'Ghost town' fears for Shannon airport after Ryanair threatANY MOVE by Ryanair to reduce its Shannon airport base by 75 per cent “would turn the airport into a ghost town”, it has been…Mon Oct 26 2009 - 00:00
Irish arm of Nokia increases pre-tax profit by 63%THE IRISH arm of mobile phone giant Nokia last year increased pre-tax profits by 63 per cent to €11.1 million.Sat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
Shock tactics: shopowner hits backTHE OWNER of a music shop in Ennis, Co Clare, has decided to take strong action against the misbehaviour of drunken revellers…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Plan for Ennis youth cafe defendedTHE MANAGER of Ennis Town Council yesterday roundly rejected claims a new youth cafe for Ennis will be used as a methadone clinic…Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:00
Yahoo's Irish subsidiary's pre-tax profits down €15mTHE MAIN Irish subsidiary of internet giant Yahoo last year sustained a 19 per cent drop in pre-tax profits from €76 million …Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Council to 'freeze' zoned land in EnnisCLARE COUNTY Council is set to “freeze” more than 4,000 acres from development in response to Department of Environment concerns…Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Zero sales of costly reports in IrishA LOCAL authority has failed to sell one copy of three different development plans translated into Irish over the past four years…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Refusal makes Shannon scheme 'no longer viable'A PROPOSED €60 million retail park for Shannon that was expected to create 600 jobs is no longer viable, according to one of …Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus announces 102 job losses at ShannonAer Lingus is proposing to remove the company’s US base at Shannon airport with the loss of 102 cabin crew jobs in the airline…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Draft guidelines on planning in midwestTHE AMOUNT of large-scale retail development built or submitted for the midwest meets all requirements for the next 13 yearsWed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Fruit of the Loom records €23.7m lossCONTINUING COSTS relating to the phased closure of Fruit of the Loom’s Irish operation and transfer to Morocco pushed the clothing…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Clare stalactite cave to get visitor centreTHE PROMOTERS of Pol an Ionain cave in north Clare, which contains reputedly the largest free-hanging stalactite in the world…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Burren's 'mini-dolmen' trend criticisedTHE FAD among tourists of building little replica dolmens from the stones in the Burren area of Co Clare has been deplored by…Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Operating loss at Rusal Aughinish tops $40mOPERATING LOSSES at Rusal Aughinish last year topped $40 million in spite of the company increasing turnover by 25 per cent to…Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
Outcome of vote as important as accession to EU, says CowenBUSINESS BRIEFING: THE DECISION voters will make in Friday’s referendum will be as important as the one voters made in the EU…Tue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
Council may face €500,000 water fineCLARE COUNTY Council faces a potential €500,000 fine for allowing water untreated for the parasite, cryptosporidium, into the…Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
Golf club welcomes right of way voteTHE GENERAL manager of Doonbeg golf club has admitted that the costs incurred by the golf club in a right of way dispute at the…Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
Clare council set to vote on erasing golf club right of wayMEMBERS OF Clare County Council are set to end a long running dispute at Doonbeg golf club by voting to extinguish a contentious…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
4,000-year-old arrowhead found in Burren excavationARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE discovered evidence of what could be the oldest habitation site in the Burren dating back 4,500 years at …Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Workers' input urged on survival planWORKERS AT Element Six have been told that there is a real prospect of only statutory redundancy for a much bigger number than…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Farmers back in vogue at LisdoonvarnaFARMERS, AT the expense of builders, are back in vogue with women looking for romance at this year’s Lisdoonvarna match-making…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Over 170 Element Six workers in protest over closure letterMORE THAN 170 workers at Element Six yesterday staged a lunchtime protest in response to a letter from the company’s chief executive…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Clare council diverts funds from disability budget to road schemesCLARE COUNTY Council is diverting funding from its disability budget to shore up spending on its roads this year, it has emerged…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
HSE West director defends €30m overspendTHE DIRECTOR of HSE West, Dr Seán Conroy, yesterday defended a €30 million overspend this year in operating the region’s hospitals…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Clare council to look at selling landfillCLARE COUNTY Council is examining the option of closing or selling the county’s loss-making €11 million landfill facility…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Green light given to extend BurrenLife projectTHE BURRENLIFE project has received a late reprieve after the European Commission extended the project’s work for a further five…Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:00
HSE accused of mismanagement over €940 daily spend on security for patientTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) was last night accused of gross mismanagement of resources over its daily spend of €940 on…Wed Aug 19 2009 - 01:00
Pretax profits at Harmonia fall 88%HARMONIA, the publisher of Irish Tatler and U magazines, blamed the cost of investments as the main reason behind its 88 per …Wed Aug 19 2009 - 01:00
Element Six survival plan has pay freeze until end of 2011THE SURVIVAL plan at troubled diamond manufacturer Element Six contains a pay freeze for all staff until the end of 2011 and …Wed Aug 19 2009 - 01:00
Element Six warns against strikeTHE CHIEF executive of Element Six yesterday told workers that that if they engaged in industrial action, the company would consider…Tue Aug 18 2009 - 01:00
Restrictions likely for visit of Ali to Ennis, says mayorTHE MAYOR of Ennis yesterday conceded that due to restrictions, the forthcoming visit of Muhammad Ali to Ennis will not be an…Tue Aug 18 2009 - 01:00
Element Six staff reject 'blue-flu' action chargeUNIONS AT troubled diamond firm Element Six last night rejected a charge by management that workers are engaging in “blue-flu…Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Call for Element Six to discuss staff dealTHE “SHANNON Management Team” at diamond manufacturer Element Six has written to the group’s London-based chief executive, Cyrus…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
Industrial action ballot at Element SixWORKERS AT troubled diamond manufacturer Element Six in Shannon will today return protective notice letters issued to them by…Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
Talks fail at Element SixTalks between troubled diamond manufacturer Element 6 and the Siptu and TEEU unions broke up this evening without agreement on…Wed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
Element Six ballot on redundancy dealWORKERS AT the troubled Element Six plant in Shannon have been told by management that any further unofficial stoppages would…Tue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Clare council refuses mast on grounds of air safetyCLARE CO Council has refused planning permission to Hutchinson 3G Ireland Ltd to construct a 120ft mast near Cratloe in southeast…Tue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Ennis family plan warm welcome for US relative AliAN ENNIS woman with possible family links to boxing legend, Muhammad Ali said yesterday that she and her family would be delighted…Fri Aug 07 2009 - 01:00
New US security facilities at Shannon launchedNEW €21 million facilities became operational yesterday at Shannon airport that will allow US government personnel carry out …Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
Scrub vegetation threatens BurrenTHE HERITAGE of the Burren is under "grievous threat" as scrub vegetation spreads at an alarming rate in the area, director of…Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
Labour Court rejects DJ's claim he got no pay rise over 10 yearsTHE LABOUR Court has dismissed a claim of compensation by former award-winning DJ Tommy Kelly over his claim he did not receive…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
AE closure plan cost HSE €350,000THE CONSULTANTS who drew up the plan for the closure of 24-hour AE services at Ennis and Nenagh general hospitals were paid €…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Independent autopsy carried out, court hearsAN INDEPENDENT autopsy has been carried out on the body of 27-year-old Kilrush man Leslie Kenny, a court heard yesterday.Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
Man (24) charged with murder remanded in custodyA MAN charged yesterday with the murder of Leslie Kenny (27) told gardaí that he did not intend to do it and was trying to protect…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Public must give views on McCarthy report - Ó CuívTHE McCARTHY report gives some sense of what would happen to Ireland if an economist from Dublin 4 was running the country, Minister…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Ó Cuív predicts growth in walking holidaysMINISTER FOR Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has predicted that within five years, one million tourists annually…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Man charged over Clare murderA 24-year old man has been charged with the murder of another man in Kilrush, Co Clare, earlier this week.Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Walsh to resign as Bishop of KillaloeTHE BISHOP of Killaloe Dr Willie Walsh yesterday confirmed that he will be sending his resignation as bishop of the diocese to…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Judge criticises 'truculent' response to pollution fineA JUDGE yesterday criticised a company director for his unacceptable and truculent attitude to a jury verdict that found the …Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Element Six agrees to give full-time status to workersMANAGEMENT AT Element Six yesterday agreed to restore 300 employees that were on short-time over the past number of months to…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
