Eamonn Rothwell

Share buy-backs and stock awards to chief executive Eamonn Rothwell among factors that have limited market liquidity

Chairman of Irish Ferries owner has been on the board for 38 years. Is he really that independent?

Board faces collision course with some top investors who see deal as undervaluing the company

Shares spike above €8 offer price, to €8.08, after weight of buyers delays start of trading

Three Irish public companies are now subject to takeover proposals

Roll-on, roll-off freight unit traffic rose 5.2% on same period last year, but car volumes were down 2.9% and container freight 3.8% weaker

Irish Ferries parent group defends decision to continue departure from public company governance codes

Share buybacks have seen Eamonn Rothwell’s stake in the business jump 50% but, at 71, what is his end game?

ICG has reduced sailings on Dover-Calais route to redeploy capacity to Ireland-France route

Chief executive of 33 years now owns just over 20% of parent of Irish Ferries

Passenger revenues rise despite Holyhead disruption after winter storm damage and reduction in sailings on Dover-Calais route

Proxy adviser ISS remains concerned over lack of detail on how bonus of long-time chief executive Eamonn Rothwell is assessed

The median chief executive compensation packag was €2 million last year.

Proxy adviser ISS urges shareholders to reject company’s remuneration report at forthcoming agm

Irish Continental Group chief executive Eamonn Rothwell receives €1m in share payments and another €1.5m in options at current values

Company’s behaviour is reprehensible but it was merely following well-worn industry path

Revenues last year rose by 21% to €334.5m as number of cars carried increased to 203,600

Concern over lack of impairment charges as ferries left idle during pandemic shutdown

Irish Ferries owner has prioritised route between England and France

Median CEO compensation package falls almost 36 per cent to €1.2 million however

Advisory firms to big corporate companies critical of top-level remuneration ahead of agms

Cars down 67%, offset partly by increase in lorries carrying goods

Irish Continental Group has seen passenger numbers fall 60% but freight volumes robust

Last government committed at start of April to provide up to €15m of PSO subventions

After WB Yeats debacle, Irish Ferries owner facing Covid-19 and Brexit uncertainty

ICG chief Eamonn Rothwell says rule will put Common Travel Area at risk post-Brexit

Ferry company’s owner, Irish Continental Group, has cancelled an order with German shipmaker FSG for a new vessel

Seen & Heard: Car Trawler raising funds, Rothwell’s €3m pay, and Glenveagh apartments sale on hold

Slew of Dublin-listed companies scrap multimillion-euro dividend payment plans

ICG meeting pushed back from May 12th, with vote on final dividend of 2019 deferred

CEOs have secured collective pay rise of 13% while employee salaries rise just 1.5%

Irish Continental Group said UK bookings fell in run-up to March 29th withdrawal date

Shareholders’ adviser presses ferry operator to replace long-serving John B McGuckian

Funds being used to finance two ships, one of which entered service on Tuesday

Market Beat: Irish Continental Group continues to find itself in choppy waters

The average salary of Iseq 20 boss has risen to €1.88m, according to new figures

Ship will carry 1,800 passengers and crew and 330 containers on Dublin-Holyhead route

Duty-free drink may be 60 per cent cheaper for Irish passengers coming home from UK

Over 90% of shareholders approve remuneration levels of the ferries operator

Shareholder groups increasingly active in opposing higher pay at Irish PLCs