Ashford Castle recorded combined pretax losses of €39m in 2008, 2009ONE OF the country’s best-known hotels, the five-star Ashford Castle in Co Mayo, recorded combined pretax losses totalling €39…Wed Feb 23 2011 - 00:00
Junior doctor paid more than €136,000 in overtimeONE JUNIOR doctor in the midwest last year received more than €136,000 in overtime payments, the Health Service Executive (HSE…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
Steamboat property firm in Nama talksSTEAMBOAT, THE loss-making property development group co- owned by former Irish rugby team manager Pat Whelan, is in discussions…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Cheap Cliffs of Moher pass fails to attract localsA CUT-PRICE deal for Clare residents to view the Cliffs of Moher has had a limited take-up, it was confirmed yesterday.Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Milano pizza chain sustains 3% drop in profits to €3.3mTHE COMPANY that operates the chain of Milano restaurants in Ireland last year sustained a 3 per cent drop in pretax profits …Thu Feb 17 2011 - 00:00
Salmon fishermen fined for breaking Shannon banA SALMON drift net fisherman said yesterday that “it is like a death in the family not being able to fish in the Shannon estuary…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Councillor conference expenses questionedTHE STATE’S local government auditor has raised questions over the spending of €48,000 by Clare councillors in attending three…Mon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
Concern over speech therapyCONCERN WAS expressed yesterday over the service being provided to children requiring speech and language therapy across the …Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Hertz in Dublin fall 32%PRETAX PROFITS at the Dublin-based European Services Centre for car-hire giant Hertz fell by 32 per cent to €7Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Online poker company to create 100 new jobsA DUBLIN-based subsidiary of the world’s second largest online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, has confirmed the creation of a further…Wed Feb 02 2011 - 00:00
Lawyers received €54.2m through criminal legal aid schemePAYMENTS TO the country’s barristers and solicitors through the criminal legal aid scheme last year totalled €54Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Columnist who gave her readers glimpse of the Burren calls it a dayTWENTY-FOUR years after her first “Country Diary” appeared in the London Guardian newspaper, one of the Burren’s best-known residents…Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
Property firm McNamara co-owns incurs €15.5m lossA PROPERTY development company that developer Bernard McNamara co-owns with two other Co Clare developers incurred a loss of €…Thu Jan 27 2011 - 00:00
€51.5m loss at CityJet despite increase in passengersLOSSES REMAINED high at Dublin-based airline CityJet last year despite an increase in passenger numbers.Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Argos decline 17% to €23mPRETAX PROFITS at the Irish unit of British catalogue and online retailer Argos last year fell by 17 per cent to €23Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Exceptional costs see pretax losses at Kylemore riseEXCEPTIONAL COSTS resulted in pretax losses increasing at restaurant and catering group Kylemore by nearly fivefold to €1Wed Jan 19 2011 - 00:00
Airline aims to double in size: Aer Arann to employ 50 more staffAER ARANN's chief executive Paul Schutz said yesterday that the airline intended to employ an additional 50 staff this year and…Tue Jan 18 2011 - 00:00
Hillery to join Dooley on Fianna Fáil ticketDR JOHN Hillery, the son of former president Dr Patrick Hillery, was yesterday selected by Fianna Fáil to contest the four-seat…Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
O'Driscoll wedding helped put Lough Rynn in profitTHE STAGING of the Brian O’Driscoll-Amy Huberman wedding reception at the five-star Lough Rynn Castle contributed to the hotel…Sat Jan 15 2011 - 00:00
Lyrath hotel made loss of more than €1m in 2009LYRATH ESTATE Hotel made a loss of more than €1 million in 2009, documents filed by its auditor disclose.Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:00
Teacher's guilty plea to sex offencesA CO Clare school teacher yesterday pleaded guilty to 14 sexual offences against a teenage girl.Tue Jan 11 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Altera's Irish arm fall 44%PRETAX PROFITS at the Cork-based Irish arm of the US-owned Altera dropped by 44 per cent to $12 million (€9Tue Jan 11 2011 - 00:00
Baby injured during assault on mother, court toldA SENIOR garda has told a court that a 10-month-old baby boy sustained “very, very serious injuries” during an assault on the…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Symantec's Irish division reports €73m pretax profitTHE IRISH arm of internet security company Symantec returned to profit last year to record pretax profits of €73 million in spite…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Revenues down 75.7% at Laing O'Rourke IrelandTHE IRISH arm of construction and engineering giant Laing O’Rourke went into the red last year as revenues plunged and its workforce…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Avoca pretax profits increase four-foldPRETAX PROFITS at family-owned retailer Avoca increased more than four-fold to €1Sat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
Clare company to cut 50 jobsCo Clare company Finsa Forest Products today announced the redundancy of 50 of its staff due to a collapse in its business.Fri Jan 07 2011 - 00:00
Bench warrant issued for womanAN EAST Clare woman is to plead guilty to causing a breach to the peace by sending Mass cards for the dead to three different…Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Man pleads guilty to harassing managerA 36-YEAR-OLD Co Clare man yesterday pleaded guilty to the harassment of a Dublin-based property manager.Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Euro Car Parks' profits down 39%PRE-TAX PROFITS at a private car-park operator at hospitals and shopping centres across the country dropped by 39 per cent in…Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
'Excellent 2010' for noted Cork five-star hotelONE OF Cork city’s best known hotels, the five-star Hayfield Manor, had “an excellent 2010” that exceeded its performance in …Tue Jan 04 2011 - 00:00
Bard Shannon profits decline to €75mPRETAX PROFITS at the Irish subsidiary of US-owned healthcare manufacturer CR Bard fell in 2009 by 32 per cent to $100Tue Jan 04 2011 - 00:00
Option Wireless Irish division posts pretax loss of €15.6mOPERATING LOSSES at the Irish arm of wireless technology manufacturer, Option Wireless increased twelvefold to €15Mon Jan 03 2011 - 00:00
Musicians paid almost €36m in royalties for 2009ROYALTIES PAID to musicians by the Irish Music Rights Organisation Ltd (Imro) last year increased by 5 per cent to €35Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00
Profits soar at in-flight catering firmREVENUE AT Shannon-based in-flight catering firm EFG Inflight fell by €600,000 in the 12 months to the end of May due to the …Wed Dec 29 2010 - 00:00
Work to begin on €530m road schemeCONSTRUCTION ON the €530 million Gort to Tuam route is due to begin next year under a public private partnership (PPP) scheme…Tue Dec 28 2010 - 00:00
Animal welfare officer hospitalised following 'senseless' van attackGARDAÍ YESTERDAY described as “sickening” and “deplorable” an attack on an animal welfare officer who was dragged from his van…Mon Dec 27 2010 - 00:00
Receiver appointed to Clare building firmONE OF the midwest’s largest building firms, Paddy Burke Builders Ltd, which once employed over 110 people, has gone into receivership…Fri Dec 24 2010 - 00:00
Calls for HSE to reduce rental spend in midwestCALLS WERE made yesterday on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to further reduce the amount it is spending each year on renting…Tue Dec 21 2010 - 00:00
Proposed suspension bridge would link Bishop's Island with Clare coastPLANS HAVE been unveiled for a €1Tue Dec 21 2010 - 00:00
Fall in Mincon profits expected to reverse after Chile rescue rolePROFITS AT the main Irish arm of Mincon, the company that designed and made a drill piece that aided the survival of the 33 Chilean…Mon Dec 20 2010 - 00:00
Internet security firm ups profits to €2.9mA SHANNON-based internet security firm enjoyed almost a 10-fold increase in operating profits to $4 million (€2Fri Dec 17 2010 - 00:00
Supermac's profits up 18% to €6.2mPRETAX PROFITS at fast-food group Supermac’s last year increased by 18 per cent to €6Fri Dec 17 2010 - 00:00
Inspectors still have issues with care homeA CLARE nursing home which was criticised in an inspectors’ report earlier this year has failed to put in place measures to protect…Thu Dec 16 2010 - 00:00
Councillor seeks permission for houses in area prone to floodingA MEMBER of Clare County Council who had to access his flooded home by dinghy during floods last year, has lodged plans for five…Thu Dec 16 2010 - 00:00
Pretax losses at Communicorp radio group increase threefold to €5.2mPRETAX LOSSES at commercial radio giant Communicorp grew more than threefold last year to €5.2 millionWed Dec 15 2010 - 00:00
NCT firm had profits of €44.2m in 10 yearsTHE COMPANY that operated the Government’s national car test programme until last December generated pretax profits of €44 million…Wed Dec 15 2010 - 00:00
€300,000 pretax profit for Facebook IrelandTHE MAIN Irish arm of social networking giant Facebook recorded pretax profits of almost €300,000 in its first year of operation…Tue Dec 14 2010 - 00:00
Trend Micro triples its pretax profitsTHE IRISH arm of computer anti-virus software manufacturer Trend Micro recorded a three-fold increase in pretax profits to €17…Tue Dec 14 2010 - 00:00
Dealer expects car sales to gear up for return to profitTHE MANAGING director of one of the midwest’s largest motor dealerships expects the business to return to profit this year after…Mon Dec 13 2010 - 00:00
