Authority's decision on advertising will embolden RTÉ's competitorsMEDIA & MARKETING: After the Competition Authority aired its views the very idea of dual funding is up for disputeThu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Service to gauge radio advert successTHE SCOURGE of “bad” radio ads may be banished from Irish airwaves following a €100,000 investment by broadcasters in a new advertising…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
TV3 welcomes RTÉ advertising findingsTV3 HAS welcomed the outcome of “a potentially landmark” investigation by the Competition Authority into how RTÉ sells its advertising…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Pioneering advocate of 'personality-driven' journalismAT THE time of his appointment, it was assumed Aengus Fanning would pursue an editorial strategy that would bolster the Sunday…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Investors ignore S&P downgradeINVESTORS IN Europe shrugged off Standard and Poor’s much-anticipated downgrading of nine euro zone countries, as stock markets…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Clegg visits research lab in UCDHE DIDN’T go so far as to pose in a white lab coat, but British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg made a brief visit to the laboratories…Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
High noon on high streetTurnover at shops may stabilise in 2012 but after the Government abandoned an election promise to scrap upwards-only rent review…Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Dunphy gets a bite of McDonald's advertising budgetMEDIA & MARKETING: Still here and still cheap is the message from the fast-food chainThu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00
Spending on education Ireland's 'trump card' for drawing investmentTHE HEAD OF IBM Ireland, Peter O’Neill, has called on the Government to prioritise investment in education to avoid damaging …Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Big-spending advertising campaign aims to fill our landscape with tourists againTourism Ireland explains the thinking behind its new campaign targeting key overseas marketsSat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Positive figures for Donnybrook Fair retailerUPMARKET GROCERY store group Donnybrook Fair made a profit of €426,000 in the year to the end of January 2011, according to accounts…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
No shortage of fallers in major stocksINVESTORS DUMPED stocks yesterday, forcing a retreat from a five-month high on European equity markets, amid fears that the euro…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Local papers hoping to turn a new page in 2012MEDIA & MARKETING: As the printing presses crank up for the new year, the industry faces multiple challengesThu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
'The babe thing is just down to lazy stereotypes'Disparaged by many in the beginning as the enfant terrible of taste, the Republic’s first commercial-only television station, …Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Company collapses up by 20% to 160 a monthCOMPANIES COLLAPSED at a rate of more than 160 a month in the first 11 months of last year, with the rate of failure increasing…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Property websites find Irish house prices fell 18% last yearASKING PRICES for houses in Ireland fell by as much as 18 per cent last year, two reports on the beleaguered Irish property market…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Nama and NTMA chiefs waive 15% of pay for one yearTHE CHIEF executive of the National Treasury Management Agency, John Corrigan, and the chief executive of State assets agency…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
What looms large on the media landscape as we hurtle towards 2012?MEDIA & MARKETING: Too nervous to make new year predictions ourselves, Media & Marketing asked eight people in the industry…Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Shoppers battle heat and crowds in city sales mazeHENRY STREET, Dublin, 8.45amTue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
'Santa rally' brings stocks good cheerEUROPEAN STOCKS rose yesterday, extending the mini “Santa rally” on equity markets that emerged towards the end of the week. …Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Shop talkPLANET BUSINESS: When Christmas is just around the heavily tinselled corner, media stories about chocolate tend to be divided…Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Your A-to-Z guide to an unforgettable yearFrom phone hacking and libel writs to shiny tablets and social media – 2011 had it allThu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Stocks fall on ECB tender worriesHOPES FOR a “Santa rally” across European stock markets faded yesterday, although the Dublin market managed to buck the trend…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Hopes for 'Santa rally' fadeHopes for a “Santa rally” across European stock markets faded today, although the Dublin market managed to buck the trend by …Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Consumers going back to basics for Christmas fareTHE SEASONAL songs are on full blast, but retailers are not – yet – having a wonderful Christmas time.Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
European equities go into retreatEurostoxx 50: 2,202.72 (-1.00%) Frankfurt DAX: 5,701.78 (-0.50%) Paris CAC: 2,972.30 (-0Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Clerys consider operational changes to halt sales declineTRADING AT Dublin department store Clerys worsened during 2011, exacerbating losses incurred by the retailer last year.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Subdued start to Christmas tradingThe seasonal songs are on full blast, but retailers are not - yet - having a wonderful Christmas time.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Talk of French rating cut hits marketsTHE IMMINENT prospect of France losing its coveted triple-A credit rating weighed on equity markets yesterday, dragging European…Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Tablet may not be newspapers' remedyPrint sector’s faith in iPads and Kindles is yet to be fully rewardedThu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Global stocks slip for second dayThe imminent prospect of France losing its coveted triple-A credit rating weighed on equity markets today, dragging European …Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Stocks fall on pre-summit jittersPRE-SUMMIT NERVES saw European stocks drop by the most in two weeks yesterday, with investor sentiment also adversely affected…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Printing of pound deniedTHE CENTRAL Bank is not in negotiations with any printing companies in case it needs additional capacity to print the pound, …Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
TV3 takes semi-reality check in TallaghtMEDIA AND MARKETING : The station is confident that ‘Tallafornia’ will contribute to a buoyant year for ad revenuesThu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Central Bank dismisses punt rumoursThe Central Bank is not in negotiations with any printing companies in case it needs additional capacity to print punts, it is…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Budget marked by indirect taxesIncome tax rates, bands and credits remain unchanged next year, as the Government concentrates on raising additional sums from…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Jacob's biscuit sales given bite by sexing up Fig RollsINTERVIEW : When Loretta Dignam took on marketing at Jacob Fruitfield she set about losing the products’ reputation as ‘granny…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Helping hand from a royal: London move for glove designerWITH A little help from Princess Charlene of Monaco, Irish glove designer Paula Rowan has opened her first London store in the…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Oil and gas prices rise as euro weakensWHOLESALE OIL and gas prices increased in November, as the euro weakened against the dollar on currency markets, pushing the …Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Forestry targets not being met despite jobs potentialGOVERNMENT TARGETS for afforestation are not being met despite the capacity of the State’s forestry sector to create jobs, a …Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Printer company prepares for paperless officeAS A printer manufacturer preparing for the advent of the paperless office, Japanese-headquartered multinational Ricoh is seeking…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Boardrooms of media groups face full glare of publicityMEDIA & MARKETING: AMONG THE Leveson Inquiry witness statements worth reading is that of Richard Peppiatt, a former reporter…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Modest gains for Iseq in thin tradingEurostoxx 50: 2,234.17 (+12.41) Frankfurt DAX: 5,799.91 (+54.58) Paris CAC: 3,026.76 (+13Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Consumers not in mood for spending in OctoberRETAILERS FACE an anxious run-up to Christmas as consumers failed to get into spending mode in OctoberTue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Electric Media signs deal with BrightRollELECTRIC MEDIA, the biggest company in the Irish online advertising sales market, has formed a new partnership with the world…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Clearing the decks for fresh critical thinkingFRIDAY INTERVIEW: Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, Dean of UCD Business SchoolsFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
ESB named overall winner of financial reporting prizeTHE ESB HAS been named as the overall winner at the Published Accounts Awards, an event held each year by the Chartered Accountants…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Warning lights are on for expensive investigative arm of Irish journalismMEDIA & MARKETING: RTÉ news and current affairs budgets had already been in retreatThu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Nolan to join board of Leo BurnettWHEN ADVERTISING executive Eoghan Nolan first embarked on his copywriting career “donkeys years ago” in the 1980s, it was to …Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
