The Irish Times view on the National Broadband Plan contract: Devil may lie in unknown detail

The 25-year contract requires National Broadband Ireland (NBI) – the vehicle set up by winning bidder US firm Granahan McCourt – to deliver high-speed broadband to 542,000 mainly rural homes and premises

Digital pollution: ‘We have a pandemic of data and 90% of it is crap’

Net Results: Web pioneer Gerry McGovern warns about digital’s burden on the planet

Hugo MacNeill steps back from Goldman Sachs role

Banker is campaigning for a seat on the Trinity College Dublin panel of the Seanad

Cairn Homes appoints Shane Doherty as new finance chief

Outgoing CFO Tim Kenny announced in June he planned to step down

Just 456 public payphones are left in the State

Eir says 21 payphones have been removed this year amid anti-social behaviour

Ryanair cracks, McDonald’s new chief and corporate rebrands to rival Facebook’s

Planet Business: When it’s time for a change and maybe a song

Sky settles dispute with Comreg over Eircom broadband charges

Rule change allowed network owner Eircom charge rivals €170 when a customer switched

German telco Yourtel to exit Irish market, High Court hears

Company agrees to order sequestering assets over ‘wilful disobedience’ of earlier order

Former Eircom CEO plans to sue the telco over annual consultancy fee row

Cathal Magee hires top employment lawyer to file High Court action

I binned my Eircom paperwork: how can I find out how many shares I owned?

Q&A: Dominic Coyle answers your personal finance questions

Siro now a serious challenger to Eir in fibre arms race

Siro boss John Keaney says telco is about to deepen operations in Cork and Galway and take the fight to Eir in Dublin’s suburbs

Court orders block on illegal streaming of English football matches

Football Association Premier League granted Ireland’s first ever order compelling ISPs

Just 468 public payphones left in Republic as demand continues to drop

Most payphone calls are to domestic violence and homeless shelters, says ComReg

Premier League takes High Court action to block illegal streaming

Organisation lodges proceedings against broadband providers in Ireland

Broadband: what you are not being told about the €3bn plan

Smart Money: What we aren’t we being told – and why?

Miriam Lord: Broadband is all Labour’s idea, Varadkar tells a stunned Howlin

Taoiseach reckons if you can’t get Opposition to support the plan, then make them own it

What is the national broadband plan and what will it cost?

Q&A: Value of initiative to bring coverage to 100% of homes has been hotly contested

I’ll just take your card details: eight scams to watch out for

It can be hard to tell if an email or call is from a legitimate company or a fraudster so you need to keep your wits about you at all times

Student who tripped on footpath settles case for €41,000

Junior Cert student Stephen Cassidy fractured ankle in fall near his Athlone home

Bernie Gray appointed as Coillte chairwoman

Gray held same role in EirGrid between 2006 and 2013

Yourtel agrees to stop billing customers for service they never get

ComReg brought proceedings against German landline operator over the practice

Public expenditure official not required to report on spiralling costs

Hospital board member Paul Quinn appointed in personal capacity, Harris says

Warning over ‘Eircom’ scam targeting landline phones

Callers alleging to be from ‘Eircom’ say broadband will be cut unless steps are taken

German company still billing customers for service not being provided, court told

Regulator is seeking court order restraining Yourtel from continuing with alleged activity

Sky sues Comreg over decision on access to Eircom infrastructure

Company says move will deter customer from switching and artificially inflate costs

‘Best thing I ever did’: Male friends who married for tax purposes have no regrets

One year on, the pair reflect on the ‘business arrangement’ that attracted global interest

Comreg to send observers into Eir as part of €12m peace deal

Eir agrees to allow committee of outsiders to monitor its internal structures for five years

AIB confirms move to sublet Eir’s headquarters in Dublin 8

Bank is due to vacate the AIB Bank Centre in Ballsbridge by 2020

Thousands of retired semi-State workers ‘struggling’ on small pensions

Representatives outline grievances to Oireachtas committee

Sandyford Business Park office buildings new to market and fully let

Eir rents one of the units on a 35-year lease, which produces a rent roll of €222,000

€38m sought for three-storey office block at Citywest

Eir leasing 77,000sq ft in premier space on long 25-year lease with no break options

PayPoint to exit the Irish market in October

Company is used by 450 retailers in the Republic

A brief history of Ireland in 33 great delusions

The falsehoods, euphemisms and face-saving ruses that helped make us what we are

Former Arthur Cox chairman dies after brief illness

James O’Dwyer (71) was regarded as one of Ireland’s leading corporate lawyers

Eir to move HQ to Citywest in move to save €10m a year

Move is latest cost-cutting initiative since Eir was taken over by two firms controlled by French billionaire Xavier Niel

Gangland criminals opting for cheaper cars to fly under radar

Criminal Assets Bureau seizes €800,000 bitcoin ‘brain wallet’ in world policing first

Denis O’Brien documentary: I considered taking legal advice before watching the thing

Review: O’Brien owns a big chunk of the media, and often seems to be suing the rest

Tracking down details of loss on Eircom shares

Q&A: Shareholders should always keep documentation relating to their shares

‘One hour into a four-year journalism course, I knew I had made a terrible mistake’

Sarah McInerney writes about her journey from being a DCU undergrad unsure about her course choice to making a career in journalism

Basil Geoghegan set to become chairman of DAA

Banker and lawyer will succeed Pádraig Ó Riordáin at the State airport company

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