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Profits up at Power City despite fall in revenues

Pretax profits at Power City increased by 4 per cent last year to €5.8 million.

Wed Mar 14 2012 - 00:00

€56,413 to be spent on natterjack toad project

The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has confirmed that it is spending €56,413 to carry out a monitoring project…

Tue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00

Tesco must pay defamed lawyer

A JUDGE has ordered Tesco to pay a former All-Ireland winning hurler €7,500 in damages after finding the British retail giant…

Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00

No definitive plan for intensive care unit for west despite security bill

THE COST to the Health Service Executive of a €1

Tue Mar 06 2012 - 00:00

Health briefing

A round-up of today's other stories in brief

Tue Feb 28 2012 - 00:00

Cannabis-based drugs may be available on prescription soon

CANNABIS-BASED medicinal products, such as Sativex, could soon be available to sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and other…

Tue Feb 21 2012 - 00:00

Profits at Medtronic down 21%

PRETAX PROFITS at the main Irish subsidiary of one of the State’s biggest multinational employers slipped 21 per cent last year…

Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00

HSE paid two taxi firms over €1m each

TWO TAXI companies each received in excess of €1 million from the Health Service Executive as part of a total of €26 million …

Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00

Huge disparity in rates paid by HSE to chaplains in west

THE HSE could make huge savings if it streamlined payments made to priests providing chaplaincy services across its acute hospital…

Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00

Private hospital planned for Ennis

A PRIVATE consortium is planning to establish a €60 million private hospital that will create 600 jobs in Ennis.

Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00

Losses almost triple at Cork Opera House

RESTRUCTURING COSTS totalling €371,099 contributed to losses at Cork Opera House almost tripling last year to €825,282.

Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00

Chernobyl charity says donations down

THE CHIEF executive of the Chernobyl Children International charity has said the Cork-based charity is anticipating a 40 to 50…

Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00

DPP set to appeal three-year sentence for cruelty to baby

THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions is set to appeal the three-year prison term imposed on a man earlier this week for cruelty…

Thu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00

HMV Ireland files pretax loss of €2.5m in 2011

SALES OF best-selling CDs by Lady Gaga, Adele, Katy Perry and Take That were not enough to prevent the Irish arm of HMV going…

Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00

Pre-tax profits at ebookers increase

Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of online travel firm ebookers increased sixfold in 2010 to €352,518 after gross venues increased…

Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00

19 people died by suicide in Clare last year

ALMOST 10 times as many people died by suicide in Co Clare last year as died on the county’s roads.

Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00

Over 300,000 drivers escape penalty points

NEW FIGURES show more than 300,000 drivers have escaped having penalty points recorded on their licences in spite of committing…

Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00

When U2 comes to town: 360° tour grosses over $703 million

NEW FIGURES show that U2’s 360° Tour has grossed more than $703 million (€534 million) after seven million rock fans paid to …

Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00

Man charged over series of church robberies

A CLARE man has appeared at Ennis District Court in connection with a spate of robberies of churches across Co Clare and Co Galway…

Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00

Application for €30m Clare wind farm

ELECTRIC IRELAND has lodged plans for a large €30 million wind farm at its Moneypoint power station in Co Clare, where the turbines…

Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00

HSE in breach of care rules for psychiatric patient

THE MENTAL Health Commission has found the Health Service Executive to be in breach of the Mental Health Act over its care for…

Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00

Crusheen rail station delayed amid talks with developer

THE WESTERN Rail Corridor project has stalled again as Iarnród Éireann continues to negotiate with a third-party developer, it…

Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00

Clare village loses 87 to emigration

EMIGRATION IS sucking the life out of a remote west Clare village, with new figures showing at least 87 people have emigrated…

Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00

Shell puts extra €90m into Irish subsidiary

OIL AND GAS multinational Shell has injected €90 million into its Irish subsidiary to deal with the spiralling costs of the Corrib…

Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00

Call for civil disobedience on septic tank fee

A SENIOR member of Clare County Council has called for a period of civil disobedience in response to the planned septic tank …

Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00

Care home boss says Hiqa rules 'unachievable'

THE OWNER of a private care home said yesterday that demands sometimes required by the Health Information and Quality Authority…

Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00

Fashion retailer has jump in sales

LOSSES NARROWED at the Irish arm of fashion retailer Karen Millen last year

Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00

Trading improves for Slieve Russell

THE SLIEVE Russell hotel, founded by bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn, recorded positive earnings for the first 10 months of last…

Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00

€500,000 boost for Killaloe bridge

PLANS FOR a €41 million new bridge over the river Shannon at Killaloe and a bypass of the heritage town have received a boost…

Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00

Concern for colony of rare bats puts paintball facility on hold

CONCERNS FOR a colony of the protected and rare lesser horseshoe bat in a Co Clare woodland has resulted in the county council…

Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00

Rihanna sales helped put the O2 ahead of Madison Square Garden in 2011

GEORGE MICHAEL and Rihanna helped Dublin’s O2 gross more than $50 million last year and beat off the likes of New York’s Madison…

Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00

West Clare railway link for Kilrush

PLANS HAVE been announced to extend the famous west Clare railway into the market town of Kilrush within the next two years.

Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00

Migrants remain in Ireland as flight returned

THE MINISTER for Justice has confirmed that 12 Congolese and eight Nigerians who were on board a flight costing €337,800 to deport…

Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00

Minister to look at options for airports

THE MINISTER FOR Transport is to engage with unions and potential investors before making a final decision on the future of Cork…

Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00

Locals divided over plan for €200m wind farm

PLANS FOR an “industrial-scale” €200 million wind farm is dividing opinion among locals in a coastal west Clare community…

Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00

Mayor says Ennis not a racist town

THE MAYOR of Ennis has said the town has suffered and has been portrayed as a racist town after the assault on Nigerian taxi …

Thu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00

Avoca pre-tax profits up 3% last year to €1.64m as revenues hit €48.6m

PRE-TAX profits at family-owned retailer Avoca increased by 3 per cent to €1

Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00

Court told how woman, son held at gunpoint during raid

A RAIDER wearing a balaclava prodded a loaded sawn-off shotgun into the stomach of a Co Clare woman and told her he would blow…

Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00

Councillors back fracking ban

CLARE COUNTY Council last night became the first local authority to agree to put in place a ban on fracking in its county development…

Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00

Businesses up in arms over plans for Ennis retail park

BUSINESSES IN Ennis, Co Clare, are fighting plans by a developer to construct a €34 million retail park on the fringes of the…

Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00

Pretax profits down at Irish unit of pharma giant Abbott

PRETAX PROFITS at the main Irish arm of medical and pharmaceutical product giant Abbott last year fell to €240

Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00

Profits at Irish arm of Symantec down 52%

PRETAX PROFITS at the Irish arm of security software solution provider Symantec last year fell by 52 per cent to €34

Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00

Passenger jailed for attack on taxi driver in Clare

A 36-YEAR-OLD Nigerian taxi driver said yesterday he no longer felt safe in his work after a man was jailed for an unprovoked…

Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00

Pretax profits at Lisney up 30%

JAMES NUGENT, the newly appointed managing director of property firm Lisney, has said he is satisfied with the company’s performance…

Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00

Doolin Coast Guard unit carried out eight Cliffs of Moher searches in 2011

THE DOOLIN unit of the Irish Coastguard Service conducted eight searches last year for people who went missing off the Cliffs…

Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00

Court users called to bar as judge switches legal venue

A JUDGE has heard court cases under disco lights at a licensed venue during the first sittings of Killaloe District Court at …

Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00

€900,000 losses at Shelbourne Hotel

PRETAX LOSSES at the five-star Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin narrowed to over €900,000 in 2010.

Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00

Former charity chief gets $0.5m in severance deal

THE FORMER chief executive of philanthropic organisation the American Ireland Fund (AIF), Kingsley Aikins, is receiving $500,…

Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00

Clare fracking protest group to step up campaign

OPPONENTS OF fracking are to leaflet-drop 6,500 homes in west Clare in coming days as a UK-based company steps up investigation…

Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00

Windfall for Killaloe diocese as €678,000 left in will

A CATHOLIC diocese has received more than €670,000 in a will.

Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
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