The Irish Times

CRH extends share buybacks since 2018 to €3.2bn

Total equates to 10% of company’s current market value

Thu Mar 17 2022 - 10:08

Retro has never been so trendy, so why not take the plunge?

Permanent tsb Ideal Home Show a chance to run the rule over home energy upgrade scheme

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 00:00

CRH to sell North American glass unit in $3.8bn deal

Building materials giant to sell Oldcastle Building Envelope to private-equity firm

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 08:54

Drug user who hid heroin in his ‘back passage’ is jailed

David O’Brien (44) seen acting suspiciously in garden of Dublin hostel when gardaí raided

Wed Feb 16 2022 - 16:31

Smurfit Kappa results top expectations despite €675m inflation bill

Packaging group’s earnings advance 13% to €1.7bn to exceed stock market calculations

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 15:20

Kilcoo’s fitness pays dividends in extra-time as they wear down St Finbarr’s

All-Ireland semi-final thriller goes to extra-time as Down champions pull through

Sat Jan 29 2022 - 18:22

Grafton raises 2021 profit forecast for second time in two months

Owner of Woodies DIY now expects to post an operating profit of £276.3m

Wed Jan 12 2022 - 08:09

CRH boss Manifold keeps his lieutenants – and critics – on their toes

Joe Brennan: Shares in the company are up almost 70% in two years

Fri Dec 10 2021 - 15:20

CRH shares spike on $3bn unit sale speculation

Reports say building materials group is preparing to sell its North American glass unit

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 16:02

Adviser paid by Chinese government to oversee Leaving Cert language course

Academics ‘wary’ of deal between Department of Education and Chinese ministry

Wed Aug 11 2021 - 21:01

China’s cotton trade: Boycotts give hope to Uighurs but companies take a hit

Agenda: Western businesses face calls to take stance against forced labour in Xinjiang

Fri Jul 09 2021 - 05:30

Smurfit Kappa earnings rise as it chases rising input costs

Group’s corrugated box volumes rose by 7% both in Europe and the Americas

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 08:01

Johnny Watterson: Malicious and damaging document is Irish boxing deja vu

Faceless attack on HPU head in run-up to Tokyo Olympics is from an old playbook

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 06:00

Tone of embassy tweets about journalist ‘aimed’ at Beijing

Chinese reaction to Yvonne Murray departure designed for officials, academic says

Fri Apr 02 2021 - 19:17

Breakthrough in search for the remains of tragic Irish historical figure

Patrick Sarsfield led the Wild Geese into exile after the battles of the Boyne and Aughrim

Tue Feb 16 2021 - 06:56

Ireland should ‘take lead role’ against China’s treatment of Uighur people

Chairman of Uighur World Congress calls on Ireland to use its position on UN Security Council

Sat Dec 05 2020 - 12:25

Hard working Shelmaliers rise to their task to win Wexford hurling title

The separation of the hurling and football seasons has helped the dual club

Sun Aug 23 2020 - 18:56

Builders’ unions warn employers against using court ruling to cut wages

High Court ruled that sectoral employment orders governing pay and other conditions in the electrical industry are unconstitutional

Thu Jun 25 2020 - 03:45

Government accused of ‘not grasping’ urgency of situation facing Irish aviation

Aviation taskforce member says group told Government to decide immediately on dropping quarantine after first meeting on June 12th

Wed Jun 24 2020 - 13:24

Government must axe Covid quarantine next week – aviation taskforce

Report says 14-day isolation period makes business and other travel hard

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 18:18

Annalise Murphy is runner-up in Melbourne as Round Ireland race takes shape

Sailing: Olympic silver medallist returns to the podium during Sail Melbourne

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 22:11

China Cables: ‘The largest incarceration of a minority since the Holocaust’

Mass internment of Uighur people in camps laid bare in leaked documents

Sun Nov 24 2019 - 17:59

China Cables: More than a million people detained against their will in Chinese province

Leaks detail treatment of Uighur people held in Xinjiang re-education camps

Sun Nov 24 2019 - 17:55

Former scout leader jailed for 6½ years for sexual abuse of four boys

David O’Brien told gardaí he left one scout group when a parent confronted him but continued to molest boys in another group

Thu Nov 07 2019 - 16:01

DAA may appeal ruling to cut passenger charges

Regulator said charges should be reduced by up to 18%

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 19:16

Electrical contractors not obliged to give to builder pension plan

Court rules neither contractors nor workers required to contribute pending legal challenge

Tue Sept 03 2019 - 05:35

Court hears minimum pay order for eletricians could cost jobs

Minister Pat Breen recently set the rates that electrical contractors should pay workers

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 05:28

Bellew’s departure gives Ryanair management a further shake-up

Cantillon: Peter Bellew’s move to EasyJet sparks speculation about top job

Thu Jul 25 2019 - 06:31

Is Smurfit Kappa a sitting duck for an activist investor as others box up and move?

Sentiment towards global paper packaging sector has soured in the past year

Fri May 24 2019 - 16:46

Ryanair: O’Leary’s move is succession planning by another name

Michael O’Leary to stay as CEO until 2024, as airline is restructured to be four carriers

Tue Feb 05 2019 - 05:43

Man and his daughter struck by 4x4 after going to feed horses, inquest hears

Martin Finn (60) died and his daughter was injured after driver had no warning two pedestrians were on road

Wed Jan 30 2019 - 15:15

Leinster SHC: Naomh Éanna keep their winter fire burning

Stunning start for Wexford side lays groundwork for win over Camross in quarter-finals

Sun Nov 04 2018 - 17:20

Shane Breen and Golden Hawk collect winner's prize in Olso

The opening leg of the 2018/2019 Longines FEI World Cup takes place on Sunday

Sat Oct 13 2018 - 10:38

Laudamotion to double fleet following Ryanair deal

Low-cost carrier to acquire additional Airbus craft as Ryanair buys 75% stake in company

Wed Aug 29 2018 - 14:34