An Post faces extra wage bill of €38m after judgmentAn Post is facing an additional wage bill of €38 million this year after the Labour Court called on the company to pay increases…Thu Jul 14 2005 - 01:00
Consumer agency seeks submissionsThe interim National Consumer Agency has asked consumers to make submissions to the Government on whether it should scrap the…Tue Jul 12 2005 - 01:00
North's business activity nudges upwards in JuneBusiness activity in Northern Ireland nudged upwards in June but the expansion in the first half of the year was at a slower …Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
McKillen raises stake in Savoy consortiumProperty developer Paddy McKillen has significantly increased his stake in the Irish consortium that owns the Savoy hotel group…Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
New EU tax battle on horizonTaoiseach Bertie Ahern successfully fought off moves to harmonise European tax rates in the troubled draft constitutional treaty…Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
Irish group buys $440m stake in Trump PlaceA group of Irish investors has taken a $440 million (€369 million) stake in a 77-acre New York property scheme worth $1Sat Jul 09 2005 - 01:00
Engineers find 'no leaks' at aquatic centreEngineers acting for the builder of the €62 million National Aquatic Centre have reported that there are no leaks from the swimming…Fri Jul 08 2005 - 01:00
Thomas Read team mounts €100,000 buyoutA management team at the Thomas Read group has secured agreement in principle to buy the pub chain for €100,000 from two of its…Fri Jul 08 2005 - 01:00
Builders reject claims of leaky poolsConstruction firm Rohcon, which built the €62 million National Aquatic Centre, has rejected claims that its representatives observed…Thu Jul 07 2005 - 01:00
DCC spends €11.8m in acquiring healthcare and oil businessesDCC, the marketing and distribution group, has upgraded its earnings guidance and spent €11Wed Jul 06 2005 - 01:00
Profits at Waterstone's Irish outlets hit €1.475mBritish book retailer Waterstone's is making annual pretax profits of €1Tue Jul 05 2005 - 01:00
IFSC-based reinsurance firm takes dividend holidayIFSC-based reinsurer London Life & General Reinsurance has taken a dividend holiday, a year after it took €22Mon Jul 04 2005 - 01:00
Parking for State employees costs €1.3m per yearThe Government is spending more than €1Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
Pool operator facing €10.25m VAT billDublin Waterworld, which runs the National Aquatic Centre, is facing a VAT bill of €10Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
IN&M expects growthIndependent News & Media is projecting higher advertising and circulation revenues this year and lower operating costs, the…Thu Jun 30 2005 - 01:00
Fas asks fraud squad to investigate supplier claimsThe internal audit unit at Fás has asked the Garda fraud squad to examine claims that one of its suppliers did not deliver services…Thu Jun 30 2005 - 01:00
€4.3m for firms with Enterprise board linksAlmost half the directors of Enterprise Ireland had interests in companies and funds that received financial assistance last …Mon Jun 27 2005 - 01:00
Government retains bar on foreign-trained pharmacistsThe Government has stepped back from an immediate move to scrap rules that prevent pharmacists not trained in the Republic from…Sat Jun 25 2005 - 01:00
Tax defaulters make settlements of €100mTax defaulters made settlements of more than €100 million with the Revenue in the first three months of the year, after audits…Sat Jun 25 2005 - 01:00
Bupa calls for opposition to Harney moveHealth insurer Bupa Ireland is making a last-ditch effort to stop risk equalisation payments of some €35 million to the VHI by…Sat Jun 25 2005 - 01:00
Harney spurns mutual VHI ideaTánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney has said that she does not favour turning the VHI into a mutual society, as mooted…Fri Jun 24 2005 - 01:00
Enterprise Ireland investments fall by €5.69mEnterprise Ireland wrote down the value of its investments in start-up companies and seed capital funds by €19Fri Jun 24 2005 - 01:00
Scor bid puts €392.5m value on Irish Reinsurance PartnersIFSC-based reinsurance group Irish Reinsurance Partners has been valued at €392Thu Jun 23 2005 - 01:00
Leinster Leader wants to hold on to propertiesThe Leinster Leader board wants to retain ownership of the group's properties and buildings after the sale of its newspapers…Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
O'Donoghue backs artists' tax exemptionMinister for Arts John O'Donoghue has urged Minister for Finance Brian Cowen not to abolish or dilute the scheme that exempts…Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
'Please stand up for us'Writers Patricia Scanlan and Sheila O'Flanagan have urged the Government not to withdraw or restrict the scheme that exempts …Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
EU urges enactment of directivesEuropean internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy has warned that the EU will take infringement proceedings against member…Wed Jun 22 2005 - 01:00
Leinster Leader advisers seek interest in group saleAdvisers to the Leinster Leader group have contacted a number of newspaper and private equity companies in their efforts to drum…Sat Jun 18 2005 - 01:00
Eircom applies for 3G mobile licenceEircom has applied for a third generation mobile phone licence, prompting ComReg to invite expressions of interest in the last…Fri Jun 17 2005 - 01:00
Spar chief eyes up ownership structure while increasing shopsAs a former finance director at Irish Distillers, Leo Crawford was more than a mite interested when Pernod Ricard moved last …Fri Jun 17 2005 - 01:00
Smart Telecom takes Eircom to High CourtSmart Telecom has taken a High Court action against Eircom, accusing the former State company of abusing its dominant position…Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:00
Clerys posts losses as sales fall to €35.3mThe Clerys department store group in Dublin has gone into the red with annual pretax losses of €742,875 following a marginal …Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:00
Spar franchise owner BWG reports 29% profit riseSpar franchise owner BWG Holdings has reported a 29 per cent rise in operating profits to €48Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:00
Dental surgeon pays €1m to RevenueA south Dublin dental surgeon has been fined €4,500 after pleading guilty to nine criminal charges of tax evasion following a…Tue Jun 14 2005 - 01:00
EU to investigate Irish finance, energy sectorsEU competition officials are planning to investigate the Irish financial services and energy markets as part of a wider European…Tue Jun 14 2005 - 01:00
Energis 2004 revenues stay flat at €43mAnnual revenues at telecom firm Energis Ireland, the third-largest fixed-line operator, were flat last year at €43 million as…Mon Jun 13 2005 - 01:00
Consortiums expected to line up for Jurys siteMajor property developers are likely to form consortiums to bid for the Jurys Doyle site in Ballsbridge in order to spread the…Sat Jun 11 2005 - 01:00
Jurys to knock Dublin hotels and sell siteThe Jurys Doyle group could realise as much as €160 million as a result of its decision yesterday to knock down its three hotels…Fri Jun 10 2005 - 01:00
Who owns Jurys?The Doyle connection: The people behind the scenes of one of Ireland's most famous hotel groups.Fri Jun 10 2005 - 01:00
Jurys rejects second Precinct approachThe directors of Jurys Doyle have rejected the second approach from the Precinct consortium, which valued the hotel group at …Thu Jun 09 2005 - 01:00
Allegations against bank up for mentionA case in which publican Hugh O'Regan alleges that officials in Bank of Ireland changed the mandates on an account owned by one…Thu Jun 09 2005 - 01:00
Guilty plea move results in Cologne Re sackingCologne Reinsurance (Cologne Re) sacked the former chief executive of its Irish operation, John Houldsworth, on Monday after …Wed Jun 08 2005 - 01:00
ADM Holdings posts loss of €110,000The parent of a Cork manufacturer of ingredients for the fizzy drinks industry has recorded losses after tax of €110,000 on revenues…Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
EU raids Fyffes' offices in fruit cartel inquiryEU competition officials have raided the headquarters of fruit importer Fyffes in an investigation into a suspected cartel in…Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
Fashion chain owner Mosaic has Irish sales of almost €:37mThe owner of women's fashion chains Karen Millen and Oasis has annual sales in Ireland of almost €37 million, it has emerged…Wed Jun 01 2005 - 01:00
Unidare investors will get €47.6m windfall on 3i dealShareholders at Unidare will receive a €47.6 million windfall of €2Wed Jun 01 2005 - 01:00
Home's owner settled tax bill of €1mThe combination of two tax settlements cost Leas Cross owner John Aherne and one of his companies almost €1 million in 2000, …Wed Jun 01 2005 - 01:00
Italian bank nets ?57m IFSC dividendItalian banking giant UniCredito received a €57 million dividend last year from its IFSC unit.Tue May 31 2005 - 01:00
