Losses at Qumas rose to $6.2m in 2006LOSSES AT Cork software company Qumas rose to $6.2 million (€4.7 million) in 2006 from $1Mon Mar 03 2008 - 00:00
Shanahan records €6.1m profitSHANAHAN ENGINEERING, the Dublin company that manages the building, maintenance and operation of power and petrochemical plants…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Appleby office to contribute to legal fee costsTHE OFFICE of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has agreed, in an unusual move, to make a contribution to the costs of the…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Banks to get 25% less if ISTC rescue plan rejectedINTERNATIONAL BANKS, owed €435Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
ISTC investors to lose €820m in largest Irish corporate cash lossINVESTORS AND banks will be forced to write off €820 million in the Dublin specialist lender International Securities Trading…Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
Operating profit up 22% to €750m at Ulster BankULSTER BANK increased its operating profit by 22 per cent to €750 million in 2007 as loans rose by 24 per cent to €64Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
Hibernian reports operating profit increase of 86.8%INSURANCE GROUP Hibernian reported a 86.8 per cent increase in operating profit to €352Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
Pretax profits rise 28% to €272m at Bank of ScotlandBank of Scotland (Ireland) posted a 28 per cent increase in pretax profits to €272 million in 2007, as loans to customers through…Thu Feb 28 2008 - 00:00
Permanent's operating profit rises by 12%Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P) increased operating profit by 12 per cent to €590 million in 2007 and delivered a more …Thu Feb 28 2008 - 00:00
Casey goes on the offensive to dispel doubts over fundingANALYSIS: IRISH LIFE & Permanent (IL&P) finance director Peter Fitzpatrick likened the group's attempt to counter market…Thu Feb 28 2008 - 00:00
Department considering write-off registrationUsed car buyers will be able to discover if vehicles have been written off in crashes and repaired if new recommendations made…Wed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
Economy to pick up next year, says Davy reportTHE ECONOMIC slowdown will be limited to 2008 as the economy rebounds between 2009 and 2011, and outperforms the euro-zone area…Wed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
Premier Group offers £45m for UK recruiter ImprintRECRUITMENT FIRM Premier Group has made a tentative approach to buy UK recruiter Imprint, which is already the subject of a takeover…Wed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
US investment guru warns Irish economy is now a bubbleUS INVESTMENT guru Jim Rogers has warned that the Irish economy has turned into a bubble and that people are going to suffer …Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Revenue to check if Irish are on German list of suspect tax cheatsTHE REVENUE Commissioners plans to contact the German tax authorities to see if there are any Irish names on the list of suspected…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Fee income up 24% at Mazars IrelandACCOUNTANCY FIRM Mazars Ireland increased its fee income by 24 per cent to €26 million in the year to August 31st, 2007, according…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Lynn's Bulgaria investors given promissory notesINVESTORS WHO paid deposits to missing solicitor Michael Lynn's company Kendar for properties in Bulgaria received promissory…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Lynn was buying property in four more overseas locationsMISSING SOLICITOR Michael Lynn was planning to buy properties in Croatia, Brazil, Canada and the Dominican Republic early last…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
Panamanian firm made payment to Lynn managerA BUSINESSMAN who worked as a sales manager in Kendar, the property business owned by missing solicitor Michael Lynn, has received…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
Nationwide downgraded on commercial loan worriesIrish Nationwide Building Society has been downgraded by ratings agency Fitch, which blamed an "uncertain outlook" for commercial…Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00
AIB pretax profit falls 4% to €2.5bn last yearAIB has reported a pretax profit of €2Thu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
Davy advised 139 credit unionsto buy controversial bondsDavy Stockbrokers advised 139 credit unions to buy €149 million worth of investment products which were the subject of a complaint…Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
SocGen launches €5.5bn fundraising planFrench bank Société Générale has launched a heavily-discounted €5Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
Appleby may face cost of legal actionThe Director of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, could be asked to pay the costs of a legal action in which a well-known …Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Terry Prone leaves Carr Communications after 25 yearsPublic relations consultant Terry Prone has left Carr Communications, the Dublin media training and PR company, after about 25…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Property, paintings and a Bentley among solicitor's assetsApartments in China and California, a development site in Poland and paintings worth up to €175,000 are among the assets owned…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Sales of Hibernian life and pensions products rise 35% to €2.3bnLife and pension sales at Hibernian grew by 35 per cent to £1.73 billion sterling (€2Thu Feb 07 2008 - 00:00
McCreevy criticises SocGen for lax controlsIreland's EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has castigated Société Générale (SocGen) over its lax risk controls which allowed …Thu Feb 07 2008 - 00:00
Payzone executives face removal at egmThe battle for control of the electronic payments company Payzone has moved from the courtroom to the boardroom following a ruling…Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Anglo Irish adds value after bullish agm addressAnglo Irish Bank's share price climbed 8Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
IFG issues positive trading statementDublin-based financial services group IFG has issued an upbeat trading statement for 2007, saying it had delivered "excellent…Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
Central Bank reassuring on market turmoilCentral Bank governor John Hurley has said the risks to financial stability have increased in the past year but the Irish banks…Thu Jan 31 2008 - 00:00
Glen Electric pretax profit more than doubles to €99.5mPretax profit at Glen Electric, the Northern Ireland company which accounts for about a third of the business of the Glen Dimplex…Thu Jan 31 2008 - 00:00
Solicitor's cruiser worth €200,000 seizedThe Dublin county sheriff has seized a boat worth about €200,000 from Dublin solicitor Thomas Byrne in an effort to repay a €…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
World Economic ForumMY DAVOS: The World Economic Forum provides Bank of Ireland chief executive Brian Goggin with an opportunity for down time in…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
Recession fears dominate debate at DavosPessimistic forecasts for the global economy continued to be made over the weekend at the World Economic Forum in Davos as economists…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
McCreevy says risk cannot be regulatedIreland's EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said any attempt to regulate risk in the financial sector "out of the system" would…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
My Davos: Denis O'BrienTelecoms entrepreneur Denis O'Brien has been to Davos several timesSat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Economic uncertainty dominates forumGrowing economic uncertainty and criticism of the US Federal Reserve and other central banks dominated proceedings on the first…Thu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
My Davos: Niall FitzGeraldThis is Niall FitzGerald's 20th visit to the annual Davos think-inThu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
Irish banks expect fall in loan demandIrish banks expect demand for home, consumer and business loans to fall further, and lending criteria to continue to tighten …Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
New company sells commercial motor insurance via brokersA new insurance company, Setanta Insurance, based in Malta and operating in Dublin, has begun selling commercial motor insurance…Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
Sales rise 13% for Penneys parentHigher spending at discount clothes stores Penneys and Primark drove sales at the retailer's parent company, Associated British…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Merrill Lynch reports year-end $7.8bn lossUS investment bank Merrill Lynch reported a year-end loss of $7.8 billion (€5Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
UK write-offs being sold hereUK-registered cars written off as dangerous and classed as not roadworthy following crashes have been sold to motorists in Ireland…Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
Repaired write-offs back on the roadsUKImports/Insurance write-offs: Last year a woman from Co Kildare was having mechanic trouble with her 2003 Peugeot 206Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
Fyffes concur with DCC on 'profit' formulaFruit importer Fyffes has decided on a definition of profit that will be used in the forthcoming High Court hearing to assess…Tue Jan 15 2008 - 00:00
Setback for AIB as profits dive at US bank M&TProfits at US bank M&T, in which AIB holds a 24 per cent stake, plummeted 70 per cent in the final quarter of 2007 due to…Tue Jan 15 2008 - 00:00
Fishing for new assetsFINANCE: As eco funds move in to the mainstream, more investors are seeing opportunities in water, alternative energy and commoditites…Mon Jan 14 2008 - 00:00
Positive rating for societyIrish Nationwide has been assigned a financial strength rating by a ratings agency that is equal to its sixth-highest grade.Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
