Eircom buys 30% of Net security groupEircom has acquired 30 per cent of Viasec, a Donegal-based e-mail security specialist, for a sum believed to be worth about £…Fri Oct 29 1999 - 01:00
Ryanair revises strategy for Dublin airport terminalLow-fare airline Ryanair has revised its plan to build a "low-cost" terminal at Dublin Airport, stating that it now wanted to…Thu Oct 28 1999 - 01:00
Software firm plans partial flotation to fund expansionManaged Solutions Corporation (MSC), a Dublin software company, is planning a partial flotation in early 2001 to secure international…Wed Oct 27 1999 - 01:00
Hotels Federation favours Ryanair terminal proposalsThe Irish Hotels Federation has said the Government should retain its ownership of Aer Rianta, stating that there is no evidence…Wed Oct 27 1999 - 01:00
Aldi to open low-cost outlets in IrelandALDI, the privately owned German supermarket chain, is opening two low-price outlets in Dublin and Co Cork next month, in the…Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Church & General adopts new nameInsurer Church and General will trade under the Allianz brand owned by one of its parent companies in the corporate insurance…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Interim profits surge 39% at Sun Micro-systemsSoftware group Sun Micro-systems has reported a pre-tax profit of $406.6 million (€373Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Dublin, Baldonnel projects wait for Government clearanceIn addition to considering the future of Aer Rianta, the Government will also finalise its decision on two proposals to develop…Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
O'Rourke expected to seek part-flotation of Aer RiantaThe Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, is expected to ask the Cabinet to float 25-30 per cent of Aer Rianta on the …Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
More cost-cutting on Ryanair faresLow-cost airline Ryanair has introduced a £5 one-way fare to Liverpool, Bristol and Leeds/ Bradford which will apply on Tuesdays…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Executive salaries up an average 6%Managerial salaries increased by an average of 6 per cent in the 12 months to April 1st last, according to a new Irish Management…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Aer Rianta in low-cost row with TanaisteAer Rianta has rejected a suggestion by the Tanaiste, Ms Harney, that no low-cost airline operates in the west of the State.Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
Consultants apply slide rule to wealth, happinessHappy are those who are wealthy, but they are only a little happier than people who are notSat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
US firms to create 500 Dublin jobsMore than 500 jobs are to be created in Dublin and in Co Kildare with the expansion of two US firms.Fri Oct 08 1999 - 01:00
Dell to entice staff by lotteryDell, the US direct-sale computer-maker, is investing $50,000 (about €47,000) in a workers' lottery and in other initiatives …Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
Manpower acquires SkillsGroupThe joint owners of recruitment agency SkillsGroup, Ms Paula Lager and Mr Ian Bewick, will initially receive €4 million (£3.15…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
Spollen likely to be recalled to DIRT inquiryAIB's former head of internal audit, Mr Tony Spollen, is likely to be recalled before the DIRT inquiry at the Oireachtas Public…Mon Oct 04 1999 - 01:00
CRH keeps its counsel after board meetingAmid almost complete secrecy, the board of CRH met in the US yesterday and discussed for the first time its reaction to the Ansbacher…Fri Oct 01 1999 - 01:00
Coveney says late father was not depositor at AnsbacherMr Simon Coveney, Fine Gael TD for Cork South-Central, has said his late father, Mr Hugh Coveney TD, was the beneficiary of loans…Thu Sept 30 1999 - 01:00
Culliton is first casualty of AnsbacherMr Jim Culliton yesterday resigned from the boards of three companies two days after it was claimed that his name was on the …Thu Sept 30 1999 - 01:00
Ansbacher connection vigorously denied by leading businessmenIndependent News & Media chairman Dr Tony O'Reilly has issued libel proceedings against The Irish Times after yesterday's…Wed Sept 29 1999 - 01:00
Ryan investigates offshore trust companyThe civil servant whose confidential report on Ansbacher (Cayman) Ltd led to the appointment of three High Court inspectors to…Mon Sept 27 1999 - 01:00
CRH is among the State's richest companiesCement Roadstone Holdings is one of Ireland's most successful companies. It is worth about £6 billionSat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Chairman of CRH denies wrongdoing over AnsbacherThe chairman of CRH, Mr Tony Barry, has said he transferred funds into a trust account managed by Ansbacher or a connected company…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Serving 1987 CRH directors stay silentNone of the four serving CRH directors who were also board members in 1987 have commented when asked, through a company spokesman…Fri Sept 24 1999 - 01:00
High Court told half CRH board kept Ansbacher secret accountsMore than half of the directors in 1987 of CRH, one of the State's largest companies, held money in the Ansbacher accounts, the…Thu Sept 23 1999 - 01:00
Interest rate rise in EU not expectedA leading economist has added to the growing consensus that euro zone interest rates are unlikely to rise before spring next …Wed Sept 22 1999 - 01:00
Eircom recovery inching aheadEircom shares continued their modest recovery yesterday, rising 5 1/2 cents on the day to finish at €3.80 1/2 (£3).Wed Sept 22 1999 - 01:00
Financials and Eircom continue to rallyThe Irish exchange was in good shape yesterday, contrasting with international markets, as the financials and Eircom continued…Wed Sept 22 1999 - 01:00
Two biggest banks move away from traditional criteria used for lendingAllied Irish Banks, the State's largest, and First Active have said that they moved away earlier this year from the home loan…Tue Sept 21 1999 - 01:00
Business not ready for Y2K"Worryingly low" levels of action to achieve year 2000 compliance were criticised by the Minister for Science, Technology and…Tue Sept 21 1999 - 01:00
Hearing due tomorrow on inspector for AnsbacherAn application for the appointment of a High Court inspector to investigate the Ansbacher deposits is due to be heard tomorrow…Tue Sept 21 1999 - 01:00
Elan plans £100m HQ at UCD campusElan, the publicly quoted drug company, is planning to spend some £100 million on a new corporate headquarters at UCD's Belfield…Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce (Prion Books, £5.99 in UK)Donn Pearce's classic account of life on a Florida chain-gang is a poignant indictment of a brutal regime and a eulogy to Cool…Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
E-commerce trips on deliveryProblems with the delivery of goods are the biggest barrier to the development of e-commerce, former US presidential candidate…Fri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
Online site managers bill unwary companiesCompanies throughout the State are being billed £102.85 (€131) each by a Dublin firm with which they have no contract.Fri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
J.A. Hickey to close with loss of 170 jobsOne of Dublin's oldest clothing firms, J.AFri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
Barclays boss recommends expansion for Irish banksIrish banks will have to expand internationally if they are to consolidate in the domestic market, the incoming chief executive…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Ryanair passenger numbers fall in DublinTraffic on low-fare airline Ryanair's routes in and out of Dublin Airport declined by 20,391 passengers, or 1 per cent, in the…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Banks suffer as traders react to mortgage cutsBank shares took a hammering on the market yesterday, falling more than analysts expected, as investors reacted to Friday's mortgage…Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
Conference told shares in Eircom are undervaluedShares in Eircom are undervalued by over 40 cents, although the stock was likely to take 12 months to rise from its present rate…Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe writer Criostoir O'Flynn tells a story about a discussion with an acquaintance who expressed surprise that he was still a…Mon Sept 13 1999 - 01:00
Meath family nets £6.24m profit on property investmentFive members of a Co Meath family, long involved in the property business, made a profit of some £6.24 million (€7Sat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
Bula agm hears Reynolds may get oil stakeFormer Taoiseach and Bula Resources chairman Mr Albert Reynolds may receive a 3Fri Sept 10 1999 - 01:00
The inclusion of B&Bs has yet to be decidedThe possible inclusion in the new Valuation Bill of bed & breakfast establishments, chicken farms and piggeries, has yet …Fri Sept 10 1999 - 01:00
Six hotels to trade under De Vere brandConference facilities at six hotels owned by Northern Ireland group Hastings will trade under the De Vere brand for sales, marketing…Thu Sept 09 1999 - 01:00
Music figures seeking radio licencesMusic industry figures such as the manager of U2, Mr Paul McGuinness, and Boyzone's founder, Mr Louis Walsh, are among those …Tue Sept 07 1999 - 01:00
Unemployment down slightly in AugustThe number of people signing on the live register has fallen in August by 2,700 when seasonal factors were taken into account…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Blarney Woollen Mills feud ends in splitClothing and hotel group Blarney Woollen Mills will be broken up into two separate competing entitiesSat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Market advances during day of sluggish tradingTrading in Dublin was relatively quiet yesterday despite heavy business in New York and London on the back of US employment figures…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
