Judge wrote to Cowen about inquiryTHE CHAIRMAN of the Moriarty tribunal wrote to the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, in May assuring him that information he had given …Mon Aug 09 2010 - 01:00
Hanging up his briefcaseTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW/Tony O'Brien, former chairman of C&C: IT WAS A warm and humid on the day Tony O’Brien (73) agreed to…Fri Aug 06 2010 - 01:00
Glass Bottle site loans transferred to NamaTHE BANK loans associated with the disastrous €411 million acquisition of the Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend, Dublin, in…Wed Jul 28 2010 - 01:00
Construction firm grew from modest beginnings in 1980sTHE LATE Liam Maye was one of the founders of the Castlethorn Construction group, which was one of the State’s largest and most…Tue Jul 27 2010 - 01:00
Losses at healthcare group Aras Sláinte rise to €2.42mTHE HEALTHCARE group Aras Sláinte saw its turnover double in the year to June 30th, 2009, but group losses increased to €2.42…Mon Jul 26 2010 - 01:00
Advisers approved payments, says YatesMANAGEMENT AT investment group One51 has said its lawyers and auditors approved controversial payments that are to be queried…Mon Jul 26 2010 - 01:00
€4.6bn project for Tralee 'in infancy'AN IRISH pharmaceutical company is the lead promoter of a plan to locate a multibillion euro “centre of global pharmaceutical…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Timeline of a crisis laid bare in documentsANALYSIS: THE ACCELERATING development of the international banking crisis and its arrival on these shores just as a bank-financed…Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
Writedown of £5.6m at O'Brien coffee firmBB’S COFFEE Muffins Holdings, a UK company ultimately owned by billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien and others, has written …Tue Jul 13 2010 - 01:00
Plucky David or pirate of the Caribbean?BIOGRAPHY: A Mobile Fortune: The Life and Times of Denis O’Brien By Siobhán Creaton Aurum Press, pp320. £14. 99Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Hotelier tells of trauma after receiver appointed to empireDEVELOPER AND hotelier Hugh O’Regan has told the High Court he almost suffered a mental breakdown last year when a receiver was…Fri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
McNamara debt is pursued through sheriff's officeTHE SEIZURE of art and other valuables from the Ailesbury Road home of developer Bernard McNamara came on foot of a warrant to…Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Sales pick up at cheese retailer SheridansSALES AT Sheridans Cheesemongers, the cheese and fine food wholesaler and retailer, have picked up in the second three months…Fri Jun 25 2010 - 01:00
Judge criticised confidential Carroll-DDDA dealBACKGROUND: Developer Liam Carroll planned to build offices twice the size he sought permission for, writes STEPHEN COLLINSSat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Losses at Dunlix leap to €13m from €7mDUNLIX INVESTMENTS (Ireland) Ltd, a Dublin-based company with property in Dublin and Co Tipperary, saw accumulated losses jump…Fri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
Solicitor quit docks body inquiry as witness was told 'how to interact'A TOP Dublin solicitor has said he resigned from an inquiry at the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) because a key…Fri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
Carr steering MazarsTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Joe Carr, Irish managing partner at accountancy firm Mazars THROUGH HIS position on the international…Fri Jun 11 2010 - 01:00
Guarantee narrowed resolution optionsBACKGROUND: The extent of the cover meant bond holders could not be forced to accept lossesThu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
Pub group Ocsas loses €4.5m in yearTHE PUB group run by Louis and Helen Fitzgerald made a pre-tax loss of €4Tue Jun 08 2010 - 01:00
Nama-bound firm completed work worth €5.3mA LOSS-MAKING property company whose loans are going into Nama completed work worth €5Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
Tribunal drops adverse findings in Esat caseTHE MORIARTY tribunal has dropped adverse findings it issued in January of this year arising from evidence heard from barrister…Tue May 25 2010 - 01:00
Pressure on Moriarty tribunal as findings withdrawnFURTHER PRESSURE is expected to be put on the Moriarty tribunal this week after it confirmed to businessman Dermot Desmond that…Mon May 24 2010 - 01:00
Pursuing the pinstriped pickpocketsState agencies are working hard to prosecute white-collar crimes, but don’t get your hopes up: a lack of expertise, the limitations…Sat May 22 2010 - 01:00
Danninger yet to file statement of affairsDanninger, the property company that is part of Liam Carroll’s Zoe group, has not yet provided a statement of affairs to a receiver…Fri May 21 2010 - 01:00
Standing up for the public sectorTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Shay Cody, incoming secretary general, ImpactFri May 21 2010 - 01:00
Fás annual expenses claims fell to €2.5m after controversyCLAIMS FOR expenses dropped by more than half to €2Sat May 15 2010 - 01:00
Latest tax revenue figures show economy beginning to stabiliseEXCHEQUER RETURNS published yesterday show Government tax revenue close to targets set in the budget, adding to evidence from…Thu May 06 2010 - 01:00
Lenihan approved Boucher pensionMinister for Finance Brian Lenihan approved the retirement deal for the Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher that led…Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
Lenihan approved €1.5m deal for Boucher pensionMINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan approved the retirement deal for the Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher that led…Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
Moriarty defends tribunal in face of 'sustained attack'THE CHAIRMAN of the Moriarty tribunal has issued a statement to “assert the integrity of the tribunal” in response to a “sustained…Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
Moriarty chairman rejects criticismThe chairman of the Moriarty tribunal has issued a statement defending his handling of the inquiry.Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
State 'spends 14% of tax servicing debt'The State is currently spending 14 per cent of its tax revenue on servicing the national debt and this will grow to 20 per cent…Thu Apr 22 2010 - 01:00
Helix Health made €582,000 profit after tax in 2008HELIX HEALTH Group, the provider of healthcare software, made a profit after tax of €582,000 in 2008, according to accounts filed…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Moriarty report in new delay as licence adviser agrees to testifyTHE MORIARTY tribunal may be facing further delay in publishing its final report following an offer from a Danish telecoms consultant…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Quinn warns of staff cuts over UK issueSTAFF WILL be let go from Quinn Insurance if the restriction on its writing insurance in the UK is not lifted by next week, the…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Quinn 'not obliged' to report loan guaranteesQUINN INSURANCE has said it was not obliged to disclose the existence of the controversial loan guarantees on its subsidiaries…Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Rate of failure of companies in first quarter up 34% on last yearTHERE WAS a 34 per cent increase in the number of companies placed in liquidation, receivership or examinership in the first …Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Quinn bondholders explore guarantee options in bid to satisfy regulatorBONDHOLDERS WHO have guarantees from Quinn Insurance yesterday continued exploring if the guarantees could be altered or lifted…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Members of IMI vote for merger with UCCMEMBERS OF the Irish Management Institute (IMI) have voted unanimously in favour of a merger with University College Cork.Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
New rules extend credit union loansCREDIT UNION members are to be allowed take out longer term loans and reschedule existing loans under new measures announced …Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
NIB predicts 'rapid catch-up growth' for economyTHE ECONOMY here will resume growth next year and may enter a prolonged period of expansion, according to National Irish Bank…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Taxpayer is casualty of conflict of interestANALYSIS: Anglo Irish Bank colonised a public body with planning powers, and both took risks that blew up in all our facesFri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
AG's office disagrees with tribunalThe attorney general's office does not agree with a key finding of the chairman of the Moriarty tribunal, Mr Justice Michael …Mon Mar 22 2010 - 00:00
O'Brien says provisional findings of Moriarty will have to be scrappedTHE MORIARTY tribunal has made a provisional finding that the State’s second mobile phone licence was issued illegally to Esat…Sat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
Tribunal hears of Desmond decisionThe Department of Communications decided in May 1996 that Dermot Desmond’s IIU could not have a 25 per cent stake in the State…Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Advice 'no doubt' gave go-ahead to Digifone - officialAN OFFICIAL from the Attorney General’s office told the tribunal he had “no doubt” oral legal advice was given in 1996 that a…Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Horse trainer John Mulhern diesThe businessman and race horse trainer John Mulhern died this morning. He was 69.Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Judgments registered against construction firm's ownersJUDGMENTS AGAINST businessmen Liam Moran and Vincent Maguire, the owners of the Walsh Maguire construction company, which is …Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:00
