Spectre of permanently low property prices need not be scaryGIVEN THE time of year, your columnist has decided to write about the horror story that is the Irish property market, and the…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Incredible bitterness displayed in Quinn case, says judgeA SUPREME court judge has said the Quinn family and Anglo Irish Bank have questions to answer in litigation being fought with…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Stocks up for first time in four daysUK STOCKS advanced for the first time in four days yesterday. The FTSE 100 Index gained 0.1 per centThu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Cabinet position on Esat licence actions ill-judgedANALYSIS: THE GOVERNMENT has adopted an odd and arguably feeble position in resisting damages claims arising from the 1995 mobile…Tue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
Legal advisers' travel costs 'paid by Russian companies'TRAVEL COSTS for the legal team that acted for Seán Quinn’s family in the case where the family swore it had stopped dissipating…Sat Oct 20 2012 - 01:00
Call to set aside 1995 Esat mobile decisionTAOISEACH ENDA Kenny has been called upon to overturn the outcome of the 1995 mobile phone licence competition.Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
The mobile licence competition that refuses to go awayANALYSIS: WEDNESDAY’S SUPREME Court judgment on why two failed participants in the 1995 mobile phone licence competition should…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Quinn to find out if bank wants him jailedANALYSIS: Seán Quinn will find out tomorrow in the High Court if the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation wants him to be sent …Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
EU 'may have to recapitalise bank sector'THE BURDEN OF recapitalising European banks may have to be taken on by the European Union, a senior German banker told a meeting…Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Browne using TV3 income to pay off 'Village' debtsCOLUMNIST AND broadcaster Vincent Browne is using his income from TV3 to pay off debts accumulated some years ago by Village …Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Doubt cast over Quinn Insurance's profitabilityQUINN INSURANCE group may never have made a profit, an Oireachtas committee has been told.Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
State to pay Haughey tribunal legal bill which may hit €5mTHE MORIARTY tribunal has awarded costs to the estate of the late Charles HaugheyWed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
European sell-off as IMF spreads gloomEUROPEAN SHARES fell in thin trade yesterday as gloomy economic data and corporate reports set the backdrop for a tough start…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Quinn has €300 in cash, €11,171 in bank, statement of affairs showsFORMER BILLIONAIRE Seán Quinn has cash of €300, €11,171 in the bank and a pension bond with Irish Life worth €159,951, according…Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
A family finance saga worthy of a Tarantino scriptBACKGROUND: The Quinns’ position is that their efforts to put assets beyond IBRC’s reach led to those assets falling into other…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Funds paid to Quinn firm from UkraineAN IRISH company owned by a trust set up for the grandchildren of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn was paid $650,000 last year…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Aughinish plant posts $4.9m profitTHE AUGHINISH Alumina plant in Co Limerick made a pretax profit of $4.9 million (€3Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Report warns of tighter lendingMore could be done by banks to help small and medium-sized enterprises and farmers to access finance, John Trethowan of the Credit…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Report warns of tighter lending policyMORE COULD be done by banks to help small and medium-sized enterprises and farmers to access finance, John Trethowan of the Credit…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Senat denies orchestrating Quinn asset movesAN INTERNATIONAL law and wealth management group, Senat, has said it is not the “mastermind” behind the effort by the Quinn family…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Quinns claim double double-crossTHE POSITION of the Quinn family, the Supreme Court was told this week, was that they set out to put assets worth $430 million…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Quinns were to receive millions in severance paymentsSEÁN QUINN jnr was involved in trying to put assets beyond the reach of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) right up…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Quinns to appeal contempt verdictTHE NEW law term, which begins on Monday, is likely to see more dramatic developments in the ongoing battle between Sean Quinn…Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Nama chief says oversupply of property now less of an issueOversupply of residential and commercial property is becoming less of an issue in the State’s major centres of economic activity…Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
IBRC secures Quinns' former Moscow income of €15.5mCONTROL OF rental income of approximately $20 million (€15Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Quinn jnr to attend court appealThe Supreme Court has granted permission for Seán Quinn jnr to attend the court on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week when an…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Lowry sets up unlimited farm companyTHE INDEPENDENT deputy for Tipperary North, Michael Lowry, has set up a new company along with two of his adult children.Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Irish subsidiaries helped Microsoft reduce US tax bill by €1.87bn in 2011THE CENTRAL role played by Ireland in an “aggressive” global structure created by Microsoft to save itself billions of dollars…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Euro zone's blue chip index advances Iseq finishes session up 0.6% as DCC agrees BP acquisitionEurostoxx 50: 2,577.08 (+0.94%) Paris CAC: 3,530.72 (+0.59%) Frankfurt DAX: 7,451.62 (+0Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Bovale in talks for additional fundingBOVALE LTD, a UK company owned by brothers Tom and Michael Bailey, had net liabilities of £37Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Credit union leader 'aghast' at prohibitions in new BillTHE LIST of prohibitions on who can act as a director of a credit union in proposed new legislation will militate against smaller…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Credit unions 'would be undermined' by changesThe list of prohibitions proposed for who can act as a director of a credit union in proposed new legislation will militate against…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Ireland's rating 'constrained by euro concerns'IRELAND’S SCOPE for being upgraded by the ratings agencies was constrained by ongoing concerns over the euro zone, the head of…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
IMF claims level of poverty has been 'relatively stable'THE PROGRESSIVE nature of successive measures aimed at closing the deficit over recent years and Ireland’s strong social supports…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Treasury statement to Singapore exchangeTREASURY CHINA Trust (TCT), a Singapore-listed company that is 30 per cent owned by Richard Barrett and Johnny Ronan, issued …Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Digicel likely to double money from bond driveDIGICEL, THE Caribbean telecoms group owned by billionaire Denis O’Brien, looks set to double the amount of money it is raising…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Supply concerns drive oil price rise to record highCONCERNS ABOUT supply, as well as optimism that central banks would stimulate growth and secure the euro, combined to drive up…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Index records fall in construction activity in AugustCONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY fell in August at the fastest pace since September 2011, according to the latest Ulster Bank construction…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Future of Dublin pasta cafe tied in to rent talksTHE OPERATORS of Carluccio’s restaurant on the corner of Duke Street and Dawson Street in Dublin are again in negotiations with…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Unemployment and public debt predicted to remain very highPUBLIC DEBT AND unemployment are likely to remain very high, and problems in the financial sector will persist for some years…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Council takes legal action over hoardingDUBLIN CITY Council has launched legal proceedings arising from a large unauthorised Abercrombie Fitch advertisement on College…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
MBNA Leitrim premises in €33.8m writedownTHE COMPANY that operates the MBNA call centre in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, has written down the value of its premises …Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
US manufacturing figures hit marketsMOST MARKETS across Europe closed down more than 1 per cent yesterday, although the Iseq index closed down just 0Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Irish group to operate Starbucks storesENTERTAINMENT Enterprises, the entertainment and restaurant group run by brothers Colum and Ciarán Butler, has taken on the operation…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Bringing it all back homeDescribed as the largest tourism initiative ever undertaken by the State, The Gathering 2013’s prime objective is to entice an…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Stocks weak ahead of Bernanke speechTHE DUBLIN market finished the day slightly down as the release of data by three listed companies failed to boost volume levels…Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Sound the alarm - the war on silence has intensifiedBACK IN the 1980s, it was difficult to live in city centre Dublin and not be driven demented by burglar alarms that rang for …Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
We should be wary of facilitating companies to sidestep taxINVITED TO write a guest column due to the absence on leave of my colleague John McManus, I have decided to sound off on the …Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Company sheriff hands in starAfter 10 years in the job, Paul Appleby steps down as Director Of Corporate Enforcement next week and one of his last acts has…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
'White-collar crime does a lot more damage than conventional crime'Securing convictions in cases of white-collar crime is particularly difficult to achieveFri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
