Some little things . . .BLOXHAM Stockbrokers’ popular economist Alan McQuaid has secured another role following the firm’s recent collapseFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Ad campaign to build on super startDUBLIN STATION Radio Nova will this weekend kick off a €400,000 advertising campaign aimed at supporting the strong start it …Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Decision-time a long way off on future of ShannonWE WERE promised less red tape and fewer quangos when the Government came to power about 15 months ago.Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Dermot Desmond increases his stake in INMWEALTHY FINANCIER Dermot Desmond yesterday increased his stake in Independent News Media to 6.36 per cent from 5Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Question of whether package included pay for role as director could be keyAT 2.50PM YESTERDAY, businessman Paul Connolly took the stand in court 16 for cross examination in his claim against Independent…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Etihad takes 3.96% stake in Virgin AustraliaETIHAD AIRWAYS, which owns just under 3 per cent of Aer Lingus, has taken a 3Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien sees Digicel group's revenues increase 14%DENIS O’BRIEN’S Digicel mobile phone group increased its revenues by 14 per cent to $2.54 billion (€2Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Green light for sale of AIB asset management unitAIB HAS received regulatory clearance to complete the sale of its asset management business to South African financial group …Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Coors sees the light in pub investmentONE MORE THING: WITH THE FINE weather hopefully upon us and the Euro 2012 just around the corner, beer company Molson Coors …Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Golden Discs looks to the web for a silver liningONE MORE THING : WITH SALES in its traditional high street stores under pressure, Irish retailer Golden Discs is taking the …Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Some little things . . .ONE MORE THING : THE FLOW OF senior executives from Anglo Irish Bank/IBRC continues with Michael O’Sullivan, its lending director…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Not all plain sailing for ICG's top tableONE MORE THING : IRISH CONTINENTAL Group’s AGM was a swift affair on Wednesday, punctuated by one amusing observation by sharp…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Groups to advise on airport separation and developmentTHE GOVERNMENT has established a steering group and two task forces to advise it on the separation of Shannon airport from the…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Whiskey galore for TullamoreFRIDAY INTERVIEW: STELLA DAVID LOVES nothing more than curling up on the couch, preferably with a Hendrick’s Gin and cucumber…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
ICG in €52.7m capital reserve dealSHAREHOLDERS IN ferry operator Irish Continental Group yesterday gave their approval to a restructuring of its capital reserves…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
Eircom share trust members to get €125m tax-free windfallMORE THAN 14,000 current and former staff of Eircom are set to share a tax-free windfall of about €125 million following a decision…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
Davy rivals secure about 10% of Bloxham fundsRIVALS OF stockbroking firm Davy are believed to have secured about 10 per cent of the €540 million in private client funds administered…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Global gains on good US housing dataSTOCKS IN most of the large markets advanced yesterday as data showing the US housing market is stabilising outweighed a report…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
IDG paid €74.6m dividend to Pernod RicardWHISKEY MAKER Irish Distillers Group (IDG), whose brands include Jameson, Paddy and Powers, paid a dividend of €74Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Airport authority to appoint chief executive from shortlist in few weeksDUBLIN AIRPORT Authority chairman Pádraig Ó Ríordáin hopes to appoint a new chief executive in the “next few weeks”.Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Retailers will keep lottery ticket sales margin - HowlinMinister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin has indicated that he will protect the 6 per cent margin earned by retailers from…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
DAA posts 9% drop in profits for last yearPROFITS AT the Dublin Airport Authority declined by 9 per cent last year to €30 million as passenger traffic at Cork and Shannon…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Treasury 'hopeful' about securing some of Nama's €4bn of fundingONE MORE THING: WITH THE National Asset Management Agency preparing to make €4 billion available out to 2016 in construction…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Some little things . . .THERE WAS clever ambush marketing by Denis O’Brien last weekend following boxer Katie Taylor’s return to Dublin Airport after…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Britvic loses its fizz in recessionONE MORE THING : THE RECESSION continues to take the fizz out of the performance of soft drinks group Britvic in Ireland.Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
PTSB should scrap the AGMONE MORE THING : AS CHAIRMAN Alan Cook and bank division chief executive Jeremy Masding ponder cost-cutting measures for mortgage…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
United store still in the redONE MORE THING : MANCHESTER UNITED’S short-lived foray into the Irish retail sector continues to cost it money a decade after…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Profits down 9% at DAAThe Dublin Airport Authority's profits declined by 9 per cent to €30 million last year, but passenger figures rose slightly, …Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Golden Discs records losses of €73,000LOSSES AT Golden Discs narrowed significantly last year to €73,000, according to results published yesterdayThu May 24 2012 - 01:00
IL&P had considered closing bank divisionTHE BOARD of Irish Life & Permanent Group Holdings considered closing its banking subsidiary during talks on the restructuring…Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
UK court of appeal dismisses Ryanair actionTHE UK’S court of appeal has dismissed an action by Ryanair that the UK office of fair trading (OFT) was “not in time” with its…Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Team to advise on Shannon exit from DAA establishedA six-person task force has been set up to advise the Government on the separation of Shannon airport from the Dublin Airport…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
€10m Nama loan to help complete Beacon siteTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency is to provide a €10 million loan for the completion of a residential and commercial development…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Eircom creditors back debt reductionEIRCOM MOVED a step closer to exiting examinership successfully yesterday after its creditors gave the necessary support to a…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Revenue falls 3.5% at INM since start of yearINDEPENDENT NEWS Media’s revenues in the 19 weeks to May 11th fell by 3Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Air Asia entrepreneur to make Irish investmentsWEALTHY MALAYSIAN entrepreneur Tony Fernandes is considering making a number of investments in Ireland via his interests in sportscars…Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
BWG acquires retail and grocery rival Morris BrothersIRISH WHOLESALE and retail grocery group BWG has acquired Donegal-based rival Morris Brothers for an undisclosed sum.Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Stores aim to check out social mediaLIKE MOST other Irish companies, wholesale grocery group Musgrave is trying to make sense of how best to utilise social media…Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
3 owners challenge Eircom schemeHONG KONG-based Hutchison Whampoa, the parent company of mobile operator 3 Ireland, and a group of junior lenders are taking …Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Group begins review of Superquinn operationsCASH-AND-CARRY group Musgrave has begun a comprehensive review of its Superquinn subsidiary, which it acquired in October 2011…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Pretax profits down 1% as Musgrave posts €71mCORK-BASED wholesale food group Musgrave expects the value of the Irish grocery market to contract by 1-2 per cent on a like-…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Shares fall on Greek euro exit fearsWITH CONCERNS that Greece is moving closer to leaving the euro, markets across Europe were down yesterday, including in Ireland…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Eircom's examiner finalises schemeEIRCOM’S EXAMINER has finalised a scheme of arrangement with the company’s lenders that he hopes will allow the company to exit…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Court order stalls INM move to drop executiveTHE HIGH Court yesterday granted an interim relief restraining Independent News Media from acting further on its decision to …Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Light thrown on media groupKARL BROPHY’S application to the High Court relating to the termination of his employment with Independent News Media this week…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
State's tourism blowout gathers momentumPreparations for the Gathering, the Government’s blowout tourism event in 2013, appear to be gaining momentum.Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
And some little thingsWith the Government having decided to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority on a debt-free basis, what impact…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Dundrum branch of BT2 hit by 40% rent increaseAFTER MORE than two years in arbitration, Brown Thomas recently received the bad news that the rent for its BT2 store in Dundrum…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
London and the powers that beELECTRIC IRELAND, the retail arm of State-owned energy company ESB, is limbering up for the London Olympics with an outdoor and…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Eircom examiner rejects revised cash offer for groupEircom’s examiner last night rejected a revised cash offer from 3 Ireland and its Hong Kong-parent group Hutchison Whampoa.Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
