DCC interim profits up 14% as analysts predict £700m warchest for fresh buyouts

Total spend on deals in the current financial year will amount to £550 million

New DCC chief ‘actively looking’ for M&A opportunities

Donal Murphy spoke to The Irish Times after taking over from Tommy Breen at agm

Couche-Tard shifts global roles to Dublin

Canadian-listed Couche-Tard will bring its Circle K brand to Ireland next year

DCC energy division drives 21% jump in earnings

Group sees opportunity to grow IT security business following global cyberattack

Applegreen boss talks about fuelling a roadside retailing empire

Food is more profitable than fuel so it’s good news breakfast-roll man is back

DCC to buy Esso’s filling stations in Norway for €273.5m

FTSE 100 company says third-quarter operating profit strongly ahead of the prior year

Denis O’Brien settles action with Topaz buyer over €4.7m

Settlement subject to payment being made to O’Brien’s Kendrick Investments, court hears

Software firm Redfaire to create 40 jobs as it expands overseas

Limerick-based firm to create roles in software development, cloud IT and sales

Profits at petrol supplier Texaco grow two-thirds to €25.3m

Valero Energy (Ireland) sells motor fuel, home heating oil and owns 50% stake in fuel terminal at Dublin port

Topaz announces €33m investment plan

Canadian owner Couche-Tard hopes to create more than 200 jobs by end of 2017

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Fears for 900 private dwellings as Ulster Bank sells distressed mortgage portfolio

Maxol’s €2m expansion to focus on food courts

McMullan family working with independent food operators such as Supermac’s

Lara Marlowe on why jihadists are not only threat to Euro 2016

Trade unions railing against new labour laws employing more drastic protest measures

Maxol gets go ahead to buy three former Esso service stations

Move part of ‘significant expansion’ at oil company

A fantastic use for plastic in Tanzania

Irish expats are employing locals to upcycle plastic into everything from pouffes to pool tables, while also tackling pollution and sending Tanzanians to school

Panama Papers: the Irish connections

Builders, sportsmen, bankers, solicitors, accountants listed in leaked files

DCC says operating profit ‘significantly ahead’

London-listed group reports ‘excellent growth’ in profit in a number of divisions

Applegreen and Valero in line for Esso fuel terminal stake

The companies are interested in buying business Topaz must offload in Esso takeover

Year of undulating fortunes for businessman Denis O’Brien

Topaz sale provides stunning success but proposed Digicel flotation flounders

Catherine Murphy claims Government deliberately removes oversight

TD says Sipo has ‘no teeth’ and calls for anti-corruption agency with genuine powers

O’Brien sells Topaz for more than double what he paid

Canadian retailer buys fuel chain for an estimated €450m

Strange timing for speedy sale of Topaz

An incredible deal for his nephew, but it’s unclear why O’Brien chose now to sell

The question is, why has Denis O’Brien sold Topaz now?

Couche-Tard will be significant force in Irish market

Denis O’Brien sells Topaz for estimated €450m

Canadian firm buys forecourt retailer withnetwork of 464 service stations

DCC has potential war chest of £400m for acquisitions

Company reports interim profits surge as it contemplates expansion outside Europe

Denis O’Brien-owned Topaz gets clearance for Esso acquisition

Combined companies will have €3.5bn turnover and 2,000 staff

DCC expects significant growth after Esso buyout

Dublin--headquartered group reports positive first quarter results

AIB seeks judgment of €6.6m against couple over default on loans

Facilities advanced to buy or construct properties in Donegal and Louth

O’Brien keeps it in the family with Topaz stake offload

Emmet O’Neill rolling out Re.Store brand across network of forecourts

DCC completes buyout of Esso’s French arm

Deal includes Esso’s unmanned motorway retail petrol station network

DCC eyes further buyouts after €464 million French deal

Operating profits up 10 per cent in results announcement as shares surge 13 per cent

Commission approves DCC purchase of French fuel stations

Irish conglomerate will acquire 320 Esso stations and 72 service stations

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Topaz reports rise in operating profit, invests €20m in network

Ireland’s largest fuel retailer announces operating profits of €13.9m

Irish Institute of Master Mariners elects first female president

Sinéad Reen has navigated world’s shipping routes at helm of supertankers and cruise ships

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Denis O'Brien's Topaz in talks to buy Esso garages

Services station group will increase its market share to approximately 30 per cent

DCC reduces earnings outlook on back of milder weather

Company sees operating profit rise 6.4% in the six months to September

DCC seeks to buy more unmanned fuel stations

Irish conglomerate has agreed a €106 million deal to buy assets from Esso in France

Shares in Providence up 10 per cent on Barryroe discussions

Surveys conducted on Barryroe in 2012 indicated the field could yield 778 million barrels of oil

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