Conrad hotel operator revenues decline 80% due to Covid-19

Revenue at Dublin hotel fell by €14.9m in 2020, from €18.6m to €3.7m

Ballymun store was Ikea’s best performer globally when it reopened on May 17th

Dublin outlet outperformed Ikea’s 378 other outlets on day it reopened after loosening of Covid-19 restrictions

Brown Bag Films operator sees profits rise 5% to €5.73m

Niagara Films Ireland Ltd news comes amid busy summer for animation studio

Enterprise Ireland 2020 spend soars to over €1bn in response to pandemic

Bulk of spend related to €645.65m for Covid-19 restart grant scheme

Dublin Port weathers Covid and Brexit with €44.15m profit

Volume decrease of 3.3% last year was ‘far less than feared’ chairman says

Aer Lingus’s Shannon cuts, housing supply risks, and price inflation

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Controversial Kildare quarry plan approved by An Bord Pleanála

Plan to extract 3m tonnes of sand gravel received more than 200 objections

‘People in hospital and in graveyards’ because of Clare drug dealer, judge says

Tony McInerney sentenced to 12 years – longest given by Ennis Circuit Court this century

Drug dealer jailed for 12 years after being caught at Clare ‘cocaine factory’

Tony McInerney (25) was caught ‘red handed’ mixing drugs during Garda raid last year

Golden Discs expects strong fourth quarter due to pent-up demand

Pre-tax profits at the group fell 39% from €200,963 to €122,429 in the 12 months to the end of December 2019

Covid-19 sees IAA report first pretax loss

Company’s annual report shows operating profits plunged by 93.5% from €31.88m to €2m

Man pleads guilty to dealing cocaine from a ‘cocaine factory’

Court told man had lifestyle not sustainable for someone who did not have income

Cartoon Saloon boosted by deals with Apple and Netflix

Oscar-nominated Kilkenny animation company saw profits rise 39% in 2019

Moneypoint’s green future, Dublin’s house prices, and Biden’s tax plan

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Councils ‘wasting money’; business fraudsters; and how affordable housing plan will make things worse

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Losses at company behind State’s Five Guys franchise halved last year

Desmond brothers’ Anart Restaurants warns of Covid impact as it lodges accounts

Pat Kenny objection to Dalkey nursing home planning application successful

Broadcaster and neighbours objected to Bartra five-storey care home

Chawke lodges fast-track plan for 299 apartments on Goat Grill site

Publican’s planning consultant claims the eight-storey height is justified

Woman dies in hospital two weeks after alleged assault in Ennis

Mother-of-two Sharon Bennett suffered serious head injuries

Remote working ‘revolution’ bringing people back to towns and villages

Population of west Clare resort of Kilkee jumps as more people take up residence

Ryanair to restore Shannon base for summer 2021

Airline calls on Government to offer incentives to encourage passenger recovery

Woman who lay down on motorway banned from driving for four years

Motorist pleaded guilty to failing to provide specimen to test for drink driving

Councils overpaying for social housing, rise in private pension age, and businesses unprepared for Brexit

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‘Serious concerns’ expressed by council over Dublin 4 co-living development

Local authority asks developers to submit revised plans for project at Kiely’s site

Sean Dunne’s bankruptcy, objections to D4 co-living, and oil off the Cork coast

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Apple received $250bn dividend from Irish subsidiary in 2019

AOI is registered at Holyhill campus in Cork and covers most Apple non-US subsidiaries

‘No demand... because there are no people’ at well-known Dublin pub

Absence of office workers and tourists is hitting Doheny & Nesbitt’s hard

Book of Kells visitor centre and Old Library works planned by TCD

Covid-19 is causing revenue from manuscript exhibition to plummet from 2019’s €12.7m

State’s €2bn loan scheme, Harvey Norman goes west, and Apple tax case

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Cairn Homes plan for former RTÉ site draws 19 objections

Project Montrose plan includes 611 apartments in blocks of four to 10 storeys high

Glen Hansard firm’s accumulated profits hit €1.3m

Plateau Records cash reserves rise to €896,685 as singer shares pay of €261,000

Man charged with murder of Eoin Boylan in Ennis

Nassar Ahmed (39) replied ‘okay’ after being charged with the murder offence

Six staff at Trinity College earned over €300,000 each last year

University calls for ‘significant additional funding’ from Government despite reporting €5.7m surplus in 2019

Clare results: Sinn Féin performance claims two high-profile casualties

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil lose out as constituency elects first Sinn Féin TD since 1922

State delays in paying for new medicines criticised by pharma giant

Roche Products says delays do not identify Ireland as strong innovation supporter

Traveller fails in race claim against Michael Healy Rae shop

WRC finds Veronica Battles failed to establish discrimination against Kilgarvan Mace

Kilkenny Group objects to Goodman family’s plan for Dublin office block

Retailer has objected to Dublin City Council about application to demolish 47, 48 and 49 Kildare Street and number 1 Nassau Street to make way for development

Landlord who subjected tenant to racist abuse ordered to pay €15,000

Tenant produced video recording of interaction with landlord at WRC hearing

Club Travel buys rival Atlas

Country’s largest independently-owned travel company operates as Government’s agent

Mount Juliet hotel and golf resort narrowed losses to €3m last year

Five-star Mount Juliet in Co Kilkenny will stage the 2020 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open next year

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