Aer Lingus rejects Ryanair's €748m bid for airlineRYANAIR CHIEF executive Michael O'Leary formally launched his company's €748 million bid for rival Aer Lingus yesterday claiming…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Siac shows operating profit of €3.9m aided by joint venturesJOINT VENTURES on State-funded building projects helped construction and civil engineering group Siac stay in profit last year…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Bigger tax breaks on way as €250m rolls in from film and TV projectsCLOSE TO €250 million will have been spent on film and TV production in the Republic by the end of this year, according to an…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Greyhound body to save €2m without prize cutTHE STATE company responsible for running greyhound racing in the Republic plans to save €2 million next year, but pledged that…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
House building slump will keep construction at lowest in EuropeA CONTINUED plunge in house building will keep the Republic's construction industry at the bottom of the European league next…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Energy company to develop 57mw wind farm in MacroomULSTER BANK is leading a €100 million fundraising drive for a wind farm that the developers say will provide electricity for …Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Tax breaks revised for multinational managers and Irish film investorsTHE GOVERNMENT plans to revive a controversial measure allowing multinational firms to pay workers outside the State and avoid…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Aer Lingus soars 14% on Ryanair bid speculationDUBLIN REPORT: Iseq : 2,481.06 (-21Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Bord na Móna ends Veolia talksSTATE COMPANY Bord na Móna has walked away from talks to buy French waste manager Veolia’s Irish business.Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Beamish to close with loss of 120 jobsIRELAND'S OLDEST operating brewery is to close with the loss of about 120 jobs.Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Heineken to close historic Beamish & Crawford breweryIreland's oldest brewery is to close with the loss of around 120 jobsThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Court backs pub loan dealACC BANK took a 30 per cent cut on a loan secured against a high-profile pub in a settlement backed by the High Court yesterday…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Firm's €8.1m Revenue settlement is third biggestA BUILDING supplies company has paid the Revenue Commissioners more than €8 million in taxes, interest and penalties in a settlement…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Revenue investigations gather €24m in tax settlementsINVESTIGATIONS INTO offshore assets and single premium insurance investments accounted for a large number of the €24 million …Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Cut promised in cost of electricityCONSUMERS and small business will make savings on their electricity bills from January while gas prices will not increase further…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
CRH spending €250m on Polish unitBUILDING MATERIALS giant CRH is spending €250 million on expanding its manufacturing facilities in Poland, according to its head…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Taggart bidders asked for last offerPOTENTIAL BUYERS are lining up their final bids for the properties owned by the joint venture between troubled Taggart Holdings…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Energy network to heat 60,000 homesA SPIN-OFF of civil engineering firm Liffey Developments is spending €100 million on building a system that will use geothermal…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Examiner appointed to MasterchefsTHE HIGH Court has appointed accountancy firm KPMG as examiner to Masterchefs, the company that provides corporate catering at…Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Kentz receives orders worth over €170m since SeptemberENGINEERING AND instrumentation specialist Kentz has received new orders worth more than €170 million since September.Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Eircom credit union will not pay dividendEIRCOM'S STAFF credit union has written to members telling them it cannot pay a dividend this year because of losses sustained…Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Warning against pulling plug on power price risesPUTTING OFF recently proposed gas and electricity price increases will hit long-term competitiveness and slow the modernisation…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
McCreevy spells out opposition to EU proposal to consolidate corporate taxEU COMMISSIONER Charlie McCreevy says there is a consensus emerging on Brussels proposals to consolidate the union's corporate…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Bord Gais to abandon further price riseHOUSEHOLDS AND businesses are unlikely to face a further increase in natural gas charges next January as fossil fuel prices have…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Goodbody deal caught in Taggart falloutA JOINT venture between private clients of Dublin stockbroker Goodbody and troubled Belfast developer Taggart Holdings has been…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Turnover at Grafton Group falls 14.5% in tough trading conditionsTOUGH TRADING conditions and sterling's weakness have hit sales at the builders' merchant and DIY group that owns Atlantic Homecare…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
€2m Bord na Móna systems for Italy, UKSTATE COMPANY Bord na Móna is supplying €2 million worth of air filtering systems to clients in Italy and Britain, and hopes …Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
Former director claims unfair dismissal by developerA FORMER property development executive whose employer told him he could earn up to €1 million a year with the company is now…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
ESB to pay €2m to staff who transfer after sale of plantsTHE ESB will pay workers at two electricity plants it is selling to Spanish group Endesa almost €2 million for agreeing to transfer…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Bord Gas to invest €50m in wind power projectSTATE COMPANY Bord Gáis Éireann (BGÉ) plans to invest €50 million in a wind power project in the west of Ireland.Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Tax rise to cost Paddy Power up to €10mTHE BUDGET betting-tax increase will cost listed bookmaker Paddy Power between €9 million and €10 million next year, according…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Communicorp revenues increase 21% to €57mREVENUES AT the Denis O'Brien-backed owner of national radio stations Today FM and Newstalk hit €57 million last year, while …Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Bord Gáis borrowing limit to rise to €3bnMINISTER FOR Energy Eamon Ryan is seeking to boost State company Bord Gáis Éireann's (BGÉ) borrowing limit to €3 billion to fund…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
ESB workers to vote on sale of power plants this weekCLOSE TO 200 ESB workers will vote this week on the sale of two of the State power company's generating plants to Spanish utility…Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Irish stocks ease on Asian market performanceIrish stocks eased after being marked up early on the positive performance of Asian markets that followed news that the Chinese…Mon Nov 10 2008 - 00:00
Cable operator UPC's revenues exceed €75mTHE IRISH cable television and broadband division of Liberty Global generated more than $91 million (€75Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Airtricity's O'Connor in Chilean wind farm ventureAIRTRICITY FOUNDER Eddie O'Connor's latest energy venture has signed a €785 million deal to develop wind farms in Chile.Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Fas refuses to hand over papersSTATE AGENCY Fás has refused to give documents to a Dáil committee investigating possible irregularities at the organisation, …Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Potential Taggart buyer contacts PwCA POTENTIAL buyer for troubled developer Taggart Holdings has contacted its administrator, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), with…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
ITC, Powerscourt to raise €12.5m fundingINVESTMENT ADVISERS ITC and Powerscourt are raising a total of €12Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
ESB and Bord Gáis seek further price risesCONSUMERS AND small businesses are facing further hikes in gas and electricity bills after the State's two biggest energy companies…Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Interest on builder loans raised - CIFBANKS ARE trying to boost margins at the expense of builders by increasing interest rate charges on existing business loans, …Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Taggart firms servicing loansTHE PROPERTY companies jointly backed by troubled developer, Taggart Holdings, and stockbroker Goodbody's private clients, are…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Extra funding for Battersea power station developmentTHE TREASURY Holdings-backed property investment vehicle, Real Estate Opportunities (REO), has secured an additional €50 million…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Energy company's sales reach €48.2mTHE COMBINED energy and business services divisions of SWS had sales of €48Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Builders warn of impact of €6.2bn in Budget cutsPROPOSED GOVERNMENT spending on building roads, schools, social housing and other infrastructure is set to fall by €6Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Interest shown in Taggart propertiesA POTENTIAL buyer hopes to meet with the administrator of troubled developer, Taggart Holdings, early next week.Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Building lobby reports 35,000 unsold new homesTHE NUMBER of unsold new homes in the Republic stands at 35,000, according to industry figures released yesterday.Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Taggart subsidiaries listed for strike-offA NUMBER of subsidiaries of the troubled Taggart Holdings group in the Republic are listed for strike-off from the companies …Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Crosbie Holdings profits up 7% to €11mIRISH EXAMINER publisher, Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH), paid its shareholders €3Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
