Retailer Harvey Norman to open five new Irish storesThe Australian impact on Irish business is set to increase in the coming weeks after furniture and electrical retailer Harvey…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Court to rule on whether to restrict Taggart as directorThe High Court will rule on Monday whether the businessman and former Doherty Advertising chairman, Paschal Taggart, should be…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Central Ansbacher figure disqualifiedPadraig Collery, the man who helped run the Ansbacher tax-evasion scheme from the registered office of CRH, has been disqualified…Fri Mar 10 2006 - 00:00
Fiat reports losses as car sales slumpFiat's loss-making unit in Ireland does not expect to break even in the booming Irish motor market until next year at the earliest…Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Property disposals boost Readymix earningsConstruction supplies company Readymix saw operating profits in its core unit drop by 4.3 per cent to €13Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Support for Eircom splitThe Government has indicated it is open to the prospect of Eircom's network business being split from its retail arm in the event…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
SIAC managers increase stake in firmTop managers in SIAC, which is among the oldest and biggest construction companies in Ireland, have increased their stake in …Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Babcock & Brown looks for Eircom bid partnersAustralian financiers Babcock & Brown Capital have entered discussions with a number of international investment groups with…Fri Mar 03 2006 - 00:00
Facing a tough home market the company looks to foreign fieldsAnalysis: Glanbia said its 2005 performance was "satisfactory", given the challenges the food group faces in the home market…Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Shares in Glanbia fall as profits decline in wake of energy risesShares in Glanbia fell 3.27 per cent yesterday to €2Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Yukos lawyer warns of Putin's reachRobert Amsterdam is an international lawyer who was expelled last year from Russia over his work for the jailed oil tycoon Mikhail…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Fund to sell Conduit stake to partnerBahraini-owned investment fund Investcorp is likely to sell its majority stake in Conduit to minority shareholder InfoNXX some…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Babcock & Brown can block rival Eircom bidBabcock & Brown Capital has increased its stake in Eircom past the level at which it can block a rival bid, with a total …Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
Greenstar raises €200m for more acquisitionsGreenstar, the waste unit of National Toll Roads, is gearing up for a fresh round of acquisitions in the coming months with new…Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
HMV posts 22% profit rise in Irish divisionMusic retailer HMV brushed aside the onslaught of online sales to deliver a 22 per cent rise in profits to €9Fri Feb 24 2006 - 00:00
Sales in Centra chain top €1bn in 2005Sales in the Centra chain breached the €1 billion level for the first time last year as convenience brands tightened their grip…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Cowen offers low-earners pension scheme for SSIAsThe Government has offered new incentives to encourage some 500,000 low-earners to invest part of their SSIA savings in pensions…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Spar off-licence shut after under-age saleThe Spar chain of convenience stores has described as "unwitting" the illegal sale of beer to two underage teens at its outlet…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Doherty sees potential for deal-making this yearAlan Doherty doesn't give much awayFri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Fruitfield makes profits of €4.6mFood group Jacob Fruitfield made pretax profits of €4Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
Argos's profits rise by 42% in RepublicThe boom in retail spending helped British catalogue chain Argos increase its Irish pre-tax profits by 42 per cent to €29Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
Statoil's Irish business goes up for saleNorwegian state-owned energy group Statoil has put its Irish service station and oil supply businesses on the market with an …Wed Feb 01 2006 - 00:00
Gama director voted off Chamber boardBusiness people in Dublin have voted the managing director of Gama Construction off the board of the city's chamber of commerce…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
New stores help H&M to €6.82m profitThe opening of new stores helped Swedish-owned fashion giant H&M increase sales in its Irish unit to €6Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Marsh denies it is member of 'cosy club'Marsh Ireland was only one of the three dominant insurance brokers to respond to an attack from Quinn Direct Insurance, claiming…Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Golden Discs blames high rents for fall in profitsGolden Discs, the biggest Irish-owned music chain, has blamed "unsustainable" rental increases in its high street stores for …Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Quinn says insurance brokers carve up marketQuinn Direct Insurance has accused the three dominant insurance brokerages - AON, Coyle Hamilton Willis and Marsh - of carving…Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Advisers value property site Daft.ie at up to €15mThe owners of property website DaftFri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Competition commissioner signs off on €48.25m Centocor grantEuropean competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has signed off on a €48Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Citco to create 250 jobs in Cork with two new projectsCork received a third jobs boost in two days with the decision by financial services group Citco to create more than 250 new …Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Pharma giant to create 1,100 jobs in CorkUS drug giant Amgen wants to recruit up 750 graduates for its €820 million plant in Cork, which will open in 2009 and employ …Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Irish groceries cost 15% more than European averageIrish shoppers pay an average of 15 per cent more for their weekly groceries than their European counterparts, market research…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Building boom helps Spar sales break €1bnAnnual sales in the Spar network of convenience stores broke through the €1 billion barrier for the first time year as the group…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Profits at Bank of Nova Scotia rise 50%Canadian banking group Bank of Nova Scotia has increased annual pretax profits at its Irish unit by 50 per cent to nearly $125…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Garda Fas fraud case almost completeA long-running Garda investigation into claims that a supplier or a separate subcontractor to FÁS did not deliver services for…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
Wyeth sets aside €69m to cover Irish unit legal actionUS pharmaceutical giant Wyeth has set aside almost €69 million to cover the potential cost of legal actions against its Irish…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
IDA seeks planning for major technology campusIDA Ireland is seeking advance planning permission for a new 150-acre technology campus near Clondalkin, west Dublin, which would…Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Vodafone makes profits of €339.54m from Irish unitsThe biggest mobile phone operator, Vodafone, has declared annual pretax profits €339Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
BWG sells Bargain Booze chain for €93mSpar-owner BWG Group has cleared its debts after realising €93 million from the sale of its Cheshire-based off-licence chain, …Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Gama chief aims for re-election to chamber boardThe managing director of Gama Construction, the Turkish company at the centre of claims that it routinely mistreated hundreds…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Starwood Hotels to open Fota SheratonUS company Starwood Hotels is extending its reach in Ireland with the decision to open a high-end hotel and golf resort under…Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00
Government 'working towards' flotation of Aer LingusThe Government says it is "working towards" a part-privatisation of Aer Lingus in the first half of the year, if market conditions…Mon Jan 09 2006 - 00:00
Trade in Eircom prompts talk of takeoverEircom was the subject of renewed takeover speculation yesterday when heavy early trading drove the telecom's price as high as…Sat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Howard Holdings buys Coventry AirportProperty group Howard Holdings wants to acquire up to 10 regional airports across Europe in the next three years after buying…Fri Jan 06 2006 - 00:00
Howard Holdings buys Coventry AirportProperty group Howard Holdings wants to acquire up to 10 regional airports across Europe in the next three years after buying…Fri Jan 06 2006 - 00:00
CRH projects record profits of €1.25bnShares in CRH nudged ahead by 20 cent to €25Thu Jan 05 2006 - 00:00
Development spending is up €575m with 31 acquisitionsCRH increased its development spending by €575 million in the second half of 2005 with 31 acquisitions and three new capital …Thu Jan 05 2006 - 00:00
Harris Calorific made 47% profit before closureUS gas equipment group Harris Calorific reported a 47 per cent rise in pretax profits at its Irish unit in Co Wicklow in the …Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00
IDA's Dorgan not content to sit on laurelsIDA Ireland chief executive Seán Dorgan starts the new year at full speed with several large investment projects already in the…Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00
