Credit unions' bad debt stance may prove costlyBusiness Opinion: The internal Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) report into the financial health of the credit union movement…Mon May 29 2006 - 01:00
Esot will have cash left over after investing €308m in bidEircom's Employee Share Ownership Trust (Esot) will end up with a 35 per cent stake in the privatised company once the transaction…Wed May 24 2006 - 01:00
Risky double act for firms taking unlimited routeBusiness Opinion: The gentle trickle of private limited companies transforming themselves into unlimited entities is in danger…Mon May 22 2006 - 01:00
Great airline circus show must go onBusiness Opinion: The following press release arrived on the desk of Business Opinion late on Friday night.Mon May 15 2006 - 01:00
Corrib battle needs political leadershipBusiness Opinion : It's pretty clear from the report that the pipeline proposed by Shell was safe. So what went wrong?Mon May 08 2006 - 01:00
Unwieldy split may pose risk for DairygoldBusiness Opinion: If you set out to design a company for 21st century Ireland, it's pretty unlikely that you would lump together…Mon May 01 2006 - 01:00
Mandate for Eircom's Esop gets narrowerBusiness Opinion : The Eircom Employee Share Ownership Plan or Esop looks to have pulled off another masterstrokeMon Apr 24 2006 - 01:00
Mortgage at 10 times salaryFirst Trust, the Northern Ireland arm of AIB, lent a customer 10 times their annual salary to purchase a homeFri Apr 21 2006 - 01:00
Blackrock will not be free of Fyffes parentBusiness Opinion: The demerger by Fyffes of its property interests into a separate quoted company looks on the surface like …Mon Apr 17 2006 - 01:00
Fyffes spin-off to have €207m in assetsBlackrock Land International, the property company being spun off by Fyffes, will have assets of €207 million when it comes to…Fri Apr 14 2006 - 01:00
Bank's advice likely to go unheeded by GovernmentAnalysis: Taken at face value the Central Bank's prognosis for the economy is the latest in a series of upbeat predictionsThu Apr 13 2006 - 01:00
Transferees may unlock puzzle of decentralisationBusiness Opinion : Dermot McCarthy is not a man given to making a lot of public pronouncementsMon Apr 10 2006 - 01:00
Signature and Davy chase €700m retail dealSignature Capital and Davy Stockbrokers are pursuing a €700 million retail portfolio in Germany, which they claim would be the…Tue Mar 28 2006 - 01:00
An Post speaks from both sides of poor mouthBusiness Opinion: Isolde Goggin, the chairwoman of the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) seems like a nice woman…Mon Mar 27 2006 - 01:00
Aer Lingus float up in the air as Cullen wobblesBusiness Opinion: Martin Cullen is wobblingMon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Abolition of Groceries Order means rules must be toughBusiness Opinion : All else being equal the Groceries Order will be consigned to the dustbin of history some time around Easter…Mon Feb 20 2006 - 00:00
An Post chooses Fortis as banking partnerAn Post is to enter exclusive negotiations with Fortis, the Belgian-Dutch financial services group, on the formation of a new…Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Ryanair goes on the defensive to clean up dispatched dirtBusiness Opinion: In many ways the most surprising thing about the Dispatches undercover investigation of Ryanair that is due…Mon Feb 13 2006 - 00:00
NTR entitled to return on risky investmentBusiness Opinion: A solution to the congestion on the M50 may now be sight, but this drama still has some way to runMon Feb 06 2006 - 00:00
Dairy in Baskin-Robbins dealSilver Pail, a dairy based in north Cork, has struck a three-year deal with Baskin-Robbins, the world's leading chain of ice …Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
O'Brien causes a stir with moves on IndoBusiness Opinion: Denis O'Brien has clearly been reading his Von ClausewitzMon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Government to back SSIA-style pension reliefA new style of pension modelled on the Special Savings Incentive Accounts (SSIA) is to be endorsed by the Government.Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Sisters had X factor in battle to control JurysBusiness Opinion: The new year has arrived, but before we let go of 2005, Business Opinion must make its annual awards.Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00
Issues prompted by case unresolvedBusiness Opinion: Next Wednesday morning, all else being equal, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy will start delivering her judgment in…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Social partnership 'aids growth'The economy and society can still benefit from social partnership but the goals of the process should be updated, according to…Thu Dec 15 2005 - 00:00
VHI unlikely to receive €30m Christmas bonusBusiness Opinion: Sometime between now and December 26th the Tánaiste will have to decide how she will respond to the latest…Mon Dec 12 2005 - 00:00
Ill-judged ICG tactics play into hands of SiptuBusiness Opinion: Eamonn Rothwell is the best thing for the Irish trade union movement since Jim LarkinMon Dec 05 2005 - 00:00
Live register figure up 1,100The number of people claiming unemployment benefit increased slightly last monthSat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Revenues exceed forecastTax revenues continue to exceed expectations while the Government is failing to meet its spending targets, according to the final…Sat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Review on company law to be enactedThe Government is to significantly water down proposals for company directors to prepare an annual compliance statementFri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Weyerhaeuser's Clonmel plant up for saleThe Weyerhaeuser composite panel manufacturing plant in Clonmel, Co Tipperary is being put up for sale by its US owners.Wed Nov 30 2005 - 00:00
Big Swiss cheese sees some holes in Eircom bidThe scene opens. The Swiss Federal Council - a seven member government cabinet - is meeting to discuss the future of state owned…Mon Nov 28 2005 - 00:00
Raising tax on corporations 'would hit jobs'Raising corporate tax rates would lead to higher unemployment, lower wages and a fall in corporate tax revenues, according to…Wed Nov 23 2005 - 00:00
Tax schemes are main attraction for foreign firmsBusiness Opinion: The revelation - if you could really call it one - that Google, Microsoft and a raft of other US multinationals…Mon Nov 21 2005 - 00:00
Pensions Board sees 'SSIA-type' contributions as key to successPRSAs: The Pensions Board has made proposals aimed at engendering an enthusiasm for pensions similar to that which made the …Thu Nov 17 2005 - 00:00
Bank says it did not ask OECD to be cautiousThe Central Bank has denied asking the OECD to show "extreme caution" about releasing an estimate indicating that Irish property…Tue Nov 08 2005 - 00:00
Second chance looks likely for Irish companiesBusiness Opinion: The news that the Company Law Review Group has recommended a significant watering down of proposed new compliance…Mon Nov 07 2005 - 00:00
Employee share owners will play pivotal role in any takeoverThe Eircom Employees Share Ownership Plan (Esop), which owns just under 21 per cent of the company, will play a pivotal role …Thu Nov 03 2005 - 00:00
Global demand boosts exportsPurchasing managers' indices record sharp rise in euro-zone manufacturing sector.Wed Nov 02 2005 - 00:00
Power plant deal proves to be a goldmineBusiness Opinion: The news that a second stake in Tynagh Energy may change hands before the Co Galway power station generates…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00
Group proposes to water down compliance lawAn expert group on company law has recommended significant changes to proposed new regulatory obligations for company directors…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Cologne Re belies McCreevy attitude to rulesBusiness Opinion: It is a good job for the European taxpayer that Charlie McCreevy is not paid by the wordMon Oct 24 2005 - 01:00
Mick O'Leary's top 10 tips for Iarnrod EireannBusiness Opinion: The scene opens. We are in the board room of Iarnród Éireann at Heuston StationMon Oct 17 2005 - 01:00
A little light shines on law firms' incomeBusiness Opinion: Declan Moylan is probably not the most popular lawyer in Dublin right nowMon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
ICG sails into a hurricane over restructuringBusiness Opinion : Irish Continental Group finds itself at the centre of a stormMon Sept 26 2005 - 01:00
Pension deficit could Aer Lingus saleBusiness Opinion: The latest shot has been fired in the battle to keep Aer Lingus groundedMon Sept 12 2005 - 01:00
European sales drive Fyffes resultsFresh produce group Fyffes has reported strong first-half results. Profits before tax rose 17.6 per cent to €69Fri Sept 09 2005 - 01:00
Rising costs a threat to Irish economy, says reportA review of the competitiveness of the Irish economy, to be published this morning, will strongly criticise Government policy…Wed Sept 07 2005 - 01:00
High-wire acts abound at new Jurys CabaretBusiness Opinion : Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the all-new Jurys Irish Cabaret. Gone are are the traditional actsMon Sept 05 2005 - 01:00
Infrastructure spending €392 under targetCapital spending by Government on infrastructure continues to fall behind target, according to the latest exchequer figures.Sat Sept 03 2005 - 01:00