Quality of regulatory staff must be a priority, says finance advisory panelTHE QUALITY of staff in the new financial services regulatory regime will be “far more important” than the structure in which…Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
US owner may be close to selling Xtra-visionTHE FUTURE status of entertainment chain Xtra-vision was uncertain yesterday as the firm’s US owner appeared close to a sale …Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
Mortgage lending picking up slightly, says banking federationMORTGAGE LENDING picked up slightly in the second three months of the year, but it is still too early to discern a positive trend…Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
Joblessness to hit 15% before upturnIT WILL take at least two years for the economy to pick up again, with unemployment to hit 15 per cent in the meantime, according…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Legal action will be tough but Bill not bulletproofANALYSIS: A range of measures offer the agency legal protection – but it may not prove to be robust to a constitutional challenge…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Compulsory purchase measure 'proportionate'NEW POWERS: THE DRAFT legislation includes an extensive range of new legal powers designed to help Nama complete its work with…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Management team at White's hotel changesPAT McCANN of Maldron Hotels has taken over the management of White’s hotel in Wexford following the appointment of a receiver…Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Nokia seeking fresh revenue routes in difficult timesAFTER THE BOOM: THE BOTTOM line is the most important thing for Alan O’Hara, general manager of Nokia in IrelandSat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Banks and SMEs at odds over loansA SIGNIFICANT disparity has emerged between the volume of credit that banks say they will offer to small businesses and the loans…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Official denies existence of 'green jersey' policy for banksA SENIOR Department of Finance official has denied the existence of a so-called “green jersey” policy for the banking sector, …Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
American chamber calls for Yes voteTHE AMERICAN Chamber of Commerce in Ireland has called for a Yes vote in the forthcoming Lisbon referendum, arguing that approving…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Bank of Ireland agm sets tone for other banksDUBLIN REPORT Iseq: 2,693.34 (+27.65) Settlement date: July 8thSat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
C&C, Kerry Group the star performersIndependence Day celebrations in the US led to a slight slowdown in trade in Dublin yesterday, despite a reasonably busy news…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Moody's cut Irish debt rating as deficit climbsRATINGS AGENCY Moody’s has cut the Republic’s credit rating and said the State faces a heavy debt burden for years to come…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Keeping the storm clouds at bayAFTER THE BOOM: THINGS HAVE changed since Máire Kearns and her partner Deirdre Fox returned from Boston in 1995.Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Exchequer deficit reaches €14.7bn for first half of yearThe Exchequer deficit has swelled to €14Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Hoeys riding crest of the wave in Lusk fresh produce businessMICHAEL HOEY says that while he has never been busier, the pressure on his business has never been greater.Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Beverage devices and their boiling pointAFTER THE BOOM: TRADITION SAYS consumption of tea and coffee increases during a recession but Drewry Pearson isn’t so sure that…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Thousands of banking jobs at risk, union warnsTHREE IRISH-OWNED banks will disappear and thousands of jobs will be lost as a result of upheaval in the finance sector, the …Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Dún Laoghaire's Purple Ocean restaurant to appoint liquidatorPURPLE OCEAN restaurant in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, is on the verge of appointing a liquidator after posting notice of a meeting…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Landlords close to agreement in legal dispute with ElyA NUMBER of landlords were last night close to agreement with Ely Property in a legal row over a student apartment block near…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Krugman predicts at least five years of sufferingIRELAND MUST “suffer” through at least five years of economic weakness before recovering to match average euro-zone growth, according…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
'Getting worse more slowly'THE GLOBAL economy is “stabilising”, but could still face into at least a decade of stagnation, according to Prof Paul Krugman…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Funding delays €220m Wales connectorSLOW FUNDRAISING has forced energy development firm Imera to delay construction of a planned €220 million electricity interconnector…Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Former rugby international winds up estate agency firmFORMER RUGBY international Fergus Slattery is winding up his estate agency business after trading for 20 years.Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Managing cash is key to survivalSHAUN O’SHEA took over as managing partner at Beauchamps Solicitors in Dublin in May, 2008, just as the financial markets were…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Too much success could have led to foolhardy expansionTHINGS HAVEN’T exactly gone to plan for Eamonn Kielty since he left Bank of Ireland to set up Kielty Cashell Financial in Sligo…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Bristol-Myers may purchase stake in ElanBRISTOL-MYERS Squibb is reportedly negotiating to purchase a stake in Elan as the Irish-listed drug developer tries to shore …Mon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
Merrion drug Orazol could be used to treat breast cancerTABLET TECHNOLOGY developed by Merrion Pharmaceuticals could be used in the early treatment or prevention of breast cancer following…Mon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
Main banks and CRH help to drag Iseq lowerMarket report: AS IS normal in these recessionary times, the Iseq took its direction from abroad yesterday, shedding 1Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
Iseq sheds 1.58 per cent of valueAs is normal in these recessionary times, the Iseq took its direction from abroad today, shedding 1Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Ireland has '15% chance of falling into bankruptcy' Case study Bookaroom.ie Case study JS Dobbs Co Ltd Case study Cloverhill FoodTHE REPUBLIC has a 15 per cent chance of falling into bankruptcy, according to a London-based economist who addressed a gathering…Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
NIB bucks trend of falling interest ratesNATIONAL IRISH Bank has raised the cost of both credit cards and personal loans, bucking prevailing downward trends in interest…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
C&F to create 250 jobs with wind turbine designENGINEERING GROUP C&F plans to create 250 jobs in Galway over the coming two years after developing a wind turbine that can…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
CRH gains drive up IseqSettlement Day May 19th: The Iseq was an outperformer in European terms today, driven in the main by gains in market heavyweight…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Shareholder who threw eggs 'feels happier'“I FEEL happier about the whole thing than I have done for months,” said AIB shareholder Gary Keogh last night, just hours after…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Weld 'top brass' to turbines as 'rotating monuments to our national greed'FRANK MOCKLER , a farmer from Thurles in Co Tipperary, cheerfully suggested to the agm that the “top brass” in AIB should be…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Errant solicitor Lynn is making a mockery of the lawBUSINESS OPINION: State's legal structures need to do more to persuade Michael Lynn of his responsibilities.Mon Jun 02 2008 - 01:00
Eureko in takeover approach for FBDFBD HAS received a takeover approach from privately-owned Dutch financial giant Eureko, which is reported to be mulling a €1.…Mon Apr 07 2008 - 01:00
Belfast areas face subprime riskTWO PARTS of Belfast have emerged as being among the areas at highest risk in the UK for exposure to subprime debts.Mon Apr 07 2008 - 01:00
Hibernian reaches deal to take 70% stake in VivasINSURANCE FIRM Hibernian hopes to build up a 15 per cent share of the health insurance market after taking a 70 per cent stake…Mon Apr 07 2008 - 01:00
CRH has bad day as most main players take a hitYESTERDAY BROUGHT a poor end to a topsy-turvy week on the ISEQ, with the index down 1Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Figures show mortgage lending 'subdued'Growth in mortgage lending fell to the lowest pace in nearly 14 years last month, as weaknesses in the housing market continued…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
BoI falls on slower earnings growthMarket Report: Bank of Ireland dominated events on the Iseq yesterday, after issuing an interim management statement as the …Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00
Mortgage lending growth at 12-year lowGrowth in mortgage lending hit a 12-year low at the end of last year as rising interest rates and uncertainty over house prices…Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
Revenues up at O'Brien's CommunicorpRevenues climbed by 20 per cent at Denis O'Brien's radio group Communicorp in the year to the end of 2006, but continued investment…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Building firms pay €151m after Revenue checksConstruction companies paid out €151Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00
Babcock chief calls for splitting of EircomSeparating Eircom into two parts is the only way that the Republic can have a "properly functioning" telecom industry, a senior…Thu Dec 27 2007 - 00:00
ISTC examiner petition to be heardThe High Court is today scheduled to hear a petition for the appointment of an examiner to International Securities Trading Corporation…Mon Dec 17 2007 - 00:00
Revenue rejects 'snooping' claimThe Revenue Commissioners have strongly rejected suggestions of a culture of "casual snooping" after six of its officials were…Mon Dec 17 2007 - 00:00
