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European stocks rise after upbeat forecast from Volkswagen spurs rally
AstraZeneca boosted by comments from European Medicine Agency
ClassicsNow festival set to bring ancient Greece and Rome to life
Theatre, dance and literature events can all be enjoyed online
European stocks end higher as Trump-driven selling eases
Bank shares and Ryanair drive Iseq lower while FTSE 100 rebounds after shaky start
French billionaire Patrick Drahi offers €2.5bn for Altice Europe
Investors taking European telecoms companies private as share prices drift lower
Virgin Media vows to withhold sports channels until Eir ‘pays its bill’
Dispute between telecoms rivals flares up as postponed European football reaches climax
Eir owner Iliad agrees deal with Digicel in French West Indies
Agreement will mean companies invest jointly in new network infrastructure
Iseq lags behind its peers as European mood rises on trade deal hopes
Poor day on Dublin exchange for building and housing stocks, while FBD insurance group falls
Where it all went wrong for Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook was blindsided this month when seven high-profile partner companies, including eBay, PayPal, Visa and Mastercard, stepped back from its Libra project
Eir sees earnings rise amid €350m bond sale
Moody’s estimates that sale will save Eir about €6m a year in interest costs
Shares down as traders get the jitters from weak US data
Markets report: Stocks gained ground after reports the ECB is leaning towards a stimulus package that includes a rate cut
Vodafone Ireland sees slight rise in revenues as parent slashes dividend
Europe’s biggest telecom carrier slashed its full-year dividend by 40% to 9 cent per share
Telecoms tycoon Niel to sell mobile towers to Cellnex for $3bn
Businessman’s company Iliad burned through €1.44bn in cash in 2018
Chairman of Eir owner Illiad fined €600,000 for insider trading
Fine relates to Iliad’s attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA in July 2014
Xavier Niel faces delay in Eir dividend after refinancing
Telecom firm hit with more debt to help make €400m payment to US hedge funds
Eir hedge funds ‘dividend’ upped amid €1.15bn debt-raise
Dividend replaces loan note the funds received for some of their shares last year
Eir investors’ €300m payday stokes unpleasant memories
Latest moves will leave Eir with high debt level of 4.1 times its earnings
Eir’s odyssey may face further twist as investor Iliad struggles
Markets Beat: Price-cutting French phone company now being beaten at its own game
Colleagues pay tribute to Irish teacher murdered in Paris
John Dowling ‘loved what he taught and the people he taught it to’
France’s internet bad boy puts his money where his mouth is
Xavier Niel is sponsoring budding entrepreneurs such as former car thief Tally Fofana
Kingspan, Bank of Ireland advance as Irish shares shine amid Brexit deal hopes
Paddy Power Betfair shares jump almost 5 per cent
Bad week for European shares as trade war fears weigh on market
Ryanair trims losses to close 0.22% down, while AIB performs badly, tumbling 2.77%
European shares fizzle out on poor results and slide in commodities
UK retailer Sports Direct down 7.2%, mainly due to loss on its investment in Debenhams
Shares bounce on hopes for US-China breakthrough
Irish banks ride a wave of positivity that sweep along the European financial sector
Deja vu all over again as Eir’s new French owners hang up on 750 workers
Meanwhile it appears investors in the bonds issued by Rusal Capital in Ireland are trapped
Eir plan to cut 750 jobs may cost over €100m
Cost-cutting plan announced days after French takeover of phone group
Eir takeover deal triggers exodus of senior executives
Five more departures announced as French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel set to move in
French billionaire to complete Eir takeover ‘within weeks’
Companies controlled by telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel set to complete takeover in €3.5bn deal
Rural broadband hits another obstacle as Eir pulls out of process
Too many questions in air as National Broadband Plan reduced to one-horse race
Eir’s next owner is dreaming big
French billionaire Xavier Niel, who is poised to buy Eir, on his start-up campus, workplace diversity, Brexit, and digital taxation
Eir bondholders waive right to early repayment of €700m
Group is going through its seventh change of ownership in less than 20 years
Spotify, Airbnb and Dropbox among 2018’s expected IPOs
Closer to home, IPL Plastics and Digicel could also make the move this year
Canada’s answer to Warren Buffett in the money on Irish ‘bailout’
Two of telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel’s companies prepare to take 64.5% stake in Eir
A Noonan at the heart of the French takeover of Eir
Orla Noonan – daughter of Michael – is likely to have provided insights as Iliad circled Eir
Eir managers to share €100m through French takeover
Telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel to take majority stake in the phone group
Eir to sell two-thirds stake to French billionaire’s firms
Xavier Niel to pay about €1bn in deal that will involve CEO Richard Moat stepping down
Eir’s shareholders weigh trade sale to foreign buyer instead of IPO
Telecoms group considers alternative to listing on stock market
September boost for European shares after summer of losses
Iseq in positive territory with Ryanair, Paddy Power Betfair and CRH among the gainers
European shares fall after Trump vows to cut drug prices
Iseq falls 0.8% as Paddy Power Betfair confirms a slowdown in online gaming
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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