Insider trading laws to apply to mediaNew laws aimed at combating insider trading due to become effective next month will place new disclosure obligations on the financial…Fri Jun 24 2005 - 01:00
Smart investors bet on outcome of court caseBusiness Opinion: How smart is Smart Telecom really? Last week, the company that was set up five years ago by former stockbroker…Mon Jun 20 2005 - 01:00
The Irish Times to seek cost savings of €4.5m by year endThe Irish Times Ltd, the publisher of The Irish Times , is to seek annualised cost savings of €4Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:00
Taylor legacy stalks champion of consumersBusiness Opinion: There is an interesting little software company based up in the Guinness Enterprise Centre in Dublin's Liberties…Mon Jun 13 2005 - 01:00
Right wording will snare HSE chief executiveBusiness Opinion: One of our non-core competencies here at Business Opinion is to offer a discrete high level head-hunting service…Mon Jun 06 2005 - 01:00
O'Regan must exit Thomas Read - ConnollyFinancier Paul Connolly has offered to assume potential tax liabilities of the Thomas Read Group in order to settle his dispute…Sat Jun 04 2005 - 01:00
Taxation revenues running ahead of targetTax revenues for the first five months of the year have come in well ahead of target, opening the way for a giveaway budget at…Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
NI bank inquiry raises key issues for RepublicBusiness Opinion: The decision of the UK Competition Commission to investigate the big four retail banks in Northern Ireland…Mon May 30 2005 - 01:00
Memo on AIB proposal takes some translatingBusiness Opinion: The dust has now settled on last week's revelation that the board of AIB considered a proposal last autumn…Mon May 23 2005 - 01:00
AIB shares rise on rejected M&T merger newsShares in Allied Irish Bank (AIB) jumped 56 cent yesterday on the news that it had considered a merger with its 23 per cent-owned…Wed May 18 2005 - 01:00
Buckley proposed sale of AIB to American bankThe chief executive of Allied Irish Bank proposed that it be sold to a US bank at the height of last autumn's disclosures over…Tue May 17 2005 - 01:00
An Post will labour to justify stamp price hikeBusiness Opinion: An Post, if we are to believe what we are told, is on something of a knife-edge.Mon May 16 2005 - 01:00
Jefferson Smurfit begins talks with KappaJefferson Smurfit Group has confirmed it is has started talks with its Dutch rival Kappa that "may or may not lead to a transaction…Tue May 10 2005 - 01:00
Tanaiste put on the spot over risk equalisationBusiness Opinion: Our ongoing national obsession with the second terminal at Dublin airport must seem somewhat peculiar to anyone…Mon May 02 2005 - 01:00
Bupa says it will leave if forced to subsidise rival VHIBupa Ireland, the second largest health insurer, has said it will exit the market if it is forced to subsidise the VHI, its State…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Consumer must be given voice in debate over Groceries OrderBusiness Opinion: The Groceries Order has once again reared its not so pretty headMon Apr 25 2005 - 01:00
Car dealers give worst deal - studyThe image of car dealers as sheepskin coat clad wide boys may seem cliched but they are the worst offenders when it comes to …Fri Apr 22 2005 - 01:00
Consumers get a raw deal, prices report concludesConsumers are not getting a fair deal from pubs, banks, doctors, dentists, restaurants and many other businesses, according to…Thu Apr 21 2005 - 01:00
Ifsra's approach to regulations misguidedBusiness Opinion: Events appear to have once again caught Ifsra with its trousers somewhere in the vicinity of its ankles.Mon Apr 11 2005 - 01:00
Services sector activity hits three-year highActivity in the service sector hit its highest level for three years last month according to a survey of 600 private services…Wed Apr 06 2005 - 01:00
Ardagh shareholders ask British panel to settle rowA group of dissident shareholders in Ardagh Glass Limited have asked the Takeover Panel in London to intervene in their dispute…Mon Apr 04 2005 - 01:00
O'Reilly the big winner at ArconShareholders in Arcon have until next Monday to accept the cash and share offer for the company from Lundin MiningMon Apr 04 2005 - 01:00
Consumer law fines to be increasedFines of up to €60,000 for breaches of consumer laws could be in place by the summer, according to the Department of Enterprise…Fri Apr 01 2005 - 01:00
B of I's ICS reports €91.7m pretax profitsICS Building Society has reported pretax profits of €91.7 million for 2004Fri Mar 25 2005 - 00:00
CSO figures show that Donegal is still the State's poorest countyDonegal remains the poorest county in the Republic, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).Thu Mar 24 2005 - 00:00
ESRI sees 6% growth but warns on living standardsThe return to rude good health of the Irish economy, with growth of nearly 6 per cent, will not be translated into the sort of…Wed Mar 23 2005 - 00:00
Quinn Group plans legal action over Prescott's plant inquiryQuinn Group is planning legal action against UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott over his decision to hold a public inquiry…Tue Mar 22 2005 - 00:00
Shareholders may challenge Ardagh takeoverA group of minority shareholders in Ardagh Glass Ltd are considering taking a minority protection action against the directors…Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
Ictu proposal on State companies merits attentionBusiness Opinion: Having fought the Government to a standstill over the management of State companies, the trade unions now …Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
Senior AIB official tells court he is scandal scapegoatA senior Allied Irish Bank (AIB) executive has gone to court to prevent the bank firing him over last year's foreign exchange…Sat Mar 12 2005 - 00:00
Ardagh offer is anything but generousBusiness Opinion : From one perspective the current offer from Paul Coulson to buy out his fellow shareholders in Ardagh Glass…Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Exchequer returns running ahead of forecastsThe Government finances are running ahead of expectation and the end-year position is likely to be far better than predicted, …Thu Mar 03 2005 - 00:00
Brennan finds controversy in unlikely rulingBusiness Opinion: Few people expected Séamus Brennan to retire gracefully to semi-obscurity in the Department of Social Welfare…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
Report adds to debate on economy's futureThe Enterprise Strategy Group's report has helped the Government focus on how to make the changeover to a knowledge-based economy…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
Radical enterprise proposals rejectedThe Government has decided against implementing some of the more radical proposals of the Enterprise Strategy Group, which was…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
Chesterton offered more attractive returns than banksChesterton Finance Limited, the company at the centre of the Garda inquiry into IRA money laundering, sought outside investors…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
Smurfit return to stock market 'not on horizon'Jefferson Smurfit Group has ruled out a return to the stock market for at least 12 months, citing difficult conditions in the…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Jurys seeks up to 100 Burlington job lossesJurys Doyle Hotel Group is seeking up to 100 redundancies at one of its flagship properties, the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
Has Quinn Group got bats in its Belfry?Business Opinion: The timing of last week's announcement that Seán Quinn was buying the Belfry for £186 million (€270 million…Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
NRA may oppose Ikea move into BallymunThe National Roads Authority (NRA) may oppose the Ikea superstore proposed for Ballymun in north Dublin.Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Partnership has become pretty meaninglessBusiness Opinion: In the space of the last two weeks SIPTU, Impact, the TEEU, the CWU and a few other unions have variously …Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Finance Bill to extend overseas pension reliefContributions to overseas pensions will become allowable against Irish tax under measures due to be announced in today's Finance…Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Strong start to year for economyThe economy has started the year strongly, according to the latest Exchequer figuresThu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
The devil is in the ARPUs for Vodafone, O2Business Opinion: It's that time of year againMon Jan 31 2005 - 00:00
Elan accused of unfair dismissal by former chiefMr Donal Geaney, the former chief executive of Elan, has taken an unfair dismissal action against the pharmaceutical group.Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
Lynch takes IAWS far from Plunkett idealsOpinion: When he set up the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society (IAWS) in 1897 it is unlikely that Horace Curzon Plunkett envisioned…Mon Jan 24 2005 - 00:00
DCC search for 'natural justice' full of twistsBusiness Opinion: It just gets better and betterMon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
OECD study puts Republic in top five wealthiestThe Republic is one of the world's five wealthiest countries according to a new study that takes into account the price of goods…Wed Jan 12 2005 - 00:00
Key decisions unlikely to be made in 2005Business Opinion: As we look ahead into 2005, here are eight things that Business Opinion doubts we will see this year.Mon Jan 03 2005 - 00:00
... but will the realities match expectations?Apart from the economy, the big business story of the early part of next year is likely to be the ongoing court case between …Fri Dec 31 2004 - 00:00
