Noble Group

Bloody Sunday 1920: Who were Michael Collins’s hit team ‘The Squad’?

12 regular assassins were assisted by part-timers for ‘jobs’ including Bloody Sunday

Chevron to buy US energy group Noble in $13bn deal

Acquisition expected to trigger deals in oil sector as deep-pocketed groups such as Chevron and ExxonMobil lead consolidations

Sale of Garech Browne's Luggala contents raises over €500,000 at auction

Sixty lots from home of late Garech Browne under the hammer at Sotheby’s

Rings bring Claddagh Records story full circle

Claddagh rings from Garech Browne’s collection feature in a forthcoming Sotheby’s sale. Jane Bolton who helped Browne set up Claddagh Records is still running the Temple Bar shop today

Pub and convent memorabilia on sale in Waterford auction

Early 2020 auctions also include items from Luggala and Piercetown House

Christmas tree sales grow strongly as consumers ditch plastic

‘Virtually no waste’ when real trees are recycled properly, says owner of Christmas tree firm

Ana Kriégel murder: What drove two teenage boys to murder a 14-year-old girl?

What part did violent media, pornography and psycopathy play in the murder

Euro zone wage growth and US Fed's interest rate decision

Your Business This Week: The science of wind energy and looking at how housing and commercial property might be provided in the future

How traditional bookshops survived the Amazon onslaught

Those who were caught in the rapids went under, the more nimble adapted

Barnes & Noble to be bought by owners of Waterstones

US listed book retailer will be taken private by hedge fund Elliott for €420m

Aintree Grand National: A horse-by-horse guide to the big race

If he avoids trouble, Tiger Roll surely remains the one to beat

Full-year results for Cairn Homes and ECB rate decision

Business This Week: results, indicators and meetings for the week ahead

All eyes on loan growth as Bank of Ireland reports full-year results

This Week: Big week for banks as SME lending stays weak amid Brexit caution

The farms that let you choose and cut your own Christmas tree

Ireland faces a Christmas Tree shortage in seven years after the 2018 heatwave

ISME celebrates and ‘Irish Times’ Innovation Awards

Your business this week: HP results, ECB meeting and Irish wholesale prices

Ig Nobel Prize winners ask who reads the f*****g manual?

Web Log: New paper reveals people only read user manuals 25% of the time

Coming back to a forever home in Ranelagh

After a long stint abroad, it was time to put down roots in a classic comfortable redbrick

Business this week: Strong results likely from Dalata as hotel market improves

Also, growth in the agri-food sector; results due from Glenveagh Properties and Cairn

Noble’s shareholders back company’s bid to salvage itself

Billions in losses and claims of improper accounting pushed commodity trader to the brink

Japan’s ‘mad scientists’ pursue a cyborg-friendly future

An emerging scientific field seeks to combine living tissue with metals and plastics

Alien killer spider eats native lizard in first recorded Irish case

False widow spider was found to have wrapped its prey in silk in south Dublin house

This week in business: Ibec housing report and BofE rates

Inspirefest, Datalex AGM, EU and US services data

Paul Kammerer may have been an honest scientist

Recent re-examination of his work suggests that he may have discovered epigenetic inheritance, a phenomenon not recognised until long after his death

Bank of Ireland results and unemployment rate

Your upcoming week in business: retail sales and AIB results plus UK housing prices

Fragment of Union flag from the Battle of Trafalgar makes £297,000 in Sotheby’s

Replica set of British Crown Jewels sold for £30,000

Christian leaders silent on the issue of abortion in New Year’s message

Joint message describes homelessness as ‘tragic symptom of a broken system’

The traditions of the festive season that are worth preserving

Some of the same species are becoming prevalent worldwide, causing concern among scientists of what’s known as ‘global ecological homogenisation’

Your Business Week: All the major events coming up

Results from Falcon and Greencore; Small Firms AGM; Irish retail sales

Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund steps up ‘No’ votes on executive pay

Fund aim to curb excessive top-management pay in firms in which it invests

Viewmount House ‘heroes’ have transformed Longford’s image

Georgina Campbell award winners include Dax restaurant, Twelve Hotel and Dromoland

Eight Irish restaurants awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand

Four Dublin restaurants among the awards for ‘good quality at good value’

Here's what’s happening in the business week ahead

For Your Diary: Exchequer returns; Dalata results; Dell results; ECB rate decision

Palestinians return to worship at Al-Aqsa mosque

Many injured as Israeli forces try to control crowd after removing security measures

Israeli forces raid attacker’s home amid fresh clashes

Three Israelis stabbed after three Palestinians killed following violence over temple

Stop and search: Garda harassment or crime-fighting?

Inner-city teenagers say they are constantly stopped by gardaí, even when wearing their school uniform

Three Palestinians killed, 200 injured in clashes in East Jerusalem

Tensions spill over after Israel restricts access to highly sensitive holy site in Old City

Jessica Fletcher, Buffy, Roseanne, and other wonder women

Before the Doctor, we had to rely on the Golden Girls for female role models

Two Israeli policemen and three attackers shot dead near Jerusalem holy site

Abbas condemns attack as Palestinians express anger that compound is shut for Friday prayers

The key business events happening this week

14 young Irish people will compete at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

Our Duke justifies favouritism with superb Grand National win

Jessica Harrington’s impressive novice now 10-1 for next year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup

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