Quinn Glass wins Chester production plant battleQUINN GLASS has won a protracted battle over its right to continue production at a plant near Chester in England.Wed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
Ganley stake in US telco firm Rivada down to 13%THE STAKE held by Declan Ganley, founder of the anti-Lisbon Treaty group Libertas, in US telecoms business Rivada Networks has…Wed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
McNamara begins action against Docklands authorityProperty developer Bernard McNamara is seeking damages and an indemnity from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Law Society refused O'Brien advertTHE LAW Society Gazette refused to accept an advertisement from businessman Denis O’Brien concerning the Moriarty tribunal.Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
Questions remain on Molloy dealANALYSIS: Fás chief appears to have received package greater than he would have been given had he been sackedFri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Former bank job no bar to Duffy's new roleMARK DUFFY said he did not think he should let his former role as a bank chief executive stop him from getting involved in his…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Smurfit and Paddy Power up on day of slow tradingDUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 3,293.92 (+ 27.41) Settlement date: October 22ndTue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Arc outlines bid to buy bank debtThe 47 per cent drop in commercial property prices since 2007 presents a business opportunity, the former chief executive of …Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Aer Lingus will not survive without cuts, says DempseyAER LINGUS will not exist in a few years’ time if there is not radical cost cutting, Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
No plans for rights issue and US news sees banks fallDUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 3,266.51 (-52Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Shaking off 'fetish' of cuts critical - HonohanTHE GOVERNOR of the Central Bank has said it is important to shake off the “fetish” of opposing wage cuts.Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
€4bn package will mean 'hugely deflating budget'PUBLIC DEBT: THE GOVERNMENT’S proposed €4 billion package of tax increases and spending cuts will make for a “hugely deflating…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Bank concerned over wage trendsInternational wage competitiveness - even if it means wage cuts - is key to sustaining and growing employment, the recently appointed…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Central Bank says Ireland 'over the worst'THE IRISH economy is “over the worst” and is now “bubbling along at the bottom”, the assistant director general of the Central…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Economic decline 'moderating'The Irish economy is “over the worst” and is now “bubbling along at the bottom,” the assistant director general of the Central…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Department and Fás directors at oddsRODDY MOLLOY’S CAR: Seemingly contradictory statements concerning the car of the former Fás director general, Rody…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
About 80% say healthcare should be funded by taxesJUST UNDER 80 per cent of people believe the State should fund healthcare through general taxation, according to a survey conducted…Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
80% support tax-funded healthcareJust under 80 per cent of people believe the State should fund healthcare through general taxation, according to a survey conducted…Tue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
Tánaiste undermined her own strategy as outlined to boardANALYSIS: Fás directors think an unintended one-word answer from Mary Coughlan brought down the agency’s boardSat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Fás chairman to resign next weekThe chairman of Fás Peter McCloone is to resign at the end of the agency’s board meeting next week.Thu Sept 24 2009 - 01:00
Public, private pay gap leapt between 2003 and 2006THE GAP between pay levels in the public and private sectors “increased dramatically” in the 2003-2006 period, according to a…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
ESRI report criticises 'regressive' carbon taxA CARBON tax will be “markedly regressive” in that it will hit poorer households disproportionately, according to a paper published…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Outline framework of Nama taking shapeANALYSIS : While debate rages about Nama, behind the scenes plans are proceeding apace...Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Lenihan summons bank chiefs before Nama decisionMINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan summoned bank chiefs to his office before a final Cabinet decision this morning to decide …Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Tánaiste would accept Fás board's resignation if offeredTHE TÁNAISTE and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan has said she would accept the resignation of Fás…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
THE BOARDSTHE DEMAND from the Green Party that there should be a clean out of bank boardrooms as part of the Nama process, has brought …Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Fás has no marketing plan, says watchdogTRAINING AGENCY Fás has no marketing and communications strategy despite having the highest advertising spend “by far” of the…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Former Fás director faces criticism over Croke Park dealA REPORT due to be published today is expected to say the former director general of Fás, Rody Molloy, should have sought board…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Fás failings on advert spending to be laid bareTHE ORGANISATIONAL structures in Fás are not conducive to the control of advertising expenditure or the achievement of value …Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Alterations to residency rules recommendedTAX EXILES: CHANGES TO the tax residency rules that would add new qualification criteria, including whether the person had a…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
€322.8m US ruling against drug giant on Irish earningsA COURT in the US has found against the healthcare and pharmaceutical multinational Schering-Plough in a case involving a $473…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Digicel sued by competitor in Caribbean over price charged for fixed-to-mobile callsLIME/CABLE Wireless, a competitor of Denis O’Brien’s Digicel in the Caribbean, has filed a $43.77 million (€30Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
O'Brien letter claims 'legacy' directors failed stakeholdersBUSINESSMAN DENIS O’Brien said he was “at this time” against the appointment of an examiner to Independent New Media plc in a…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Call to abolish tax shelters for wealthyCommission on Taxation report: THE REPORT of the Commission on Taxation, due to be published on Monday, will recommend the “…Sat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
ECB concerned method of valuing loans may benefit banksEUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK VIEW: THE EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) has expressed concern that the model for putting values on the bank…Tue Sept 01 2009 - 01:00
Nothing heavenly in Newton's earthly dutiesBIOGRAPHY: Newton and the Counterfeiter By Thomas Levenson Faber, 320pp. £15.99Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Tribunal counsel urged to retract 'credibility' remarkTRIBUNAL CHAIRMAN Mr Justice Michael Moriarty rejected a suggestion that he dissociate it from an aspect of the questioning of…Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Barrister insists he is telling truthMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: BARRISTER RICHARD Nesbitt appeared as a witness before the Moriarty tribunal yesterday and said he had given…Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Loan papers were not faked, says Austin widowTHE WIDOW of businessman David Austin has rejected a suggestion that her late husband might have been involved in manufacturing…Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00
Tribunal given letter 'wholly at variance' with evidenceMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: THE MORIARTY tribunal was told a letter has been disclosed to it containing a lengthy narrative of certain…Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00
Letter 'at variance' with evidenceThe content of a letter concerning dealings in the UK in the late 1990s involving businessman Denis O’Brien and former government…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThere is an attractive café called Kawiarnia Noworolski in the middle of the large market square in old KrakowMon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
BB's Coffee and Muffins records pretax loss of £1.46m for 2008BB’S COFFEE and Muffins Ltd, the UK company that is the main trading arm of the Limerick-based cafe franchising group, recorded…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Trinity honours graduate who has become leading authority on DarwinProf Janet Browne’s interest in Charles Darwin was sparked as a TCD botany student in the early 1970sSat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
AIB to seek judgment against Paddy Kelly and sonAIB IS the latest bank to seek a judgment against property developer Paddy Kelly and his son Simon.Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Revenue inquiry identifies 200 trustsTHE REVENUE Commissioners’ special inquiry into trusts has already identified 200 trusts and offshore structures that it intends…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Slump drives increase in court casesTHERE WERE 192 new cases admitted to the Commercial Court in the first five months of the year, compared to 243 in the whole …Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Client with multiple loans from Anglo claims he had no incomeIN THE COURTS: SECURING A judgment in the courts against someone who obviously owes you money can sometimes be the easy bit.Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Deals unravel in property market collapseIN THE COURTS: AMONGST THE myriad of matters arising from the collapse of the property market is the consequence for people …Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
An insight into difficulties and misery caused by bursting of property bubbleIN THE COURTS: IN THE Master’s Court on the second floor of the Four Courts you get a good glimpse of how the bursting of the…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
