Competition hits Eircom earningsIncreased competition sent earnings at the Republic's biggest telecoms company plunging last year, figures released yesterday…Fri Feb 17 2006 - 00:00
McInerney buys UK house builderQuoted builder McInerney Holdings is set to pay up to €9 million for a British company specialising in social housing projects…Thu Feb 16 2006 - 00:00
Chadwick buys stake in centuries-old UK firmMichael Chadwick, chairman of builders' supplier Grafton Group, has invested almost €2Thu Feb 16 2006 - 00:00
Telecom firm's aggressive streak is paying offFormer stockbroker, Oisín Fanning, founded Smart Telecom in 2000, initially as a player in the payphone market.Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Company accuses ComReg of moving the goalpostsSmart's argument: Smart Telecom said in the High Court yesterday that it believed the communications regulator ComReg moved …Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Regulator reverses plan for appointing directorsThe State's financial services watchdog has rowed back on a plan to demand that anyone appointed as a director or a manager in…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
BSE test maker pays dividend of €9m to directorsThe shareholders of BSE test manufacturer Enfer Technology took a €9 million dividend from the company in 2004, the latest figures…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
O2 to drop roaming charges for NorthMobile phone company O2 Ireland is to drop "roaming" charges for customers using its phones in the North and also eliminate them…Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
Ballymore subsidiary sells stake in project to shareholder's wifeA subsidiary of the Ballymore Properties group sold its share in a shopping centre development to the wife of the group's biggest…Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
Caribbean investment gets tax reliefInvestment relief: A company used a tax break designed to boost investment in the Republic to get over €300,000 a year in relief…Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00
Taggart buys English housing firm for €100mIrish property developer Taggart Holdings has bought an English-based house-building company in a deal valued at close to €100…Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00
Rich artists get most of tax breakArtists: A small number of highly paid artists mopped up most of the €20 million-plus a year that the tax break for these individuals…Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00
Bord na gCon chief's pledge on testingGreyhound racing board chairman Paschal Taggart pledged at the weekend that details of all positive drug tests on greyhounds …Mon Feb 06 2006 - 00:00
Comedy venue revampedPromoter and Mean Fiddler shareholder Denis Desmond and businessman Gerry Purcell have emerged as the backers of a €6 million…Sat Feb 04 2006 - 00:00
Greyhound vets may face inquiryThe vets involved in the greyhound doping row face the possibility of an investigation by their own professional body, The Irish…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Irish start-up companies attract about €200m a yearStart-up companies in Ireland are managing to attract about €200 million a year in venture capital backingFri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Vodafone puts €1m into centre for product innovationVodafone is to invest more than €1 million and create 25 jobs in a new centre in the Republic that will play a key role in bringing…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Bord na gCon head and board clashed on spendingA row over spending developed between the greyhound racing board and its chief executive over the last three months, according…Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
Ex-Bord na gCon head settles actionDismissed Bord na gCon chief executive Aidan Tynan is understood to have settled his legal action against his former employers…Wed Feb 01 2006 - 00:00
High-tech competition heats upThe Republic is facing increasing competition for high-tech investment from emerging economies in Europe and Asia, Forfás warned…Wed Feb 01 2006 - 00:00
Firm to create 50 jobs in business services sectorA company specialising in business services and customer support is planning a €1Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Chambers president warns of social partnership dangersThe president of the State's biggest business organisation warned yesterday that social partnership was moving in a direction…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Minister seeks reports on dismissal of CEOReports into the sacking of Bord na gCon chief executive Aidan Tynan and the decision by its board not to make public two failed…Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Austin in €1.5m Montaigne dealBusinessman Pat Austin is set to get a 75 per cent stake in venture capital firm Montaigne Investments after agreeing to buy …Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Smart forms service partnership with IBMHi-tech giant IBM's Irish business is to join forces with broadband player Smart Telecom in a new partnership arrangement.Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Telcos approach Irish Rail over network developmentA number of telecom companies have approached rail operator Iarnród Éireann seeking to use its communications lines to develop…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Irish market highest earner for VodafoneMobile network Vodafone secured higher average revenue per customer in the Republic than in any of the group's 17 other markets…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Customer numbers at O2 Ireland hit 1.6mMobile operator O2 Ireland grew customer numbers to 1Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Irish group likely to buy Florida hotel for €165mA group of Irish investors are in pole position to buy a €165 million hotel in Florida with connections to the Professional Golfers…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
Swisscom chief steps down after row over EircomThe Swisscom chief executive who led the company's failed bid for Eircom has resigned in a row with its biggest shareholder, …Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
ComReg looking at cold-calling tactics of NewTelThe State's communications watchdog is investigating the sales practices of a telecoms company following complaints from consumers…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Investors welcome Anglo Irish share placingMarket Report: The biggest placing in the Dublin market's history dominated trade yesterday, but it could not prevent the Iseq…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
McInerney's contracting division tops €50m turnoverDublin-listed builder McInerney Holdings singled out the performance of its Irish contracting business in a trading statement…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Horizon to take €2m hit in accounts on one-off itemsHorizon Technology is set to take a €2 million hit in its 2005 accounts as a result of two one- off items, the company said yesterday…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Ardawn secures €40m of €75m targetA property company focused on buying development land has commitments of €40 million for its second round of fund raising, which…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
IAWS deal in US with Wendy's to create extra salesA North American subsidiary of food group IAWS is in the initial stages of a deal that analysts estimate could deliver an extra…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Tullow strikes oil in Ugandan wellDublin-listed explorer Tullow revealed yesterday that it had struck oil in one of its African properties.Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Smart beefs up salesforce to target residential telco marketSmart Telecom is to step up its assault on the residential telecommunications market with a new sales team whose management will…Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Technology firms 'raised €200m in 2005'Irish technology companies raised almost €200 million from investors last year, the highest level of venture capital support …Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Ex-Anglo chief to chair new Pensions BoardSecurities Trading Corporation founder and former Anglo Irish Bank director Tiernan O'Mahony is to take over as chairman of the…Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Austin to buy out Montaigne backersBusinessman Pat Austin looks set to buy out his backers in venture capital firm Montaigne Investment Corporation.Fri Jan 13 2006 - 00:00
Timas settles with authorityThe Competition Authority has agreed to end an investigation of an online travel reservations provider after the company agreed…Thu Jan 12 2006 - 00:00
Irish trail in export growth, says IEAExports from the Republic lagged the EU and the rest of the world as high costs hit competitiveness in 2005, figures released…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Punchestown companies may be struck offThe companies responsible for running Punchestown Racecourse face the possibility of being struck off as a result of a dispute…Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00
Paddy Power scores in BurtonListed bookmaker Paddy Power scored a marketing coup from Manchester United's shock nil-nil draw against non-league side Burton…Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00
Financial Regulator to oversee spread bettingThe Financial Regulator will take responsibility for regulating spread betting next year under the terms of a new EU directive…Mon Jan 09 2006 - 00:00
Delta Index releases confidential dataOnline financial markets spread betting service Delta Index inadvertently distributed confidential client information to around…Sat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Bupa to transfer 40 jobs to Fermoy baseHealth insurer Bupa will transfer 40 jobs from Britain to its Irish base and invest an extra €1 million in the facility, the …Fri Jan 06 2006 - 00:00
Under a third of SSIAs to be cashed in 2006 - IL&PLess than one in three special savings incentive accounts (SSIAs) are expected to be cashed in this year, according to one retail…Thu Jan 05 2006 - 00:00
Redundancies in 2005 lowest in four yearsThe number of workers laid off from their jobs in 2005 was the lowest since 2001, according to official figures, writes Barry…Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00
