Four Star Pizza chain has interim examiner appointedTHE COMPANY behind the Four Star Pizza takeaway chain became the latest business in Ireland to seek the protection of the High…Tue Nov 16 2010 - 00:00
Kingspan to pay €120m for CRH armIRISH BUILDING materials giant CRH has agreed to sell its European insulation business to Cavan-based Kingspan for €120 million…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Manchester United Irish entity trades in the redMANCHESTER UNITED might be one of the best supported football clubs in Ireland, but its US owners, the Glazer family, must be…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Danes on hunt for prime Dublin siteNATIONAL IRISH Bank might be downsizing its branch network here but the group is on the hunt for a new head office in Dublin …Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Mallow factory site a monument to EU follyTHIS WEEK’S report on Europe’s sugar reform appears to have taken everyone by surprise, including Greencore.Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Hotelier moves on GermanyWITH THE hotel sector here on its knees, Frankie Whelehan is now looking to Germany for growth.Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Digicel ready to pounce in GuyanaDENIS O’BRIEN’S Digicel telecoms group in the Caribbean is keeping an eye on plans to further liberalise the market in Guyana…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Airlines retain €28m in taxes and charges on unfilled flight seatsTHE NATIONAL Consumer Agency (NCA) is seeking to clip the wings of Irish airlines who pocket taxes and airport charges paid by…Thu Nov 11 2010 - 00:00
Eircom staff to get €27m tax-free windfallMORE THAN 14,000 current and former Eircom staff are set to net a pre-Christmas, tax-free windfall from the company’s employee…Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
Wind-down costs see Postbank record loss of €73.4 millionPOSTBANK, THE financial institution being wound down by its joint owners – An Post and BGL BNP Paribas – made a loss of €73.4…Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
Elderfield says level of mortgage arrears likely to get worse but should not destabilise banksTHE LEVEL of mortgage arrears is likely to get worse but this should not destabilise our banks due to the new capital requirements…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
Tough sanctions for bankers proposedTOUGHER CORPORATE governance rules at banks, building societies and insurance companies will be introduced on January 1st, 2011…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
SouthWestern earnings up 47%CLONAKILTY-BASED business processing group SouthWestern, which is controlled by Ion Equity, recorded a 47 per cent increase in…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
TV3 parent writes down goodwill value by €118.7mTHE PARENT company of Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 wrote down the goodwill value of the business by €118Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Nude cafe closes doors as crisis curbs healthy appetiteIT WAS once a symbol of the Celtic Tiger boom but yesterday the Nude cafe on Dublin’s Suffolk Street, owned by Bono’s brother…Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Dunnes Stores' UK profits soar 68%PROFITS AT Dunnes Stores’ business in Britain rose by 68 per cent last year in spite of the difficult economic backdrop there…Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Two-year 'interest holiday' on bailoutsBANK FUNDING: THE GOVERNMENT has been cleared by Eurostat in Brussels to take a two-year “interest holiday” in relation to the…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Airline aims to expand from UK baseAT ONE point late in the marathon, four-hour High Court hearing on Aer Arann’s future yesterday, its examiner, Michael McAteer…Thu Nov 04 2010 - 00:00
Court backs examiner's scheme for Aer ArannAER ARANN’S future was secured yesterday after Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan agreed in principle to approve a modified scheme…Thu Nov 04 2010 - 00:00
Ryanair shares fall despite airline raising profit guidanceRYANAIR’S SHARE price fell by 3Tue Nov 02 2010 - 00:00
Drawing from the wellIreland needs to lose its provincial mindset if the economy is to return to growthFri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Aer Arann creditors agree debt schemeAER ARANN appeared to move a step closer to successfully exiting examinership yesterday after a majority of the airline’s creditor…Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
Irish Times Ltd reports loss of €27.9m for 2009THE IRISH Times Ltd made an after-tax loss of €27Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
One more thingMusgrave GB turns oft-quoted corner; Moody feeling flat about C&C; upwardly mobile aspirations; recession's a gift for Dawson…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Creditors set to get €2.2m from Aer Arann's new investorsCREDITORS OF Aer Arann are set to receive €2.2 million from the airline’s new investors in settlement for their debtsWed Oct 20 2010 - 01:00
Backers of Washington hotel in talks with bankTALKS ARE taking place between the Irish backers of the five-star St Regis Hotel in Washington DC and Barclays Bank, which has…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Sharp decline in credit bureau profitsA COLLAPSE in the volume of credit issued in Ireland last year resulted in a sharp decline in revenues and profitability at the…Sat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Trip the floodlight fantasticTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Chris Jackman, CEO of Shared AccessFri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Union calls off industrial action at Bank of Scotland IrelandSTAFF AT Bank of Scotland Ireland have deferred their planned industrial action next week after Lloyds Banking Group confirmed…Thu Oct 14 2010 - 01:00
AIB shares down 2.9% as agency cuts ratingSHARES IN Allied Irish Banks closed down yesterday in Dublin by 2.9 per cent to 39Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
Retailer still enjoying rub of the greenSELLING IRISH tourist-related paraphernalia continues to be a money spinner for retailer Carrolls of Dublin.Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Dublin Aerospace confirms dealIrish aircraft maintenance group Dublin Aerospace has confirmed it has landed a five-year contract with British low cost airline…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Dublin Aerospace to create 50 jobsIrish aircraft maintenance group Dublin Aerospace has landed a major five-year contract with British low cost airline EasyJet…Thu Oct 07 2010 - 01:00
Top recruiter to create 75 jobs as rebranding move announcedLEADING IRISH recruiter Premier Group has rebranded itself Morgan McKinley and announced plans to create 75 jobs at its Dublin…Thu Oct 07 2010 - 01:00
Appetite still strong: Profits up at Roly's BistroPROFITS AT the well-known Ballsbridge restaurant Roly’s Bistro increased last year in spite of a reduction in average spend by…Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
Quinn family intend to repay debtsTHE FAMILY of troubled Fermanagh businessman Seán Quinn said yesterday that they intend to repay all of the debt that they owe…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Ringing change at EircomTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW/Paul Donovan Eircom chief executive: LOOKING ACROSS the Phoenix Park from a room on the seventh floor of…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
Eircom launches new mobile brandITS METEOR mobile subsidiary already has about one million customers but Eircom yesterday launched a second brand in the hope…Thu Sept 30 2010 - 01:00
FAI deal light work for Shared AccessUS TELECOMS infrastructure company Shared Access has formally kicked off a €30 million investment programme with the Football…Wed Sept 29 2010 - 01:00
3 Ireland fined over subscribersMOBILE PHONE operator 3 Ireland has paid a fine of €1,500 to ComReg relating to the overstatement of its quarterly subscriber…Tue Sept 28 2010 - 01:00
Jurys Inns made major loss last yearBUDGET HOTEL chain Jurys Inns made a loss of £86 million (€101 million) last year as a result of large interest payments on its…Tue Sept 28 2010 - 01:00
One more thingWorking out the sums at Aer Lingus; the allure of Air India; Centrica’s Irish link; Seán FitzPatrick, property bubble victim…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
'Maybe the second pilot could be doing some of the inflight service . . .'THE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Michael O'Leary, Ryanair chief executiveFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Stokes twins leave Residence following management changeA LITTLE over two years after opening the doors of their exclusive Residence private members club on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Topaz to wind down pension schemeIRISH-OWNED FUELS group Topaz Energy has decided to wind down a defined benefit pension scheme that is €26Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Top brands to merge and form Valeo FoodsSOME OF Ireland’s best-known food brands are set to come together at a new company called Valeo Foods in a multimillion euro …Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Newspapers want curb on RTÉ's digital venturesIRELAND’S BIGGEST newspaper publishers have called on Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan and the Broadcasting Authority of…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
No extra Aer Lingus capacity out of Ireland next year, says chiefAER LINGUS will not add any extra capacity out of Ireland next year because of continued weak demand due to the recession.Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
