€60m conference centre plan rejectedA PROPOSED €60 million conference centre for the midwest has been ruled out by Minister for Tourism Martin Cullen after an independent…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Profits up 44% at Kellogg'sTHE IRISH subsidiary of cereal giant Kellogg’s increased its pre-tax profits by 44 per cent to €31.3 million in 2007.Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Doonbeg golf club criticised in report on rowSOME OF Doonbeg golf club’s actions over a disputed right of way have been ill-advised and could have been handled better in …Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
HSE to cut €10m from midwest hospitalsCUTBACKS OF €10 million are to be imposed by the Health Service Executive on the midwest network of acute hospitals this year…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
GPs in midwest oppose plan to overhaul hospitalsGENERAL PRACTITIONERS from Co Clare and Co Tipperary said yesterday they would not support the Health Service Executive (HSE) …Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Need for radioactive waste facility examinedA HIGH-LEVEL Government interdepartmental group is examining the need for a national purpose-built radioactive waste facility…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Criticisms over 'alarmist' talk on AE restrictionsSENIOR DOCTORS have said that politicians opposed to plans to close 24-hour AE services in the midwest are being irresponsible…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Irish Rail expects delay in opening western lineA DELAY in the reopening of the €106 million Western Rail Corridor is being anticipated by Irish Rail in spite of a planning …Mon Jan 19 2009 - 00:00
Two eBay firms notch up €22m lossTWO IRISH-BASED subsidiaries of online giant eBay incurred combined losses of €22 million in 2007 in spite of the companies’ …Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Shannon airport has made €30m profit from US troop trafficSHANNON AIRPORT Authority has recorded an estimated €30 million in profits in the past four years from US troops using the airport…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Judge says he will not allow court to be used as soapboxA JUDGE at Ennis District Court yesterday said that he would not allow his court to be used as a soapbox to make political points…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
Farmer fails to get helipad off the groundA CO Clare farmer and businessman was yesterday refused planning permission for the fifth time in over two years to construct…Thu Jan 08 2009 - 00:00
Coca-Cola's Irish arm grows 6.5%THE COMPANY that sells all Coca-Cola products in Ireland increased the size of its business by 6Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Objections raised to plan for Clare helicopter padA CLARE couple have told Clare County Council their lives have been made a living hell with the circling of helicopters above…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Committee likely to seek limits on Gormley powersAN OIREACHTAS committee is expected to call for new controls to be placed on the Minister for the Environment, limiting his power…Sat Jan 03 2009 - 00:00
Claims for western rail link 'speculative'A GOVERNMENT-commissioned study has found that claims made for the reopening of the first phase of the Western Rail Corridor …Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Limerick university unveils new plansTHE UNIVERSITY of Limerick has published ambitious plans which include the construction of a medical school in Co Clare and a…Tue Dec 30 2008 - 00:00
Ennis lifts profits but warns of challengesMIDWEST COMPANY Ennis Lifts Ltd recorded a 28 per cent increase in pre-tax profits last year and paid €600,000 in an interim …Tue Dec 30 2008 - 00:00
Profits at Novartis Ireland drop by 89%PRE-TAX profits at the Irish arm of pharmaceutical company Novartis last year dropped 89 per cent as the group incurred costs…Wed Dec 24 2008 - 00:00
Clare arts venue faces funds shortfallA WARNING that Co Clare arts venue Glór faces closure and will wind up as a machinery warehouse if there is not a significant…Wed Dec 24 2008 - 00:00
Broad welcome for return of Heathrow linkTHERE HAS been a big welcome for the reinstatement by Aer Lingus of its Shannon to Heathrow service by local politicians, business…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Clare council pursuing Traveller advocate over €7,800 tribunal fineCLARE COUNTY Council confirmed yesterday that it is now pursuing Traveller advocate Heather Rosen for the payment of €7,800 in…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
DPP pays €14m in fees to senior and junior counselMORE THAN €14 million was paid to senior and junior counsel last year by the Director of Public Prosecutions, new figures show…Mon Dec 22 2008 - 00:00
Nuns' land set to rise in value after councillors agree to rezoningA CO Clare group of nuns look set to increase the value of their land- bank after councillors went against the county manager…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Town trapped in costly loo contractA CASH-STRAPPED town council is locked into a loo agreement that will cost the authority almost €500,000 over the next 10 years…Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
Imro paid almost €1m to ex-chief in settlementTHE IRISH Music Rights Organisation Ltd (Imro) last year paid out just under €1 million arising from the costs of settling a …Wed Dec 17 2008 - 00:00
Killaloe diocese makes biggest yearly payout to victims of clerical sex abuseTHE DIOCESE of Killaloe made its largest ever annual payout to victims of clerical sex abuse last year, accounts published yesterday…Wed Dec 17 2008 - 00:00
Bishop tells Minister he may have to close run-down schoolHealth Risk: BISHOP OF Killaloe Dr Willie Walsh has told Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe that he may have to close down…Wed Dec 17 2008 - 00:00
Shannondoc makes a profitTHE COMPANY that provides an out-of-hours doctor’s service in the midwest serving 275,000 people last year returned to profit…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Microsemi U-turn leads to 315 new jobs for EnnisA US multinational, which in 2005 announced it was pulling out of Ireland, yesterday announced the creation of 315 jobs in Ennis…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Objections to Lough Derg schemeA RECORD number of objections for a tourism-related development on Lough Derg have been lodged against plans to construct a €…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Irish arm of Servisair trebles profitsTHE IRISH arm of aviation services company Servisair continued to benefit last year from the boom in air travel, more than trebling…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Clare builder fined for demolishing house without planning permissionA CO Clare woman has told a court that she has endured a "living hell" for the past two years since a developer demolished a …Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Holding company of Boston Scientific records operating profit of €432mTHE HOLDING company for Boston Scientific's Irish and a number of its international subsidiaries last year recorded an operating…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Councillors who lose out to share €10mCOUNCILLORS ACROSS the country who fail to get re-elected in next year's local elections are due to share a windfall that could…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Avocent paid out $33m dividend in 2007 ahead of this year's staff cutsA SHANNON-BASED technology firm that cut its workforce by one-third in July paid out a dividend of $33 million (€25Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Clare council rezones 70 contentious acresMEMBERS OF Clare County Council have rejected Department of the Environment warnings not to press ahead with a contentious "ad…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Bishop of Killaloe to make his final ordinationTHE BISHOP of Killaloe is to make his final ordination of his time as bishop this weekendWed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Tesco plan for petrol station opposedPETROL STATION retailers from across Co Clare are opposing a plan by Tesco to open a station in Kilrush which they say will force…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
O'Leary admits Shannon monopolyRYANAIR CHIEF executive Michael O’Leary has admitted that the airline operates a monopoly at Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports…Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Danger of Burren being loved to death, says BellamyLAUNCHING A new conservation trust specifically for the Burren area of Co Clare, the internationally-renowned botanist, Prof …Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Inquest hears of bid to save boy from drowningAN INQUEST has heard how a four-year-old boy shouted to tell his mother that he loved her as he was carried away by a river current…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Open verdict on man who fell from cliffsA COUNTY coroner yesterday returned an "open verdict" on the death of a Czech national who fell off the 182m (600ft) high Cliffs…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Clare firm's profits up 111% to €3.8mTHE CHIEF executive of a large construction firm yesterday warned that below-cost tendering for projects by some construction…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
West forum unhappy with role in HSEMEMBERS OF the HSE West Regional Forum may as well be sending off motions to Santa Claus as sending them to HSE chief executive…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Budget cuts 'hit small farmers'IFA PRESIDENT Pádraig Walshe told a rally of 7,500 farmers in Ennis, Co Clare, yesterday that Government budget cuts in farming…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Digital River posts €1.7m pretax profitUS-OWNED e-commerce firm Digital River Ireland Ltd last year returned a pretax profit in its first full year of operation in …Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Call for legal aid scheme to be 'tightened up'THE STATE last year paid barristers and solicitors in excess of €44 million through the criminal legal aid scheme, the highest…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
BWG-acquired Mangan Bros posts €5.5m pretax profitWHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR and cash and carry company Mangan Bros Ltd, which was acquired by BWG Group earlier this year, returned…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Lenihan told of medical card 'risks'MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan and Department of Health officials were warned that there were "significant risks" attached…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
