Jameson whiskey global sales up 25%NET SALES of Jameson whiskey rose 25 per cent worldwide in the six months to the end of December, the French spirits giant Pernod…Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
A-Wear chain sold for the second time in five monthsFASHION CHAIN A-Wear has been placed in receivership and sold for the second time in five months, after departing owners Hilco…Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
How to win friends and influence people on social mediaMEDIA & MARKETING: The decision to embrace social media is not the same as getting it right – or ‘getting it’ at all…Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00
Newspaper readership falls by 2.4%NEWSPAPER READERSHIP in Ireland has declined by 2Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00
Realex signs six-year deal with HSBCPAYMENT SERVICES provider Realex has signed a six-year deal with HSBC Merchant Services that will see it provide HSBC with software…Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
Growth in focus for film sectorFRIDAY INTERVIEW: James Hickey, CEO, Irish Film BoardFri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Advertising market will remain flat this yearMEDIA & MARKETING: AFTER A four-year “sledge-hammer” hit, the Irish advertising market will remain flat in 2012, according…Thu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00
Clampdown urged on 'libel and abuse' by online mediaTHE GOVERNMENT should “address the threat to humanity posed by the tsunami of unverifiable data, opinion, libel and vulgar abuse…Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
RTÉ licence fee 'distorts market'Newspapers should receive a share of the proposed new media charge, the chairman of media group Thomas Crosbie Holdings, Alan…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
NovaUCD predict 300 highly skilled jobs will be created over next two yearsIRELAND’S BID to boost its “smart economy” credentials received support from NovaUCD, the university-linked innovation and technology…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
Tensions over Iran driving up oil pricesUNCERTAINTY ABOUT oil supplies as a result of stresses between the West and Iran pushed wholesale energy prices higher in January…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
Big squeeze as rising newsprint costs hit papersMEDIA & MARKETING: It makes sense at every level for newspapers to use less newsprintThu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
Surveyors see some ground for optimismMORTGAGE FINANCE remained a stumbling block for home buyers, pressure on office rents continued and sales of retail premises …Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Markets weak ahead of EU summitEUROPEAN SHARES began the week with a bit of a tumble, as talks on a Greek debt swap deal rumbled on, Portuguese credit-default…Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Steering a course between worthy and fluffy can result in car-crash TVWHEN THE credits roll on tonight’s Late Late Show , will the guests include Peter Ustinov, Spike Milligan and Germaine Greer, …Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
How TV sponsors get with the right programmeMEDIA & MARKETING: IS THE essence of your brand “vengeance”? Do tales of slavery, murder and lost honour sound like a perfect…Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
European stocks at five-month highEUROPEAN STOCKS edged upwards to their highest closing level since early August yesterday, with euro zone banks racing ahead …Tue Jan 24 2012 - 00:00
Authority's decision on advertising will embolden RTÉ's competitorsMEDIA & MARKETING: After the Competition Authority aired its views the very idea of dual funding is up for disputeThu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
TV3 welcomes RTÉ advertising findingsTV3 HAS welcomed the outcome of “a potentially landmark” investigation by the Competition Authority into how RTÉ sells its advertising…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Pioneering advocate of 'personality-driven' journalismAT THE time of his appointment, it was assumed Aengus Fanning would pursue an editorial strategy that would bolster the Sunday…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Service to gauge radio advert successTHE SCOURGE of “bad” radio ads may be banished from Irish airwaves following a €100,000 investment by broadcasters in a new advertising…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Investors ignore S&P downgradeINVESTORS IN Europe shrugged off Standard and Poor’s much-anticipated downgrading of nine euro zone countries, as stock markets…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Clegg visits research lab in UCDHE DIDN’T go so far as to pose in a white lab coat, but British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg made a brief visit to the laboratories…Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
High noon on high streetTurnover at shops may stabilise in 2012 but after the Government abandoned an election promise to scrap upwards-only rent review…Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Dunphy gets a bite of McDonald's advertising budgetMEDIA & MARKETING: Still here and still cheap is the message from the fast-food chainThu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00
Spending on education Ireland's 'trump card' for drawing investmentTHE HEAD OF IBM Ireland, Peter O’Neill, has called on the Government to prioritise investment in education to avoid damaging …Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Big-spending advertising campaign aims to fill our landscape with tourists againTourism Ireland explains the thinking behind its new campaign targeting key overseas marketsSat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Positive figures for Donnybrook Fair retailerUPMARKET GROCERY store group Donnybrook Fair made a profit of €426,000 in the year to the end of January 2011, according to accounts…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
'The babe thing is just down to lazy stereotypes'Disparaged by many in the beginning as the enfant terrible of taste, the Republic’s first commercial-only television station, …Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Local papers hoping to turn a new page in 2012MEDIA & MARKETING: As the printing presses crank up for the new year, the industry faces multiple challengesThu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
No shortage of fallers in major stocksINVESTORS DUMPED stocks yesterday, forcing a retreat from a five-month high on European equity markets, amid fears that the euro…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Nama and NTMA chiefs waive 15% of pay for one yearTHE CHIEF executive of the National Treasury Management Agency, John Corrigan, and the chief executive of State assets agency…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Company collapses up by 20% to 160 a monthCOMPANIES COLLAPSED at a rate of more than 160 a month in the first 11 months of last year, with the rate of failure increasing…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Property websites find Irish house prices fell 18% last yearASKING PRICES for houses in Ireland fell by as much as 18 per cent last year, two reports on the beleaguered Irish property market…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
What looms large on the media landscape as we hurtle towards 2012?MEDIA & MARKETING: Too nervous to make new year predictions ourselves, Media & Marketing asked eight people in the industry…Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Shoppers battle heat and crowds in city sales mazeHENRY STREET, Dublin, 8.45amTue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
'Santa rally' brings stocks good cheerEUROPEAN STOCKS rose yesterday, extending the mini “Santa rally” on equity markets that emerged towards the end of the week. …Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Shop talkPLANET BUSINESS: When Christmas is just around the heavily tinselled corner, media stories about chocolate tend to be divided…Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Stocks fall on ECB tender worriesHOPES FOR a “Santa rally” across European stock markets faded yesterday, although the Dublin market managed to buck the trend…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Your A-to-Z guide to an unforgettable yearFrom phone hacking and libel writs to shiny tablets and social media – 2011 had it allThu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Hopes for 'Santa rally' fadeHopes for a “Santa rally” across European stock markets faded today, although the Dublin market managed to buck the trend by …Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Consumers going back to basics for Christmas fareTHE SEASONAL songs are on full blast, but retailers are not – yet – having a wonderful Christmas time.Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
European equities go into retreatEurostoxx 50: 2,202.72 (-1.00%) Frankfurt DAX: 5,701.78 (-0.50%) Paris CAC: 2,972.30 (-0Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Subdued start to Christmas tradingThe seasonal songs are on full blast, but retailers are not - yet - having a wonderful Christmas time.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Clerys consider operational changes to halt sales declineTRADING AT Dublin department store Clerys worsened during 2011, exacerbating losses incurred by the retailer last year.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Talk of French rating cut hits marketsTHE IMMINENT prospect of France losing its coveted triple-A credit rating weighed on equity markets yesterday, dragging European…Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Tablet may not be newspapers' remedyPrint sector’s faith in iPads and Kindles is yet to be fully rewardedThu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Global stocks slip for second dayThe imminent prospect of France losing its coveted triple-A credit rating weighed on equity markets today, dragging European …Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Stocks fall on pre-summit jittersPRE-SUMMIT NERVES saw European stocks drop by the most in two weeks yesterday, with investor sentiment also adversely affected…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
