Global Payments buys Realex in deal worth €115mIrish-founded payment company is being sold to US giant Global PaymentsThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
Former banker’s labour of love strikes goldE-payments game turns gold for Realex boss Colm LyonThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
State investment fund acquires 15% stake in Malin for €50mIreland Strategic Investment Fund’s investment is first since it was set up last yearWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
SME credit still shrinking even as new lending takes offFigures from Central Bank show repayments are continuing to outpace new lendingTue Mar 24 2015 - 16:09
Farming interests ‘must be protected’ in EU-US trade dealIFA launches position paper on transatlantic trade negotiationsTue Mar 24 2015 - 14:29
Dublin’s status as financial hub improves in global indexLatest Global Financial Centres Index ranks Dublin 52nd out of 82Tue Mar 24 2015 - 07:29
Petroceltic announces changes to board after failed coupExplorer unveils changes in wake of showdown with WorldviewMon Mar 23 2015 - 09:12
Income divide between Dublin and poorer regions rises againCSO figures also show Dublin accounted for 42% of the State’s total GDP in 2012Fri Mar 20 2015 - 15:21
Tullow secures additional $450m despite lower oil pricesOil firm is in the middle of major cost-cutting drive in wake of falling oil pricesFri Mar 20 2015 - 09:43
Beef exports to US unlikely to hit targets until licence extendedFarmers’ association says real value is in lucrative mince marketFri Mar 20 2015 - 07:37
Notion of Dublin-centric recovery ‘highly misleading’Department hits out at report suggesting recovery only taking hold in capital and surrounding areaThu Mar 19 2015 - 12:59
Irish tax experts play down potential impact of proposals hereIreland has a transparent tax system and co-operated with EU over last 18 monthsThu Mar 19 2015 - 09:16
Osborne to tackle multinationals moving tax from UKNew penalty tax on artificial shifting of profits abroad to become law this monthThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Nevin Institute: Recovery almost exclusively concentrated around DublinNevin Economic Research Institute says recovery narrative masks regional differencesThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Retailers in favour of increase in lotto pricesMove by Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association comes amid speculation over format changesMon Mar 16 2015 - 01:00
Investigation into HSBC Swiss accounts yields €4.6m in settlementsRevenue chairman tells PAC that pursuing bank legally was particularly difficultThu Mar 12 2015 - 12:16
Strap yourselves in, the global milk market promises to be a rough rideIrish dairy farmers will have to surf turbulent times to exploit long-term growthThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
Lotto players may face higher prices and more numbersPrivate operator hints at future plans and defends franchise against recent criticismThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
Dip in consumer sentiment blamed on post-Christmas bluesLatest latest KBC Bank/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index falls in FebruaryTue Mar 10 2015 - 12:08
Redesign of electricity market ‘may lead to higher prices’ESRI says proposed changes to market will make costs and prices less transparentTue Mar 10 2015 - 10:08
Carlyle Cardinal backs buyout of Carroll CuisineMBO deal values Tullamore-based company at up to €50mTue Mar 10 2015 - 07:27
Retailers’ groups row over problems with Lotto systemWar of words as Lotto officials prepare for Oireachtas showdownTue Mar 10 2015 - 01:00
Retail sales jump 3.3% on back of strong car salesLatest CSO numbers show monthly sales fell when motor trades are excluded, howeverMon Mar 09 2015 - 16:52
Amarin secures $52.8m to promote cardiovascular drugIrish pharmaceuticals group says it raised the capital through new and existing investorsFri Mar 06 2015 - 15:21
US financial firm Northern Trust to create 300 jobs in LimerickGroup's second major expansion in recent years will bring Limerick workforce to over 1,000Fri Mar 06 2015 - 10:59
Government not in a position ‘to restore public sector pay cuts’Secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure issues warning to unionsWed Mar 04 2015 - 17:05
Lotto terminals crash for third time since FebruaryNational Lottery confirms network experienced technical issues with ticket machinesMon Mar 02 2015 - 16:42
Premier Lotteries Ireland to appear before Oireachtas committeeNational Lottery operator PLI likely to be asked about crashes and terminalsMon Mar 02 2015 - 06:45
‘Brexit’ uncertainty undermining political stability, conference hearsSpeakers voice concern over Brexit at annual British-Irish chamber of commerce conferenceFri Feb 27 2015 - 22:48
Lottery restores service after ticket terminals crash againFranchise confirms a portion of its retail network was knocked out for two hoursFri Feb 27 2015 - 17:08
Room rental website Airbnb to create 200 new jobs in DublinCompany has its European headquarters in RingsendFri Feb 27 2015 - 14:52
Eircom sees revenue fall by 4% as fixed-line business contractsTelecoms company sees fixed line access decline by 22,000 in second half of 2014Fri Feb 27 2015 - 08:43
'If the money isn’t used the way we expect it to be used, we’ll take it back'Backed by Euro bucks, the SBCI is Ireland’s big bid to get banks lending to businesses. It’s boss says they’ll be watching closelyFri Feb 27 2015 - 01:55
Food and beverage stocks drive European markets higherDublin’s Iseq index underperforms European bourses but remains positiveFri Feb 27 2015 - 01:00
Financial staff enjoy biggest bounce in income last yearCSO figures show average weekly earnings, rose in most sectors of the economy last yearThu Feb 26 2015 - 14:36
Quality of public transport ranks as top priority, survey finds‘Vital Signs’ report suggests people are most unhappy with housingThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Self-employed and those on middle and lower incomes bear brunt of recessionResearch paper partly upholds squeezed middle theoryWed Feb 25 2015 - 22:46
Kingspan to cut back on acquisitionsGroup to spend about €60m this year on capital projects, less than half of last yearTue Feb 24 2015 - 01:05
Apple to invest €850m in new Galway data centreAthenry facility, to be operational in 2017, will help run its online services like iTunes and mapsMon Feb 23 2015 - 08:52
Kingspan reports 16% jump in earnings on back of UK salesBuilding materials group says Irish market is gradually rebuilding itself after crashMon Feb 23 2015 - 08:14
Honohan wrote to Noonan to complain about mortgage insurance planLetter followed announcement of initiative to aid first-time buyers with their depositsSat Feb 21 2015 - 10:55
Irish firms with international links are more likely to innovateESRI-backed research finds correlation between internationalisation and productivityFri Feb 20 2015 - 13:57
New banking initiative to cut up to 2% off loans to SMEsState-backed bank will channel €400m into sector via AIB and BoIFri Feb 20 2015 - 08:11
Stocks tread water on Greek uncertaintyInvestors remain wary after Germany rejects Greek proposal to extend its bailoutThu Feb 19 2015 - 22:27
Irish consumer prices now falling at fastest rate in four yearsInflation sinks to -0.6% on falling oil prices, raising fresh fears of prolonged deflationThu Feb 19 2015 - 12:33
Nama to pay junior bondholders dividend of €84m next monthState agency says payment reflects improved outlook for repaying its senior debtWed Feb 18 2015 - 16:37
Working days lost to industrial disputes trebles in 2014CSO figures show disputes in education sector accounted for over half of days lostWed Feb 18 2015 - 12:08
Firms in food service sector buoyed by new optimismSurvey by Pallas Foods published to coincide with 3-day food service industry eventTue Feb 17 2015 - 14:48
Consultation on taxing unused development land launchedDepartment of Finance seeks submission on impact of using tax to address housing shortageTue Feb 17 2015 - 14:45
Petroceltic gets backing of advisory groups ahead of EGMExplorer is trying to fend off moves to oust its chief executive Brian O’CathainTue Feb 17 2015 - 11:29
