Mortgage lending grows at slowest rate in 16 yearsMORTGAGE LENDING grew at its slowest annual rate in 16 years in April, and growth in overall lending to the private sector declined…Sat May 31 2008 - 01:00
Price of new homes dropped 2% in April this yearTHE PRICE of new homes fell by 2 per cent in April - more than double the rate of decline in second-hand homes - as developers…Sat May 31 2008 - 01:00
Habitat's Irish franchise owes over €2m to creditorsTHE COMPANY behind the failed Irish franchise of furniture retailer Habitat does not have enough assets to pay its unsecured …Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
Greencore records 14% drop in pretax profits for half-yearSTERLING WEAKNESS and food price inflation led to a 14 per cent drop in pretax profits at convenience food group Greencore in…Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
IAWS sees revenues grow 35% to €1.9bn in strong tradingFOOD GROUP IAWS has seen a 35 per cent increase in revenues to €1Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Greencore biggest faller among food groupsIseq: 6,120.56 (+12.36) Settlement date: June 3rd EQUITIES FINISHED the day flat in Dublin yesterday, with the Iseq closing …Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Powerplan warms to district heatingDWINDLING OIL stocks are set to increase the popularity of Scandinavian-style home heating systems in Ireland, according to a…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Boost for green energyGREEN ENERGY development in Ireland received a boost yesterday, as a funding programme for sustainable businesses was expanded…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Revenue announces September deadline for 'hot money'THE REVENUE has announced a voluntary disclosure deadline of September 15th for tax evaders who hold "hot money" in deposit accounts…Sat May 24 2008 - 01:00
Iseq limits its losses to 1.3% as equity markets sufferMARKET REPORT: PRE-WEEKEND WEAKNESS in equity markets meant that the Iseq index of Irish shares finished down 1Sat May 24 2008 - 01:00
Revenue announces deposits initiativeThe Revenue Commissioners has announced a voluntary disclosure deadline of September 15th for people who hold deposits of more…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Iseq ends day 1.3 per cent lowerThe Iseq index of Irish shares finished down 1.3 per cent this afternoon, falling 80 points.Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Full of beansTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: John Cahill, group chief executive, Campbell BewleyFri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Retail sales fall for second month amid slowdownSHOPPERS STAYED away from the tills in March, with retail sales falling for the second month in a row as consumer confidence …Sat May 17 2008 - 01:00
Investec's pretax profits rise 38%INVESTEC IRELAND has reported pretax profit growth of 38 per cent to €33 million for the year to the end of March 2008, despite…Fri May 16 2008 - 01:00
Gains for new entrants to health insuranceNEW ENTRANTS Quinn Healthcare and Vivas Health have gained share in the private health insurance market, but VHI is still the…Thu May 15 2008 - 01:00
Henderson group sees 10% increase in pretax profitsHENDERSON GROUP, which owns the franchise for Spar brand in Northern Ireland, achieved a 10 per cent increase in pretax profits…Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
Brewer to shut two plants and cut 250 jobsBUSINESS PLAN: GUINNESS IS to close its breweries in Dundalk and Kilkenny and scale back production at St James’s Gate, its …Sat May 10 2008 - 01:00
CC brings some sparkle on day of flat marketsDUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 6,482.66 (+ 19.74)Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Pensions ombudsman warns building firms' non-compliance will end in courtPENSIONS OMBUDSMAN Paul Kenny said yesterday that he had lost his patience with construction firms that do not comply with his…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Tullow soars 25% on news of oil find in GhanaDUBLIN REPORT: MARKET VALUES plunged in mid-morning trading and failed to recover yesterday, as global concerns about record…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Top prices treble Connacht profits to €10m in 2007SOARING DAIRY prices helped Sligo-based co-op Connacht Gold to treble operating profits to €10 million in 2007, but weaker dairy…Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
Inquiry into suspicious trades making progress, says financial regulatorTHE FINANCIAL regulator is conducting a trawl of hundreds of thousands of share trades as part of its investigation into suspicious…Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Dairy co-op bounces back to profitsLAKELAND DAIRIES, Ireland's second largest dairy co-operative, bounced back into profit last year, recording an operating profit…Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Pizza franchise launches moped fleet to grab bigger slice of urban marketCITY CONGESTION is the enemy of a piping hot pizza, which is why the expanding Four Star pizza delivery franchise is launching…Mon Apr 21 2008 - 01:00
Irish technology firms urged to look to soaring profits in space industryIRISH TECHNOLOGY firms are reaching for the stars in their search for profit, winning contracts worth €11 million from the European…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Pizza Hut agrees to buy Godfather's franchisePIZZA RESTAURANT and delivery chain Pizza Hut has agreed to buy the fast-growing Irish pizza delivery franchise Godfather's, …Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Cheques should be phased out by 2016, says payments group"OBSOLETE" CHEQUES should completely disappear from Ireland by 2016, the Irish Payments Services Organisation (Ipso), a body …Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
Shop and aweTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW Chris Martin, chief executive, Musgrave Group THE DOTS on the Competition Authority's retail map of Ireland…Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
Musgrave profits increase 16% to €94mMUSGRAVE GROUP enjoyed a 16 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to €94 million last year, as it recorded sales of €4Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
DAA profits climb 56% to €109mPROFITS AT the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) increased 56 per cent to €109 million last year, as the parent group for Dublin…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
SMOOTH OPERATORSA simple recipe led to success for the founders of Innocent Drinks - lots of fruit.Mon Apr 14 2008 - 01:00
'Bottlenecks' in grocery wholesale sector"BOTTLENECKS" IN the grocery sector at wholesale level and in local markets will require continued monitoring, the Competition…Thu Apr 10 2008 - 01:00
Manufacturing sector contracts again - indexTHE MANUFACTURING sector contracted again last month, with activity in Irish factories dropping as a result of a sharp fall in…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair senior executives to have pay frozen this yearMICHAEL O'LEARY and 35 other senior executives at Ryanair will have their pay frozen in 2008 as the airline implements a €400…Thu Mar 27 2008 - 00:00
Iseq retreats by 1.6% as bears make a comebackMarket Report: THE BEARS were back on the Irish stock market yesterday, as the Iseq index fell 1Thu Mar 27 2008 - 00:00
Reckitt pays €5m to parent companyHEALTHCARE AND household detergent company Reckitt Benckiser's Irish operation paid a dividend of €5 million to its Luxembourg…Tue Mar 25 2008 - 00:00
Ex-'Dragon' leaves lair to reveal secrets of his successIT IS sunny in Monaco, where Richard Farleigh, millionaire investor, business angel and former "Dragon" on the BBC's Dragon's…Tue Mar 25 2008 - 00:00
Food manufacturers facing 'two-way squeeze'FOOD MANUFACTURERS are facing "a two-way squeeze" from tougher contracts imposed by retail multiples and higher raw material …Tue Mar 25 2008 - 00:00
Turbulence for Ryanair as oil price fears take their tollDUBLIN REPORT : BLACK GOLD seized its turn to be the unravelling of equities markets yesterday, as Easyjet warned that if triple…Thu Mar 20 2008 - 00:00
Tension stays high as Iseq ends dismal day down 1%POSITIVE SENTIMENT on European stock markets following the cut in US interest rates didn't last for long yesterday, as rumours…Thu Mar 20 2008 - 00:00
Volatile market claws back €1.8bn of earlier lossesWILD SWINGS in the value of Irish stocks occurred again yesterday, as nervous investors took their jitters out on one of the …Wed Mar 19 2008 - 00:00
Some relief yet concerns continue over creditDUBLIN REPORT: VOLATILITY REIGNED on the Iseq index yesterday as credit crunch concerns continued to abound.Wed Mar 19 2008 - 00:00
EU tries to stop food giants 'exploiting fear'New regulations will make food companies accountable for the claims they make about their produceTue Mar 18 2008 - 00:00
Government puts break-up of ESB on hold for cost and impact studyGOVERNMENT PLANS to break up the ESB so that ownership of the national electricity grid passes to Eirgrid have been deferred …Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
'Crop doctors' could deliver rich harvest for shareholdersANALYSIS: "CROP DOCTORS", or agronomists to give them their proper title, are good people to knowTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
