VAT refunds on conference hotel stays to be introducedConferences: A scheme to allow VAT refunds on accommodation costs associated with conferences is to be introduced.Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Raising of BES limit welcomedBusiness expansion: The decision to extend the Business Expansion Scheme (BES) and the Seed Capital Scheme and the increase …Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Building industry expecting fewer jobsThe employment expectations of employers in the construction sector have fallen to the lowest level in four years, according …Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Developer buys Royal Dublin hotelThe Royal Dublin hotel on O'Connell Street has been purchased by property developer Joe O'Reilly.Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Bio-energy earns fresh supportEnergy policy: Minister for Finance Brian Cowen said better energy efficiency and demand management initiatives will pay significant…Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Bula pair face directorship restrictionsTwo former members of the board of Bula Resources have been restricted from operating as directors.Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Greencore to look at US convenience food moveGreencore is considering a possible move into the US convenience foods sector and executives from its UK division are in the …Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Chief executives urge incentives for businessAlmost all chief executives believe Wednesday's Budget should introduce new incentives for entrepreneurs, a survey has indicated…Mon Dec 04 2006 - 00:00
ADM got €21m for Cork siteThe US food ingredients group ADM paid out more than €15 million in redundancy and pension payments when it closed its Ringaskiddy…Mon Dec 04 2006 - 00:00
Corporate regulator issues auditing rulesGuidelines on new responsibilities for companies and their audit committees were published yesterday by the Office of the Director…Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Property directors add €14m to pensionThree directors of a successful property development group paid €14 million into their pension fund last year, according to accounts…Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Hotel owner warns Dublin's five-star market is 'saturated'A leading south Dublin hotel owner has described the five-star hotel market in the capital as "saturated" in its 2005 financial…Thu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
Family builders' supplier posts €14.6m profitThe McMahon Group, a family-owned building materials, timber and property development group based in Limerick, had a turnover…Thu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
Greencore to redevelop sugar factoryGreencore shares jumped yesterday on news that it is redevelop its 333-acre former sugar factory site in Carlow as the first …Wed Nov 22 2006 - 00:00
Senator Windows bought by GowanSenator Windows has been purchased by the Gowan Group for an undisclosed sum.Tue Nov 21 2006 - 00:00
Gowan Group's pretax profits rose to €46m last yearThe Gowan Group made a pretax profit of €46 million in 2005, according to accounts just filedTue Nov 21 2006 - 00:00
Leas Cross company filed losses of €867,924 last yearThe company that ran the Leas Cross nursing home lost €867,924 in the year to January 31st, 2006, according to the latest accounts…Tue Nov 21 2006 - 00:00
Development plan for Cork green beltA new roundabout and proposed developments in the green belt alongside the Cork-Bandon road will not undermine the area's special…Mon Nov 20 2006 - 00:00
Motor group's pretax profits rise €2mProfits at Cork-based transport group Johnson & Perrot rose last year, but only as a result of a gain on the sale of a property…Sat Nov 18 2006 - 00:00
Profits rise to €1.38m at Magee after cost cuttingThe restructuring of the Magee clothing group is beginning to bear fruit, according to the group's executive chairman, Lynn Temple…Sat Nov 18 2006 - 00:00
Bill falls due to redefined costsUse of consultants: A drop in the Government's consultancy bill for 2007 of €37Fri Nov 17 2006 - 00:00
Business at B of I 'not hit' by picketBank of Ireland has said there was no business impact yesterday arising from the pickets placed by workers from the Amicus trade…Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Google Ireland to create 500 jobsGoogle is to create 500 jobs at its Dublin offices over the next 12 to 18 months, it was announced yesterday.Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Youthful staff enjoy campus atmosphere of Dublin HQThe Google buildings on Dublin's Barrow Street must be as good as it gets in terms of the brave new globalised Ireland.Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Workers to picket Bank of Ireland headquartersPickets are to be placed on the Bank of Ireland's headquarters in Dublin today in protest at the company's new pension scheme…Wed Nov 15 2006 - 00:00
Output growth eases in October, PMI saysThe manufacturing sector continued to expand in October but at the least marked rate since March of this year, according to the…Thu Nov 02 2006 - 00:00
B of I asked to defer pension changeThe Irish Bank Officials' Association (IBOA) has called on the Bank of Ireland to defer implementation of its reduced pension…Sat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
O'Donnell calls for 10% of gains to go on tax cutsTen per cent of the gains from economic growth should go on tax cuts, the deputy leader of the Progressive Democrats, Liz O'Donnell…Sat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
Restrictions on ex-director easedThe High Court has eased the restrictions placed on a former company director despite the objection of the Office of the Director…Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:00
Reduced profits at C&D FoodsC&D Foods, the pet food group founded in 1969 by former taoiseach Albert Reynolds, made a reduced profit on a significantly…Thu Oct 19 2006 - 01:00
Action group formed to represent Smart creditorsAn action group to represent creditors of the troubled telecoms group Smart Telecom has been set up and is looking for more members…Thu Oct 19 2006 - 01:00
Citibank profits rise by 40% to €265mProfits at IFSC-based Citibank Europe plc jumped by more than 40 per cent last year, to €264.75 million from €187Sat Oct 14 2006 - 01:00
Microprint group buys LithographicTallaght printing group Microprint has purchased the operations of Lithographic Web Press Ltd for an undisclosed sum.Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Irish social transfers among lowest in OECDThe level of social transfers in the Republic is close to the lowest in the OECD countries, according to a report published yesterday…Thu Oct 12 2006 - 01:00
Exports 'key' to long-term growthWhen the current construction and consumption boom passes, the economy may be less able to compete internationally, an independent…Wed Oct 11 2006 - 01:00
Coalition survival in doubt as McDowell stays silentThe survival of the Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrats coalition remains in doubt following Tánaiste Michael McDowell's refusal…Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
Ahern 'dig-out' solicitor acted for house vendorThe solicitor who organised the "dig-out" for Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 1993 also acted for the Manchester man who sold Mr Ahern…Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
Taoiseach tried to repay money, says publicanDublin publican Charlie Chawke said yesterday that the Taoiseach had on four occasions tried to return money he had given to …Thu Sept 28 2006 - 01:00
Experts say Revenue will conclude there is no liabilityTax implications: The Revenue Commissioners are likely to inquire into the money given to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 1993 and…Thu Sept 28 2006 - 01:00
Four of 12 money donors have served on public boardsFour of the 12 men identified as donors by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday have served on public boardsWed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
Bertie's friends: the men who lent him the moneyColm Keena , Public Affairs Correspondent, looks at the men who loaned almost €50,000 to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.Wed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
€17m in payments alleged, says TaoiseachTaoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday said allegations about payments to him totalling more than € 17 million have been made in private…Fri Sept 22 2006 - 01:00
Developer claims he was told of alleged payments to AhernThe Mahon (planning) tribunal was told some time ago by property developer Tom Gilmartin that he had been told by another property…Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Tribunal examines payments to TaoiseachA wealthy businessman, David McKenna, has been contacted by the Mahon tribunal about payments to the Taoiseach, Bertie AhernThu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Haughey report responses due todayParties who are about to be subjected to negative findings in the forthcoming Moriarty tribunal report on the late Charles Haughey…Mon Sept 18 2006 - 01:00
Digicel opens New York office ahead of recruitment for US businessDenis O'Brien's Digicel group has set up a US arm of its operations with its headquarters in New York.Sat Sept 16 2006 - 01:00
O'Brien makes pre-flotation move to MaltaDenis O'Brien has taken up an address in Malta, the Mediterranean island which charges no tax on assets or income not brought…Fri Sept 15 2006 - 01:00
Tribunal tells Haughey family he obstructed its workThe Moriarty tribunal has told the family of the late Charles Haughey that it intends to find he obstructed the tribunal's work…Fri Sept 15 2006 - 01:00
Slattery Travel buys Stein groupFamily owned travel company Slattery Travel has purchased Dublin based tour operator Stein Travel.Thu Sept 14 2006 - 01:00
Employers criticised for 'theft' of pension paymentsThe Pensions Ombudsman yesterday criticised the "theft" by employers of pension contributions deducted from employees but not…Thu Sept 14 2006 - 01:00
