PRSI rift threatens to sink partnershipIBEC has threatened to "walk away from the national agreement and the partnership process" unless the Government reverses the…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Republic loses 1,000 jobs to HungaryThe Republic has lost out to Hungary on a project involving 1,000 "high quality" jobs, IDA Ireland has confirmed.Wed Dec 13 2000 - 00:00
No RTE fee rise for at least six monthsRTE is unlikely to see any increase in its licence fee until the middle of next year despite a warning from Mr Paddy Wright, …Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00
Vodafone may pay less than €5.1bn for EircellVodafone is expected to pay significantly less for Eircell than the €5.1 billion that has been suggested to dateSat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00
Agreement on tax breaks reached with credit unionsThe Minister for Finance has announced measures which he said would encourage people to save rather than spendThu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
ICC staff to scoop big windfall in Bank of Scotland takeoverThe 350 staff of the State-owned ICC Bank will get the equivalent of £117,000 (€148,560) each following its sale to Bank of Scotland…Wed Dec 06 2000 - 00:00
Eircom profits fall 30% as costs rise along with salesEircom's profits fell 30 per cent to €131 million (£103Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
New line on Eircell share-out signalled by KaneEircom may not distribute all the €5.1 billion (£6.5 million) proceeds from a sale of Eircell.Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Galen reports 28% rise in profitsGalen Holdings, the Craigavon-based drugs company that numbers Bill Gates among its shareholders, has reported a 28 per cent …Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Workforce growth rate continues to slow downGrowth in the number of people at work continues to moderate from its peak of a year agoWed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Vodafone jitters hit EircomEircom shares have fallen heavily on the back of sectoral weakness and fears that the sale of Eircell to Vodafone may be delayed…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Accusations fly as bodies row over policing competitionThe Competition Authority is a "quango" whose members are bent on unwarranted "empire building", according to Department of Enterprise…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Value of retail sales recovers strongly as consumer spending gains momentumConsumer spending has rebounded from a lull over the summer and looks set to increase rapidly in the last quarter of the year…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
NTDU dismisses offer to convert taxi licences' cost into tax breaksThe Minister for Finance's proposals to convert the cost of existing taxi licences into tax breaks have been dismissed as inadequate…Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Bookmaker Kenny to net €2.6m after Power Leisure floatMr Stewart Kenny - the Republic's best-known bookmaker - will pocket €2Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Union `insiders' to sale of Eircell as ballots startKey union officials at Eircom have been made "insiders" to the proposed sale of Eircell while making plans to organise strikes…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Treasury grouping is Dome preferred bidderLegacy, the consortium 85 per cent owned by Treasury Holdings, has been named as the preferred bidder for the troubled Millennium…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Central Bank may understate rate of mortgage credit growthOfficial mortgage lending figures published last week may understate the rate of growth in borrowing for house purchases by up…Thu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Eircom likely to reject O'Brien's €2.25bn bid for fixed-line armEircom is expected to formally reject Mr Denis O'Brien's €2.25 billion offer for its fixed-line business this weekWed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
McCreevy assesses EBS savings planThe Republic's largest building society has proposed a radical savings scheme to the Government that would involve the State …Tue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
ESRI favours increased social spendingThe Economic and Social Research Institute has entered the growing political debate on whether tax cuts should take priority …Mon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
Rate of inflation expected to peak at 7% this monthInflation jumped to 6.8 per cent in October and is expected to peak at 7 per cent this monthSat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Eircom shares rise 2% on whispers of O'Reilly interestEircom shares rose seven cents to €3Fri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
Oireachtas examines rail cost overrunThe Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Enterprise and Transport has established a subcommittee to examine the £25 million (€…Thu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
Signalling system `value for money', says Irish RailIARNROD Eireann management has defended the company's controversial £40 million signalling system, insisting it was value for…Wed Nov 08 2000 - 00:00
Ryanair sees `no value' in buying UK carrier GoRyanair says it sees "no value" in buying Go, the low-cost carrier put up for sale by British Airways yesterday for around £300…Tue Nov 07 2000 - 00:00
Aer Lingus flotation set for further delayThe Aer Lingus flotation may now be shelved until next summer, according to Government sourcesSat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
Central banker raised funds for FFThe Central Bank is considering whether to take action over the failure of one of its directors, Mr Roy Donovan, to volunteer…Fri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
Market continues upward despite Elan's fallDublin moved ahead yesterday despite a fall of €1.09 to €61Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
ITG Group to pay €12.7m for 30%shareholding in mobile phone firmITG Group is taking a 30 per cent stake in mobile phone newcomer Cellular 3 for £10 million (€12.7 million)Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
Head of yacht charter firm fined £500 over schemeThe managing director of Sail Ireland, the largest yacht charter company in the Republic, has been convicted of breaches of the…Wed Nov 01 2000 - 00:00
Interest rate rises causes slowdown in private borrowingFigures released yesterday indicate that some parts of the economy may be starting to slow downWed Nov 01 2000 - 00:00
Minister extended tax relief deadline after request by Healy-RaeThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, extended the deadline for tax relief on multi-storey car parks built outside Dublin following…Tue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
Bids from Vodafone and O'Brien crystallise value of group's stockWhat happened this week to drive Eircom shares up from €2.77 to €3.30?Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
From scourge to saint - O'Brien puts on friendly face for bidOne of the first tests of just how affable Mr Denis O'Brien's "friendly offer" for the fixed line business of Eircom will be …Fri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
Rivals eye deal on credit unionsBanks and building societies may complain to the European Commission over the new deal struck between the Government and the …Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
Ban on below-cost selling retained by HarneyThe Government has decided to retain the ban on below-cost selling that prevents supermarkets severely undercutting smaller retailers…Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
McCreevy offers new options on credit union dividend taxThe Government has abandoned attempts to force credit unions to collect tax on dividends paid to their 1.8 million members.Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Harney refuses IIB a copy of officer's reportThe Tanaiste, Ms Harney, has refused to give Irish Intercontinental Bank a copy of her authorised officer's report on the bank…Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Court told meat firm lost £3m in `unauthorised' currency dealsMr Gerry Purcell, former managing director of Purcell Brothers Limited, lost £3 million (€3Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Purcell blames NIB for trading lossesMr Gerry Purcell ran Purcell Brothers Ltd, the Waterford-based cattletrading business established by his father Seamus, from …Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Competition watchdog seeking to extend its winning streakOctober has been a good month for competition in IrelandFri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Market takes a pasting, `hit by a tidal wave'An afternoon rally on Wall Street came too late for Dublin, which took a pasting after US stocks fell on fears for the US economy…Thu Oct 19 2000 - 01:00
Elan's gains push ISEQ into positive territoryDublin closed marginally up yesterday on the back of gains by Elan, which reports its third-quarter results tomorrowWed Oct 18 2000 - 01:00
ECB again warns Government not to cut taxesTHE European Central Bank has repeated its warning to the Government over plans to cut taxes in the coming BudgetMon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
Massey warning on cartel threat to StateIreland will end up with a "paper tiger" Competition Authority to police the Celtic Tiger economy unless it gives the organisation…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Data to confirm US is State's main marketThe United States has overtaken Britain as the Republic's most important trading partner, thanks in part to the impotency drug…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Short-term outlook prompts Eircom's U-turn on EircellWhat has happened to Alfie Kane? Five weeks ago, in an interview with this paper, the Eircom chief executive said his strategy…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Sale of Eircell requires approval of shareholdersEircom shareholders will have to give their approval before any proposed sale of Eircell to Vodafone AirTouch can proceedWed Oct 11 2000 - 01:00
