Glen Dimplex

Glen Dimplex acquires UK software business that helps hotels cut energy

SmarterDM sells systems that use software and other technology to control heating

Harcourt Developments considering sale of six shopping centres

Seen & Heard: Big investment in Shelbourne football; Hastings to sell Merrion hotel stake

Heat is on as Glen Dimplex’s CEO gets ready to hit the acquisitions trail

Naughton family-owned company eyeing growth in sustainable heating solutions

Patrick Guilbaud: ‘We try to be at the top all the time’

After 40 years in Dublin’s restaurant business the French restauranteur still aims for the elusive third Michelin star

Energy trading firm ElectroRoute hires Glen Dimplex CFO Donal Flynn

Finance director Yvonne Burke to succeed Flynn at electrical heating appliances group

Losses increase to €42.62m at Glen Dimplex Dublin unit after restructuring charge

The company recorded an operating loss of €10.2m for 2020, which was an increase of 23% on the 2019 loss of €8.3m

Glen Dimplex appoints Fergal Leamy as chief executive

Fergal Naughton, who has held the role for the past five years, will stay on as chairman

US college football game planned for 2022 in Dublin

Aer Lingus College Football Classic could generate up to €63 million for economy

Davy Hickey investors sue amid row over Citywest developer’s future

Directors of firm accused of ‘oppression and disregard’ of minority shareholders’ rights

US college football game scheduled for the Aviva cancelled

Businessman Neil Naughton says five-year game series will still go ahead from 2022

Glen Dimplex appoints Paris businesswomen to supervisory board

Cecile Helme-Guizon and Sophie le Tanneur become non-executive directors

State-backed BGF invests in Croom Precision Medical

First investment in Munster for venture capital firm

BofI and US investors among backers to sink €115m into Melior fund

Melior aims to raise €175m but sets €200m as upper limit, with fund closing by year end

BDO announces first close of new €75m fund for fast-growing SMEs

Development Capital Fund II backers are Bank of Ireland, EIB and ISIF

Who are Ireland’s 17 billionaires?

Best of 2020: Ireland has the fifth-largest number of billionaires per capita in the world, Oxfam says

Glen Dimplex appoints Michael Maher to shareholder board

Retiring chief operating officer also appointed to the Naughton Foundation board

Merrion Hotel had record 2018 as profits rose 29% to €4.1m

Accounts show revenues up 10% to a record €25m in 12 months to end October 2018

Notre Dame to get the ball rolling on gridiron college series in Dublin

College football series in Ireland is about a lot more than just big business

Neil Naughton takes on executive chairman role at Glen Dimplex

Founder’s son had been deputy chairman of the electrical goods maker since 2010

Tech company Taoglas acquires Dublin start-up Firmwave

The deal is the Co Wexford tech company’s second acquisition of the year

Coillte wins Deal of the Year award at ‘Irish Times’ Business Awards

State forestry company wins for €136m sale of its stake in four wind farms Greencoat

Fallon & Byrne’s big plans, 5,000 new finance jobs, and cashing in on clean energy

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Glen Dimplex hires Fergal Leamy as chief operating officer

Coillte chief executive to succeed Michael Maher in role at Irish heating and energy group

Foxpak’s pioneering attitude sets it apart

Inside Track: Paul Young, chief executive, Foxpak

Driverless buses, ex-billionaires and the death of a robot

Planet Business: Anyone for a spin in the €11m La Voiture Noire supercar?

Forbes Rich List features nine Irish businessmen

Michael O’Leary falls out while UK hedge fund manager joins after taking Irish passport post-Brexit vote

New pairing to take a turn at building Louth wind farm

ESB and Belgian group Parkwind planning wind farm that could supply electricity to 280,000 homes

Pendulum proves there’s no business like show business

Caveat: Motivational summit is now mainstream entertainment

Shanghai expo sends clear message to Trump

Huge trade fair invites foreign companies to showcase goods to Chinese consumers

All the way to China

Three Irish companies exhibiting at the China International Import Expo 2018 tell us why they are taking part

Sublimity Therapeutics records €43.2m in accumulated losses

Former Sigmoid Pharma forecasts more losses as it develops ulcerative colitis therapy

Merrion Hotel owners pay €11.2m for two apartments in new wing

Lochlann Quinn and Martin Naughton bought third, fourth floors in 2014

Trinity College Dublin announces €60m campus development

New development made possible after largest private donation in history of the State

Martin Naughton: Garda’s son became philanthropic radiator billionaire

Glen Dimplex businessman earned his riches in days long before Ireland was wealthy

Mixing family and business: Recipe for disaster or match made in heaven?

From small grocers to Walmart, family firms face unique challenges and opportunities

ElectroRoute eyeing opportunities to enter Japan’s power market

Donegal-registered company looks set to enter home turf of its parent, Mitsubishi

Glen Dimplex founder Martin Naughton wins peace price

Naughton is the first Irish honouree of the Oslo Business for Peace Award

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary joins Forbes billionaire list

Forbes estimates O’Leary fortune at $1.1bn, higher than Glen Dimplex founder Martin Naughton and Collison brothers

Border checks may still be needed with Brexit customs deal, says Creed

Minister tells conference that regulatory divergence poses biggest risk to Irish economy

There are now eight Irish billionaires, Oxfam report shows

Surge in number of billionaires fuelling ‘inequality crisis’, charity says

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