NRA wants national roads maintained by contractorsThe National Roads Authority (NRA) wants to farm out maintenance of the dual carriageway network to specialised contractors, …Fri Jun 01 2007 - 01:00
Commerzbank unit pays €158mThe main Irish unit of German banking giant Commerzbank has paid out more than €158 million to its Frankfurt-based parent in …Thu May 31 2007 - 01:00
IN&M acts to thwart O'Brien's ambitionsIndependent News & Media has moved to fortify its defences against a possible bid by Denis O'Brien by buying more of its …Thu May 31 2007 - 01:00
Eircom plans to reduce staff by 900 over three yearsEircom has told staff it plans to follow 400 job cuts this year with a reduction of a further 500 in the next two years.Thu May 31 2007 - 01:00
Vodafone shares hit five-year high on growth hopesVodafone shares touched a five-year high of 160.80p (€2Wed May 30 2007 - 01:00
Eircom owners to seek 400 job lossesAustralian investment fund Babcock & Brown is likely to seek as many as 400 redundancies from the fixed line division of …Wed May 30 2007 - 01:00
Arnotts board to meet amid dispute between familiesAnalysis: The board of Arnotts convenes this morning in a Dublin hotel for a scheduled meetingMon May 28 2007 - 01:00
Arnotts chairman rejects €200m buyout bid 'stunt'A confrontation between the two families who control Arnotts department store in Dublin has escalated after company chairman …Mon May 28 2007 - 01:00
Arnotts chairman rejects bidArnotts chairman Richard Nesbitt SC has said his control of a family investment vehicle that owns 60 per cent of the company …Mon May 28 2007 - 01:00
IN&M bid for group near endInvestors in Independent News & Media (IN&M) will learn this morning whether Sir Anthony O'Reilly's €1Fri May 25 2007 - 01:00
Ardagh Glass upgrade after €660m takeoverCredit rating agents Moody's has upgraded Paul Coulson's Ardagh Glass in light of an improvement in its trading position and …Thu May 24 2007 - 01:00
McCambridge cleared to bid for rivalBakery group McCambridge has started a due diligence examination of British cake maker Inter Link after both sides settled their…Thu May 24 2007 - 01:00
Sales at Marks & Spencer's Irish unit near €540mSales at Marks & Spencer's Irish unit came close to €540 million last year as the group capped its recovery with a 28Wed May 23 2007 - 01:00
Bakery group says takeover efforts thwartedIrish-owned bakery group McCambridge claims it has been thwarted in its efforts to advance its takeover approach for Inter Link…Wed May 23 2007 - 01:00
Leading lawyer to head Dublin office of international firmCorporate lawyer Andrew Doyle has been appointed managing partner of the Dublin office of international law firm Maples and Calder…Mon May 21 2007 - 01:00
Timoney signs deal with Chinese truck makerMeath-based engineering company Timoney Technology has signed contracts to sell its suspension systems to Chinese group Sinotruck…Thu May 17 2007 - 01:00
Musgrave dividend share-out of €15m as profits riseMusgrave group paid out dividends of €15Thu May 17 2007 - 01:00
Irish-backed company buys Chinese mobile top-up firmA Beijing-based media group backed by U2 manager Paul McGuinness and developer Seán Mulryan has spent £9.4 million (€13Wed May 16 2007 - 01:00
Swiss company defends safety of its productThe Swiss company behind the drug ingredient suspended by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) vowed to defend its position but would…Wed May 16 2007 - 01:00
Aga seeks Irish sales of €100m by 2010Waterford Stanley parent Aga Foodservice, the maker of upmarket cast-iron kitchen ranges, has declared plans to bring its sales…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
NTR's bioenergy unit enters British marketNTR's rapidly expanding bioenergy unit Bioverda has entered the British market with the acquisition of a majority stake in renewable…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
CIÉ to report operating surplus of €24.4m for 2006State transport group CIÉ will shortly report an operating surplus of €24Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
Irish Glass site conflict of interest raisedThe public ethics watchdog is likely to seek "observations" from Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) chairman Lar Bradshaw…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Irish Glass site conflict of interest raisedThe public ethics watchdog is likely to seek "observations" from Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) chairman Lar Bradshaw…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Exporters warned over US risksIrish exporters with exposure to the air transport, construction and car sectors in the US should exercise greater vigilance …Fri May 04 2007 - 01:00
HMV Ireland struggling against cut-price competition, online rivalsMusic retailer HMV and its wholly-owned book chain Waterstone's are struggling to grow their business in Ireland amid cut-price…Fri May 04 2007 - 01:00
Cologne Re paid $100m dividend by Irish unitWarren Buffett's Cologne Re group has received $100 million (€73Fri May 04 2007 - 01:00
First Active to refund its insurance customersUlster Bank's First Active unit will in the coming week alert thousands of its mortgage protection insurance customers that they…Fri May 04 2007 - 01:00
Cartel member disqualified from being a directorA Co Mayo businessman who pleaded guilty to price-fixing in a home-heating oil cartel in Galway city and county has been disqualified…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
Bank takes major stake in BurlingtonBank of Scotland (Ireland) has taken a major equity stake in the Burlington Hotel project led by Bernard McNamara, the acquisitive…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
IN&M to get first call on media group's sharesSir Anthony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media (IN&M) will retain first call on the shareholding of private-equity groups…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Firms 'risk losing' immigrant staff to other EU statesIrish companies risk losing large numbers of immigrant staff to firms in other EU states if they fail to fully integrate foreign…Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
Big profit rise for AIB Polish bankAIB's Polish subsidiary Bank Zachodni WBK has reported a 53.2 per cent rise in pretax profits to 366.4 million zloty (€97Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Reforms could lead to large price increases, VHI warnsThe State-owned VHI said last night that the Government's proposals to reform the health insurance market created potential for…Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Report calls for further health insurance reformConsumers who wait until their 30s or later to take out health insurance for the first time should pay higher premiums, according…Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
JPMorgan's Irish unit makes $48m in asset swap dealUS investment bank JPMorgan Chase realised a once-off profit of $47.87 million (€35Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
Dublin Port chief to seek another termBusinessman Joe Burke, a friend of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, is seeking another term as chairman of the Dublin Port Company after…Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
Vodafone in €50m price battle with rival MeteorMobile phone group Vodafone has slashed its prepaid tariffs in a €50 million bid to seize the initiative from Meteor, the number…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
Cork family nets €40m with sale of plastics firmThe Cork-based owners of the Quality Plastics business are believed to have realised some €40 million from the sale of the company…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
Amgen delays Cork plant by two yearsUS drug giant Amgen has pushed back by two years plans to build an €820 million manufacturing plant in Co Cork, a move that delays…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
Little Island windfall for Goodbody clientsGoodbody Stockbrokers has agreed to sell its interest in a Cork business park to its joint venture partner O'Flynn Group for €…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
€6.5m bonus for financier behind Eircom takeoverBabcock & Brown financier Rob Topfer received a €6Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Zurich to expand after poaching rival's lendersZurich Bank has confirmed its intention to make new inroads in the Irish market after it poached a team of six senior lenders…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
O'Donnell property portfolio nears €1bnThe publicly declared value of the international property portfolio being amassed by Dublin solicitor Brian O'Donnell and his…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
3i pulls out of race to buy Lagan Group's quarry assetsBritish private equity group 3i has pulled out of the race for Lagan Group's asphalt and quarrying assets as the sale process…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Property bankers defect to DunbarSix property bankers have defected from Bank of Scotland (Ireland) to join a rival institution which is seeking to gain a share…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
CIF may complain to EU over contractsThe Construction Industry Federation (CIF) is preparing to make a legal complaint to the European Commission against new Government…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Quinlan in €100m office dealA consortium of private investors led by Quinlan Private, the acquisitive Dublin-based investment fund, has bought out a Buckinghamshire…Thu Mar 29 2007 - 01:00
Taxman pursues Irish rag trade's savvy survivorIn the unforgiving world of high-street fashion, Seán Barron is something of a survivorWed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
