Desmond's investment firm posts Eur3.7m lossInternational Investment and Underwriting Ltd (IIU), the investment vehicle owned by financier Mr Dermot Desmond, reported a …Mon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
Device approval set to boost jobs at Galway plantThe decision of a US advisory panel to approve a new device from Boston Scientific is "enormously positive news" for Galway, …Mon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
Self-employed use Internet to pay €200m tax in 24 hoursSelf-employed people paid almost €200 million over the Internet in the past 24 hours, as the deadline for online filing came …Sat Nov 22 2003 - 00:00
ODCE may act against loansThe Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) has received information of a number of potentially illegal loans …Fri Nov 21 2003 - 00:00
IBEC seeks action on housingAggressive action by the authorities is needed to target the price of housing sites, the employers' group IBEC said yesterday…Fri Nov 21 2003 - 00:00
US e-learning plant closure costs Limerick 173 jobsAn e-learning operation in Limerick that employs 173 people will close as part of a global restructuring measure.Thu Nov 20 2003 - 00:00
Independent directors 'key' to reformThe comptroller of New York State and sole trustee of its $110 billion (€92Wed Nov 19 2003 - 00:00
IBEC wants benefit-in-kind levy delayThe director-general of employers' group IBEC has called on the Taoiseach to delay for one year the introduction of PAYE and …Tue Nov 18 2003 - 00:00
Former bogus account holders sue AIB for lossesA number of former holders of bogus non-resident accounts have initiated proceedings against AIB, according to a former assistant…Tue Nov 18 2003 - 00:00
McCreevy's 'positive response' to cash request recordedThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, met the chairman of Punchestown racecourse, Mr James Osborne, before the submission of…Sat Nov 15 2003 - 00:00
Cash crisis posed tough choices for CommunicorpThe financial weakness of his Irish businesses in 1995 created significant challenges for Mr Denis O'Brien at around the same…Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
O'Brien says he had #30m guarantee of fundingMr Denis O'Brien told the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday that he told the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications in …Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
Mobile phone partners clashed on share stakesMr Denis O'Brien said he ditched his original partners for his mobile phone consortium because he decided they were not suitable…Thu Nov 13 2003 - 00:00
O'Brien recalls view of 'comfort letter'The entrepreneur Mr Denis O'Brien told the tribunal that he first met Mr Michael Lowry in early 1995, a few months after Mr Lowry…Thu Nov 13 2003 - 00:00
Witness says he does not recall meetingMr Denis O'Brien said he had no memory of a meeting with a Danish executive during which he said he had been told by Mr Michael…Wed Nov 12 2003 - 00:00
Judge praises O'Brien role in GamesThe Moriarty tribunal chairman said that if he finds that Mr Denis O'Brien won the State's second mobile phone licence "fair …Wed Nov 12 2003 - 00:00
Licence inquiry unnecessary, says O'BrienMoriarty Tribunal: The tribunal's investigation into the awarding of a mobile phone licence to Esat Digifone is "wholly unnecessary…Wed Nov 12 2003 - 00:00
Clancourt makes profit of €4.8mClancourt, the property group owned by Mr Charles Kenny (68), made a profit before tax of €4Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:00
McCreevy linked to Punchestown dealThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, and the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Walsh, had contacts with representatives of Punchestown…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
TD says end financial 'timebomb' tribunalsThe vice-chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee has called on the Government to immediately wind down the Moriarty and…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
E-government must keep human linkThe challenge for e-government is to make maximum use of available technology while ensuring that citizens can still get direct…Thu Nov 06 2003 - 00:00
Cabinet looks forward to matching tableThe table around which governments have sat for the past four decades making decisions affecting the lives of the citizenry has…Thu Nov 06 2003 - 00:00
Solicitor cannot give evidence of any Lowry wrongdoingA solicitor to Mr Denis O'Brien and Esat Digifone said he was not in a position to tender evidence concerning any improper interference…Wed Nov 05 2003 - 00:00
O'Brien to give evidence next weekThe entrepreneur Mr Denis O'Brien is scheduled to begin giving evidence to the Moriarty tribunal next Tuesday about how Esat …Wed Nov 05 2003 - 00:00
As bill for taxpayers rises, tribunal seems to have lost the plotThe Moriarty tribunal seems to be writing a detailed history of the mobile phone licence bid rather than focusing on issues of…Mon Nov 03 2003 - 00:00
Digifone executive 'replaced solicitors'Moriarty Tribunal: William Fry solicitors was replaced as solicitors to Esat Digifone as a condition set by Digifone's chief…Sat Nov 01 2003 - 00:00
Desmond interest not disclosedMoriarty Tribunal: A solicitor who acted for Esat Digifone has accepted that "probably" the company did not comply with the …Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Talk of examinership 'three days before licence'Moriarty Tribunal: Mr Denis O'Brien discussed placing his holding company in examinership three days before it was announced…Thu Oct 30 2003 - 00:00
Telenor threatened to 'pull the plug' on Esat deal over lack of financial guaranteesMoriarty Tribunal: Norwegian company Telenor threatened to withdraw from Esat Digifone in August 1995 on the day the consortium…Wed Oct 29 2003 - 00:00
Return of letter seen as 'typical civil servant'The return of a 1995 letter which had been sent to the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications advising it that Mr…Wed Oct 29 2003 - 00:00
Harney's insurance reform advances slowlyA year after it was introduced, 26 of the 67 measures in the Motor Insurance Advisory Board Action Plan for the insurance industry…Mon Oct 27 2003 - 00:00
Receiver sent into Hibernia FoodsHibernia Foods, the Dublin-based, Nasdaq-quoted food manufacturer, has been placed into receivership by General Motors Acceptance…Mon Oct 27 2003 - 00:00
Solicitor rejects using 'spin and inaccuracy'The former solicitor to Mr Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group denied that a letter he drafted concerning Mr Dermot Desmond's involvement…Sat Oct 25 2003 - 01:00
Tribunal told of 'hardball' talks between O'Brien and DesmondThe tribunal has heard of "hardball" negotiations between Mr Denis O'Brien and Mr Dermot Desmond immediately before the issuing…Fri Oct 24 2003 - 01:00
Deficit of euro3.7m means only Ulster Bank likely to get money from DohertyCreditors are owed approximately €7 million by Doherty Advertising but the company's books show trade debtors owing only close…Wed Oct 22 2003 - 01:00
Government decision angers accountantsThe Government has been criticised for its decision not to introduce legal controls over the use of the term accountant.Mon Oct 20 2003 - 01:00
Aer Rianta seeks 20% rise in chargesAer Rianta hopes to get the go-ahead to raise its airport charges by another 20 per cent following the announcement yesterday…Sat Oct 18 2003 - 01:00
Changes proposed to auditing authorityThe number of accountants on the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) has been increased to five, the …Fri Oct 17 2003 - 01:00
O'Brien employed ex-FG adviserA former employee of Fine Gael and adviser to Mr John Bruton helped Mr Denis O'Brien raise his profile within Fine Gael around…Thu Oct 16 2003 - 01:00
Ex-minister says donation not linked to Digifone licenceA former Government minister has said the $50,000 donation from Esat Digifone/Telenor to Fine Gael in late 1995 was not made "…Thu Oct 16 2003 - 01:00
Adviser denies EU letter gave advantage to EsatA former legal adviser to Esat Telecom has said a page of a letter from the European Commission to Mr Michael Lowry concerning…Wed Oct 15 2003 - 01:00
Moriarty to focus on Esat Digifone licenceThe Moriarty (Payments to Politicians) tribunal resumes public hearings today having last sat in public in July.Tue Oct 14 2003 - 01:00
Republic needs to reform image of 'corruption'The planning process and the issuing of licences by the State by way of "beauty contests" should be reformed so as to reduce …Fri Oct 10 2003 - 01:00
Few show their ACCA 'discontent'A meeting to discuss discontent within one of Ireland's accountancy bodies drew only a small attendance last night.Thu Oct 09 2003 - 01:00
PAC may seek files of ordersThe Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) may use its powers to seek papers and records from the 18 congregations that signed …Thu Oct 09 2003 - 01:00
CORI says congregations to examine auditThe Conference of Religious of Ireland (CORI) said yesterday that its congregations were "urgently examining" models for auditing…Wed Oct 08 2003 - 01:00
US business wary of EU tax planThe chief executive of the American Chamber of Commerce, Ms Joanne Richardson, has expressed concern about proposals to harmonise…Tue Oct 07 2003 - 01:00
Market positions to be used for expansionLoan business: Ulster Bank and First Active have different types of loan business which Royal Bank of Scotland will now hope…Tue Oct 07 2003 - 01:00
ACCA members satisfied, says chiefThe head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in Ireland has said a group organising a meeting in Dublin…Tue Oct 07 2003 - 01:00
SEC filing cited for Wedgwood fluctuationThe Waterford Wedgwood share price dropped almost 14 per cent yesterday morning but rallied later in the day to finish down 10…Sat Oct 04 2003 - 01:00
