Irish partners in KPMG to pocket €51m from flotationThe Irish partners in KPMG will pocket up to £40 million (€50Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Ebeon founders deny role in collapseThe founder directors of Ebeon have claimed they are not responsible for the closure of the e-business consultancy with debts…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
Bankruptcy stalks technology sectorA number of new technology firms will soon follow Ebeon into bankruptcy, according to venture capitalists and sector leaders.Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
Chorus may bid for NTL operations outside DublinChorus, the cable and telecommunications company jointly owned by Independent News & Media and Liberty Media Corporation, …Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Market surprised by Iona's resultsIona Technologies, the Dublin-based software group, has surprised the market with better than expected fourth-quarter figures…Thu Jan 18 2001 - 00:00
Ginger group resumes campaign to remove some Eircom directorsBroadcaster Eamon Dunphy and Senator Shane Ross have resurrected their campaign against the board of EircomWed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Bula clarifies position on its Libya activitiesBula Resources has complied with a request by the Irish Stock Exchange to clarify the situation regarding its activities in Libya…Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
PPF withdrawal threat by IBECIBEC has reiterated its threat to withdraw support from the Partnership for Prosperity and Fairness if the Minister for Finance…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
Unemployment down to 19-year low in DecemberThe number of people signing on fell to a 19-year low at the end of December, indicating that job losses in the high-tech sector…Sat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
Guarded welcome for NIB settlement offerSolicitors acting for National Irish Bank customers have given a guarded welcome to the bank's proposals to settle litigation…Thu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
Bank will offer to pay client taxes to avoid litigationNational Irish Bank plans to offer compensation to customers hit with large tax bills after buying offshore investment products…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
Vodafone sheds value as shareholder plans to halve stakeShares in Vodafone, the international mobile group that now has more than 450,000 shadow Irish shareholders, fell 6 per cent …Tue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Union rules out use of Eircom share plan to compensate staff after saleThe Communication Workers Union (CWU) has ruled out any use of the Eircom employee share option plan (ESOP) to compensate staff…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Ryanair proposal for second terminal shot down by O'RourkeThe Minister for Public Enterprise has rejected a fresh proposal from Ryan air to build and operate a second terminal at Dublin…Fri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00
Former financial director of Adare named to succeed Fallon at EircomEircom has appointed Mr Peter Lynch as financial director to succeed Mr Malcolm Fallen, who resigned last year for personal reasons…Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
London Mayor throws housing spanner in Legacy Dome plansTreasury Holdings' plans for a multimillion pound commercial development on land surrounding the Millennium Dome site in London…Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Aer Lingus considers autumn flotationAer Lingus management is contemplating postponing the already delayed flotation of the airline until next autumn if it cannot…Wed Dec 27 2000 - 00:00
Euro hits five-month high against dollarThe euro reached a five-month peak against the dollar in thin holiday trading yesterday and also reached a 10-month high versus…Wed Dec 27 2000 - 00:00
Investment will not be returned in short termWhat is this deal worth to Eircom shareholders?Fri Dec 22 2000 - 00:00
Eircom defends €4.5bn price tag Vodafone pins on EircellEircom management has defended the lower than expected price obtained for Eircell, saying that it has succeeded in unlocking …Fri Dec 22 2000 - 00:00
Pernod puts BWG on market after Seagram purchaseBWG Limited, the franchise holder for Spar in the Republic, is being put up for sale by Groupe Pernod Ricard following the French…Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
Eircom poised to finalise deal with VodafoneEircom is expected to announce today that it has reached agreement with Vodafone over the sale of Eircell for close to €4Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
US usurps UK as top market for Irish goodsFigures published yesterday confirm the US is emerging as Ireland's largest export marketWed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Eircom shares rise sharply as Vodafone deal firms upEircom shares have risen sharply in anticipation of the completion before Christmas of the long-awaited sale of Eircell to Vodafone…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
IAWS in talks with US foods firmIAWS Group is in takeover talks with Orion Food Systems, a branded convenience food company based in Sioux Falls, North Dakota…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Eircom board considers £700m share buy-backThe board of Eircom is considering a £700 million (€889 million) share buy-back following the sale of Eircell to Vodafone.Sat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
PRSI rift threatens to sink partnershipIBEC has threatened to "walk away from the national agreement and the partnership process" unless the Government reverses the…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Republic loses 1,000 jobs to HungaryThe Republic has lost out to Hungary on a project involving 1,000 "high quality" jobs, IDA Ireland has confirmed.Wed Dec 13 2000 - 00:00
No RTE fee rise for at least six monthsRTE is unlikely to see any increase in its licence fee until the middle of next year despite a warning from Mr Paddy Wright, …Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00
Vodafone may pay less than €5.1bn for EircellVodafone is expected to pay significantly less for Eircell than the €5.1 billion that has been suggested to dateSat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00
Agreement on tax breaks reached with credit unionsThe Minister for Finance has announced measures which he said would encourage people to save rather than spendThu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
ICC staff to scoop big windfall in Bank of Scotland takeoverThe 350 staff of the State-owned ICC Bank will get the equivalent of £117,000 (€148,560) each following its sale to Bank of Scotland…Wed Dec 06 2000 - 00:00
New line on Eircell share-out signalled by KaneEircom may not distribute all the €5.1 billion (£6.5 million) proceeds from a sale of Eircell.Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Eircom profits fall 30% as costs rise along with salesEircom's profits fell 30 per cent to €131 million (£103Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Workforce growth rate continues to slow downGrowth in the number of people at work continues to moderate from its peak of a year agoWed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Galen reports 28% rise in profitsGalen Holdings, the Craigavon-based drugs company that numbers Bill Gates among its shareholders, has reported a 28 per cent …Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Vodafone jitters hit EircomEircom shares have fallen heavily on the back of sectoral weakness and fears that the sale of Eircell to Vodafone may be delayed…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Accusations fly as bodies row over policing competitionThe Competition Authority is a "quango" whose members are bent on unwarranted "empire building", according to Department of Enterprise…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Value of retail sales recovers strongly as consumer spending gains momentumConsumer spending has rebounded from a lull over the summer and looks set to increase rapidly in the last quarter of the year…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Bookmaker Kenny to net €2.6m after Power Leisure floatMr Stewart Kenny - the Republic's best-known bookmaker - will pocket €2Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
NTDU dismisses offer to convert taxi licences' cost into tax breaksThe Minister for Finance's proposals to convert the cost of existing taxi licences into tax breaks have been dismissed as inadequate…Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Union `insiders' to sale of Eircell as ballots startKey union officials at Eircom have been made "insiders" to the proposed sale of Eircell while making plans to organise strikes…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Treasury grouping is Dome preferred bidderLegacy, the consortium 85 per cent owned by Treasury Holdings, has been named as the preferred bidder for the troubled Millennium…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Central Bank may understate rate of mortgage credit growthOfficial mortgage lending figures published last week may understate the rate of growth in borrowing for house purchases by up…Thu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Eircom likely to reject O'Brien's €2.25bn bid for fixed-line armEircom is expected to formally reject Mr Denis O'Brien's €2.25 billion offer for its fixed-line business this weekWed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
McCreevy assesses EBS savings planThe Republic's largest building society has proposed a radical savings scheme to the Government that would involve the State …Tue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
ESRI favours increased social spendingThe Economic and Social Research Institute has entered the growing political debate on whether tax cuts should take priority …Mon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
Rate of inflation expected to peak at 7% this monthInflation jumped to 6.8 per cent in October and is expected to peak at 7 per cent this monthSat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
