Smyths to pay almost €80m for European assets of Toys R UsDeal likely to push the Irish retailer’s annual revenues towards €1bnMon Apr 23 2018 - 04:15
‘Beast from the east’ savaged Q1 retail salesGarden centres take biggest hit but jewellery, computers and clothing see sales slumpMon Apr 23 2018 - 04:00
Smyths Toys to buy Toys R Us in Germany, Austria and SwitzerlandMayo family-owned retailing group will double in sizeSat Apr 21 2018 - 17:31
Cybersecurity expert ‘was given desk at INM for data removal’Court papers show consultant was granted free access to premisesSat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00
Kingspan eyes up expansion into Latin AmericaBuilding materials group reports sluggish first-quarter growth due to bad weatherSat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00
Caveat: tourism chiefs should invest more to get that heart pumpingThe midlands deserve more than 2% of the budget to develop and market tourismFri Apr 20 2018 - 05:41
The 10-minute chat that rocked Independent News & Media to its coreINM controversy involves data, a radio station, ‘success fees’ and possible market abuseFri Apr 20 2018 - 05:00
INM investor wants company to buy back O’Brien’s stakeBoard listened to proposal but did not adopt position on itFri Apr 20 2018 - 05:00
Irish digital gaming outfit PlayON strikes deal with Formula 1PlayON says it intends to enter the US market in 2018 on the back of the F1 dealThu Apr 19 2018 - 16:07
INM and the minister: who said what to whom and when?Buckley told O’Brien merger would typically be approved after competition clearanceThu Apr 19 2018 - 01:00
Pressure on Varadkar to offer view on Naughten’s explanationMinister says he ‘acted to the letter of the law’ in his conversation with lobbyist Eoghan Ó NeachtainThu Apr 19 2018 - 01:00
BAI declines to review its decision that O’Brien does not ‘control’ INMHis cross-media holdings still likely to be examined as part of overall report for GovernmentThu Apr 19 2018 - 01:00
INM, a minister, a takeover and Denis O’Brien … who spoke to whom and whenChronology: the messages that saw Denis Naughten’s plans relayed through two PR consultants to INM’s main shareholderWed Apr 18 2018 - 16:41
Calls for BAI to revisit 2012 ruling that O’Brien doesn’t control INMBAI examined extent of O’Brien’s influence over INM in 2012Wed Apr 18 2018 - 13:39
O’Brien told of Minister’s plan to refer INM's Celtic Media takeoverIntent relayed to INM’s major shareholder two months before being made publicWed Apr 18 2018 - 04:30
Watchdog alleges Buckley may have shared ‘inside information’ with O’BrienEmails between then INM chair and major shareholder raise ‘significant concern’Wed Apr 18 2018 - 01:00
ODCE says O’Brien helped INM ‘draft’ statement defending pension cutsMessage from then INM chair shows O’Brien participated in drafting, watchdog saysWed Apr 18 2018 - 01:00
Markets rise as geopolitical tensions easeBank of Ireland rises 0.7% in Dublin ahead of trading updateTue Apr 17 2018 - 21:14
Lawyer whack-a-mole and plot twists in INM data breach caseINM-ODCE show unfolds as improv in High Court with chorus of lawyers for ‘INM 19’Tue Apr 17 2018 - 06:00
Caveat: why was Buckley’s bodyguard involved in the alleged INM data ‘interrogation’?Zuckerberg’s appearance before US parliamentarians was essential viewingFri Apr 13 2018 - 05:00
Circle K to pump €55m into Topaz rebrand and new forecourtsGroup formerly known as Topaz to begin rebadging of forecourt canopiesFri Apr 13 2018 - 04:55
Arnotts in line for €11m refurbishment funded by SelfridgesInvestment to be pumped into IT and store upgrades, including restaurants overhaulThu Apr 12 2018 - 06:25
INM blames Leslie Buckley for alleged data breachNewspaper publisher writes to so-called INM 19 saying alleged data breach was ‘unauthorised’Wed Apr 11 2018 - 13:23
Canadian shareholders approve Dermot Desmond-backed diamond mergerDeal to merge Mountain Province and Kennady on course to close this weekTue Apr 10 2018 - 20:56
Declan Ganley: 'Leo Varadkar is a disappointment'Interview: The Galway businessman and campaigner seems to revel in his notorietyFri Mar 30 2018 - 05:55
Ireland has traded jobs for managing the world’s online dataCaveat: Ireland’s good name will eventually take a hit for inviting in the tech masters of the universeFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:29
Tourism groups say Government lacks ‘ambition’Itic says revenues from tourists could grow to over €8.1bn by 2025 if ‘correct action’ is takenTue Mar 20 2018 - 20:00
Lidl seeks €46m for Ballymun student bedsDevelopment to include supermarket, 364-bed scheme, offices and cafesSat Mar 17 2018 - 07:30
Three Ireland stems customer outflow sparked by price risesState’s second-largest mobile operator had revenues of €603m for 2017Fri Mar 16 2018 - 13:32
Pitfalls and perils as Ireland does business with Trump’s USCaveat: Hiberno-US attitudes, Johnny Ronan’s legal bill and kitchen staffFri Mar 16 2018 - 07:30
Fine Grain invests €35m in Limerick office scheme for 400 staffIrish-Singaporean commercial property vehicle also developing scheme in GalwayFri Mar 16 2018 - 06:15
Marlet wins ‘ransom strip’ case over €100m docklands development siteCompany claimed firm linked to developer Johnny Ronan was holding up developmentTue Mar 13 2018 - 14:26
McKillen jnr’s Press Up hospitality group weighs stock market flotationIrish pub, hotel and restaurant company has hired Goodbody Stockbrokers to assess its funding optionsTue Mar 13 2018 - 08:42
Mixed trading across Europe as worries persist over Trump’s tariffsIn Dublin the Iseq is flat, while GKN drags the FTSE 100 into the redMon Mar 12 2018 - 20:39
When business meats family at FX Buckley steakhouseFamily-owned restaurants to open new bar and a food hallSat Mar 10 2018 - 06:00
Bullying and burnout contributing to chefs shortageIndustry has problems linked to working conditions that defy short-term fixesFri Mar 09 2018 - 06:47
King of the castle: Mark Nolan making Dromoland ‘best it can be’Five-star Clare estate is spending €20m on a tune-up as US customers flock inFri Mar 09 2018 - 06:00
Alltech founder Pearse Lyons diesEntrepreneur was born in Dundalk and built Irish-US animal nutrition empireThu Mar 08 2018 - 17:04
Murdoch MacLennan replaces Leslie Buckley as INM chairmanDeputy chairman of Telegraph Media group among four new non-executives at INMWed Mar 07 2018 - 16:29
Irish restaurants trawl Europe for chefs to fill 8,000 vacanciesRestaurant association boss says Shane Ross is ‘letting the industry down’Tue Mar 06 2018 - 04:00
Irish restaurants need ‘at least’ 7,000 to 8,000 chefsGovernment accused of ‘talking out of both sides of its mouth’Mon Mar 05 2018 - 13:44
Linked Finance says its loans have helped create 2,400 jobsFirm says 72% of the SMEs that have used it to raise cash have grown staff numbersMon Mar 05 2018 - 07:05
Aryzta insurer sues supplier for allegedly contaminating bread lineGottstein metal-chip ‘negligence’ cost food company $650,000 at US plant, says filingMon Mar 05 2018 - 06:55
Auditors criticise $7bn Mexican tender process that Declan Ganley’s Rivada alleged was ‘rigged’Irishman’s telecoms business lost out to Mexican-led Altan consortiumMon Mar 05 2018 - 06:25
Morgan McKinley eyes global growth as it restructures management teamFounder Pat Fitzgerald steps back from day-to-day running of the groupMon Mar 05 2018 - 06:10
Former regulator says Irish politicians ‘mindless’ over IFSC Russian risksStefan Gerlach says they do not recognise the risk in €100bn cash influx since 2007Mon Mar 05 2018 - 01:00
Donohoe not backing the return of bankers’ bonuses ‘at this stage’Banking union opposes reintroduction of bonus plan for key executives at AIBSun Mar 04 2018 - 17:12
Trump’s tariffs plan batters industrial stocksMarket report: Irish stock market remains closed but rest of Europe slumps on fears of trade warFri Mar 02 2018 - 17:58
Kelleher sues Nama for $1.2bn over Chicago SpireIrish developer Garrett Kelleher launches action against State agency in Illinois courtsFri Mar 02 2018 - 17:10
Moral panic on vultures delays end of arrears crisisIreland should have listened to Bill Clinton and tackled the problem years agoFri Mar 02 2018 - 07:10
