mon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Hertz in Dublin fall 32%PRETAX PROFITS at the Dublin-based European Services Centre for car-hire giant Hertz fell by 32 per cent to €7Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Concern over speech therapyCONCERN WAS expressed yesterday over the service being provided to children requiring speech and language therapy across the …Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Online poker company to create 100 new jobsA DUBLIN-based subsidiary of the world’s second largest online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, has confirmed the creation of a further…Wed Feb 02 2011 - 00:00
Lawyers received €54.2m through criminal legal aid schemePAYMENTS TO the country’s barristers and solicitors through the criminal legal aid scheme last year totalled €54Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Columnist who gave her readers glimpse of the Burren calls it a dayTWENTY-FOUR years after her first “Country Diary” appeared in the London Guardian newspaper, one of the Burren’s best-known residents…Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
Property firm McNamara co-owns incurs €15.5m lossA PROPERTY development company that developer Bernard McNamara co-owns with two other Co Clare developers incurred a loss of €…Thu Jan 27 2011 - 00:00
€51.5m loss at CityJet despite increase in passengersLOSSES REMAINED high at Dublin-based airline CityJet last year despite an increase in passenger numbers.Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Argos decline 17% to €23mPRETAX PROFITS at the Irish unit of British catalogue and online retailer Argos last year fell by 17 per cent to €23Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Exceptional costs see pretax losses at Kylemore riseEXCEPTIONAL COSTS resulted in pretax losses increasing at restaurant and catering group Kylemore by nearly fivefold to €1Wed Jan 19 2011 - 00:00
Airline aims to double in size: Aer Arann to employ 50 more staffAER ARANN's chief executive Paul Schutz said yesterday that the airline intended to employ an additional 50 staff this year and…Tue Jan 18 2011 - 00:00
Hillery to join Dooley on Fianna Fáil ticketDR JOHN Hillery, the son of former president Dr Patrick Hillery, was yesterday selected by Fianna Fáil to contest the four-seat…Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
O'Driscoll wedding helped put Lough Rynn in profitTHE STAGING of the Brian O’Driscoll-Amy Huberman wedding reception at the five-star Lough Rynn Castle contributed to the hotel…Sat Jan 15 2011 - 00:00
Lyrath hotel made loss of more than €1m in 2009LYRATH ESTATE Hotel made a loss of more than €1 million in 2009, documents filed by its auditor disclose.Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Altera's Irish arm fall 44%PRETAX PROFITS at the Cork-based Irish arm of the US-owned Altera dropped by 44 per cent to $12 million (€9Tue Jan 11 2011 - 00:00
Teacher's guilty plea to sex offencesA CO Clare school teacher yesterday pleaded guilty to 14 sexual offences against a teenage girl.Tue Jan 11 2011 - 00:00
Revenues down 75.7% at Laing O'Rourke IrelandTHE IRISH arm of construction and engineering giant Laing O’Rourke went into the red last year as revenues plunged and its workforce…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Baby injured during assault on mother, court toldA SENIOR garda has told a court that a 10-month-old baby boy sustained “very, very serious injuries” during an assault on the…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Symantec's Irish division reports €73m pretax profitTHE IRISH arm of internet security company Symantec returned to profit last year to record pretax profits of €73 million in spite…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Avoca pretax profits increase four-foldPRETAX PROFITS at family-owned retailer Avoca increased more than four-fold to €1Sat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
Clare company to cut 50 jobsCo Clare company Finsa Forest Products today announced the redundancy of 50 of its staff due to a collapse in its business.Fri Jan 07 2011 - 00:00
Man pleads guilty to harassing managerA 36-YEAR-OLD Co Clare man yesterday pleaded guilty to the harassment of a Dublin-based property manager.Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Euro Car Parks' profits down 39%PRE-TAX PROFITS at a private car-park operator at hospitals and shopping centres across the country dropped by 39 per cent in…Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Bench warrant issued for womanAN EAST Clare woman is to plead guilty to causing a breach to the peace by sending Mass cards for the dead to three different…Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
'Excellent 2010' for noted Cork five-star hotelONE OF Cork city’s best known hotels, the five-star Hayfield Manor, had “an excellent 2010” that exceeded its performance in …Tue Jan 04 2011 - 00:00
Bard Shannon profits decline to €75mPRETAX PROFITS at the Irish subsidiary of US-owned healthcare manufacturer CR Bard fell in 2009 by 32 per cent to $100Tue Jan 04 2011 - 00:00
Option Wireless Irish division posts pretax loss of €15.6mOPERATING LOSSES at the Irish arm of wireless technology manufacturer, Option Wireless increased twelvefold to €15Mon Jan 03 2011 - 00:00
Musicians paid almost €36m in royalties for 2009ROYALTIES PAID to musicians by the Irish Music Rights Organisation Ltd (Imro) last year increased by 5 per cent to €35Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00
Profits soar at in-flight catering firmREVENUE AT Shannon-based in-flight catering firm EFG Inflight fell by €600,000 in the 12 months to the end of May due to the …Wed Dec 29 2010 - 00:00
