Maxol profits rise 9% to €6.3m as debt declinesMaxol increased pretax profits by 9 per cent to €6Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Ulster Bank finance director to step downMichael Torpey, group finance director of Ulster Bank, is stepping down from the post to pursue other interests.Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Law Society examined Byrne practice five years agoThomas Byrne, the Dublin solicitor whose practice collapsed last month with debts of €47Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Friends First seeks ISTC assuranceFriends First has written to the troubled Dublin finance firm, International Securities Trading Corporation (ISTC), seeking clarification…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Kelly sells site handled by lawyer ByrneA company owned by Wicklow property developer John Kelly is selling a property in Dublin city centre it acquired in April in …Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
Profits up 62% to €24.3m at Investec IrelandInvestec Ireland has reported a 62 per cent increase in pretax profits to €24Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Caterpillar firm's profits up 38%Pretax profits at the company behind McCormick Macnaughton, which owns the Caterpillar machinery brand in Ireland, rose by 38…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Hotelier with grand designsThe Friday Interview: The G Hotel is hardly located where you would expect to find one of the most adventurous five-star hotels…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
B of I downgrades earnings growth to single digitsBank of Ireland has cut its forecast for earnings growth for the year to March 31st, 2008, blaming the economic slowdown and …Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
Joint venture to expand AIB's servicing unitAIB has teamed up with payment processor First Data in a "merchant acquiring" joint venture to improve and expand the bank's …Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
World Bank development fund talksSenior Department of Finance officials met their counterparts from the world's richest nations in Dublin yesterday for talks …Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
Landladies ordered to pay students €115,000 in damagesTwo Dublin landladies have been ordered to pay damages totalling more than €115,000 to 10 students who were tenants in their …Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
Top Irish investors lose out in finance firm write-offSeveral of the country's leading business figures are nursing losses on their investments in a Dublin finance firm which yesterday…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Property firm Dwyer Nolan doubles profitsDublin property company Dwyer Nolan Developments almost doubled its pretax profits to €32Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Profits increase to €25.5m at CramptonShareholders of building company G&T Crampton received dividends of €13 million in 2006 after the firm's pre-tax profits …Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Brown Thomas profits rise by 17.5% to €24.1mPre-tax profits at Brown Thomas increased by 17.5 per cent to €24Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Builder issues writ to recover €817,000 from LynnThe Galway builder who made a complaint to the Law Society about Michael Lynn in 2003 issued a writ against the Dublin-based …Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Gowan Group pays €12m for DG OpelGowan Group has acquired the DG Opel dealership on the Navan Road in Dublin for €12 million in a deal that increases the footprint…Mon Nov 05 2007 - 00:00
Solicitors' system works, says AIB chiefAIB chief executive Eugene Sheehy said yesterday the bank has not seen any evidence of problems with the vast majority of mortgages…Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Lynn's firm in Portugal sold €12m worth of apartmentsKendar Portugal, the overseas property company owned by solicitor Michael Lynn, sold €12Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Blackrock Clinic operating profit upOperating profit at Blackrock Clinic, a private Dublin hospital, increased by 28 per cent to €11Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Lenders need to solicit better system of trustOne More Thing: The country's lenders are ripping up their floorboards in an effort to discover if they have further exposure…Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
New EBS chief faces fight to defend last of mutualsOne More Thing: The new chief executive of EBS Building Society, whose appointment is thought to be imminent, will have a tough…Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
One for the roadOne More Thing: One corporate financier attending the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards last week recalled during…Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
Walls group files profit for 2006 up 14% on year beforeOperating profit at the Walls construction group rose by 14 per cent to €11Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
Bank complained to Law Society about Lynn last yearBank of Ireland made a complaint to the Law Society about solicitor Michael Lynn last year over his failure to fulfil an undertaking…Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
Turkish shipping firm avails of Irish tax rate, expertiseA Turkish shipping company has established an Irish firm to manage six chemical tankers worth €120 million in a bid to avail …Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
Banks to continue sending weekly reports to regulatorIrish banks will have to supply weekly reports on their ability to pay their outgoings until at least the end of the year as …Tue Oct 30 2007 - 00:00
Desmond to underwrite €150 million bond issueFinancier Dermot Desmond has agreed to underwrite a €150 million convertible bond issue by International Securities Trading Corporation…Sat Oct 27 2007 - 01:00
Solicitor owes money to eight lendersEBS will next week begin proceedings to recover €12Fri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
Vivas in rude health as it triples customer premiumsVivas, the third health insurer in the market, more than tripled premiums earned from customers to €29Fri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
Healthy outlookTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW/Oliver Tattan Vivas Health: Oliver Tattan's office is located on the sixth floor of the Vodafone building…Fri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
Grain merchant case settledA High Court action taken by the liquidator of Edward Kavanagh (Maynooth), the Co Kildare grain merchant which collapsed in December…Thu Oct 25 2007 - 01:00
eSpatial case against ex-MD settledThe former managing director of a Dublin technology firm backed by financier Dermot Desmond has agreed to pay €350,000 to his…Thu Oct 25 2007 - 01:00
Banks to review lending practicesThe recent legal cases involving Dublin solicitors Michael Lynn and Thomas Byrne have prompted the State's banks to examine the…Thu Oct 25 2007 - 01:00
Solicitor Lynn faced inquiry in 2004Michael Lynn, the solicitor and property developer whose legal practice was shut down on Monday following an investigation by…Fri Oct 19 2007 - 01:00
Prem Group to spend €168m on European hotelsPrem Group, the hotel management business of property developer Paddy Kelly, and Goodbody Stockbrokers are spending €168 million…Thu Oct 18 2007 - 01:00
€5.25m paid into Lynn's property business this yearSome €5.25 million was paid from the client account of Michael Lynn's law practice, Capel Law in Dublin, to the bank account …Thu Oct 18 2007 - 01:00
Nationwide owed most by Michael LynnIrish Nationwide Building Society is owed the most money by the solicitor and property developer Michael Lynn, whose legal practice…Thu Oct 18 2007 - 01:00
Interest rates are forecast not to riseThe European Central Bank (ECB) will not raise interest rates again this year and is unlikely to cut rates until the end of 2008…Wed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
Communications failure leading to reuse of wrecksTwo of the State's largest insurers depend on salvage companies to notify the Department of Transport if cars insured by them…Wed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
State Street's fees increase by 37%State Street, one of the largest employers in the Irish financial services sector, increased its servicing fees by 37 per cent…Wed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
Landsbanki may seek Nationwide's accountsIcelandic bank Landsbanki will seek full audited accounts for 2007 from the Irish Nationwide should the process to sell the building…Wed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
Tax relief on all R&D urged to attract fundsThe Irish Taxation Institute (ITI) has called on Minister for Finance Brian Cowen to introduce tax relief on all corporate research…Mon Oct 15 2007 - 01:00
B of I launches inquiry into its US fund managerBank of Ireland has launched an internal inquiry into its US fund manager Guggenheim Advisors in tandem with an investigation…Mon Oct 15 2007 - 01:00
Property solicitor in court todayThe solicitor and property developer whose assets were frozen by the Law Society last week amid concerns over his financial dealings…Mon Oct 15 2007 - 01:00
Lenders pass on increased costsIrish lenders have passed on the increased cost of buying money in the international markets to borrowers following the recent…Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
Profits decline 33% to €4.3m at Galway medical devices firmPre-tax profits at Galway firm Creganna Medical Devices fell by almost a third to €4Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
M&T's profits fall 5% on credit crisisThe meltdown in the US subprime market has affected profitability at M&T, the US bank in which AIB has a 24 per cent stake…Fri Oct 12 2007 - 01:00
Profits rise 16% at Bank of Scotland's Irish unitBank of Scotland (Ireland) recorded a 16 per cent increase in pretax profits to €118 million during the first half of the year…Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
