Smarthomes returns to profit after three yearsTHE FIRM co-founded by businessman and former presidential candidate Seán Gallagher returned to profit last year after three …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
HSE costs for agency cover up 15% last year to €176.5mONE FIRM supplying agency staff to the Health Service Executive (HSE) received in excess of €29Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Additional drugs to cost HSE €30m this yearTHE BILL to the Health Service Executive for making drugs available not contained in its National Service Plan for 2012 will …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Ford's Irish operation returns to profit after revenue increased 10% last yearTHE IRISH arm of motor giant Ford last year returned to pre-tax profit after revenue increased by 10Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Galway unit of HP returns to profitTHE GALWAY-based unit of computer giant Hewlett Packard (HP) returned to profit last year in spite of a 26 per cent drop in revenues…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Club Travel and USIT results move in different directionsTWO OF Ireland’s best known travel companies have reported very different performances for 2011.Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Fewer corncrakes despite conservation campaignTHE BATTLE to save the corncrake in Ireland appears to have suffered a slight reversal this year despite State expenditure of…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Daniel O'Donnell is sitting on accumulated profits of almost €5mSINGER DANIEL O’Donnell’s main firm has almost doubled its accumulated profits to €4.9 million in the past three years.Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Chrysaor to start survey for gas at Spanish PointTHE NEXT step in determining whether gas will flow commercially from a field in the Atlantic off Spanish Point, Co Clare is set…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Digiweb returns to profit despite revenues falling 7%TELECOMS GROUP Digiweb returned to profit last year despite a dip in revenues.Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Michelin-starred restaurant beating recessionONE OF the country’s best-known restaurants, the Michelin-starred l’Ecrivain, run by celebrity chef Derry Clarke and his wife…Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
Losses down at Jacobs Engineering's Irish armPRETAX LOSSES at the Irish arm of international firm Jacobs Engineering last year decreased by 53 per cent to €1.5 million.Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Jo'B creationDUBLIN-BASED Jo’Burger restaurant group yesterday announced plans to open three to four new restaurants next year, creating 120…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Call for release of records on man's death in psychiatric unitTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has refused to release all records concerning its own investigation into how a patient took…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Guide dog charity stops providing dogs to children with autismONE OF Ireland’s best-known charities has stopped accepting applications for assistance dogs from families of children with autism…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Nama assigns receivers to Robert Butler companiesTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency (Nama) has appointed receivers to a series of companies controlled by Limerick developer…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
Pretax profits at JP Morgan Ireland rise by 78% to $26.7mPretax profits at the IFSC-based arm of banking giant JP Morgan increased last year by 78 per cent to $26.7 million (€21Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
O'Dwyers cuts losses to €6.3m in 2010Pretax losses at the slimmed down O’Dwyer hotel and pub group decreased sharply to €6Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
O'Driscoll promotions firm cash assets rise to €1.46mAccounts for the main firm owned Irish rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll show that its cash assets increased to €1Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Limerick concert hall close to striking an even noteTHE DIRECTOR of the midwest’s premier arts venue, the University Concert Hall in Limerick, has said the venue has a sustainable…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Louis Walsh business has x factor as entertainment firm posts €1.2m profitX-FACTOR JUDGE Louis Walsh’s entertainment firm more than quadrupled its pre-tax profits last year to €1.268 million.Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Killaloe diocese abuse bill at €2.4mTHERE WAS a significant reduction in payments by Killaloe’s Catholic diocese arising from clerical sex abuse, according to diocesan…Wed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
Unidentified firm sought €350,000 to dispose of e-voting machinesONE COMPANY demanded more than €350,000 from the Department of the Environment to take the Government’s defunct e-voting machines…Wed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
One donation by Ryan trust in 2011THE CHARITABLE trust established in memory of Ryanair founder Tony Ryan with a fund of more than €11 million made a single charitable…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Firm seeks licence for wave energy projectThe development of a five- megawatt wave energy project in waters off west Clare has moved a step closer.Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Donations from wills pull Simon out of the redA CASH bequest totalling more than €350,000 from one donor was part of the €1 million that Dublin Simon Community received from…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Shannon ferry group goes into the redA FERRY group co-owned by two of the Mangan brothers, who received €45 million from the sale of their wholesale retail business…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Big increase in pre-tax loss at Mott McDonald IrelandPRE-TAX LOSSES at the Irish arm of consultancy engineering firm Mott McDonald rose by 288per cent to €2Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
Benex profits reduce almost 50% to €54mPRETAX PROFITS at the main Irish arm of medical technology firm Becton Dickinson last year almost halved to €54 million despite…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Fine dining a recipe for increased profit at Restaurant Patrick GuilbaudTHE COUNTRY’S top-rated restaurant “has come through the worst of the recession” after recording increased business last year…Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
Injunctions cost council €90,000A COUNTY manager has revealed it cost almost €100,000 to secure two High Court injunctions to move on two illegal Traveller encampments…Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
MJ Flood posts EUR2.95m surplusBusiness technology provider MJ Flood returned to profit last year, recording a pre-tax surplus of €2.95 million.Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Overseas mental healthcare costs HSE €2.2mNEW FIGURES show the Health Service Executive (HSE) spent on average €43,122 per week accommodating 11 patients in the mental…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Ennis hospital's absenteeism rate worst in StateNEW FIGURES show that the hospital with the worst absenteeism rate in the State is Ennis General Hospital.Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Donations to Concern down 17%PUBLIC DONATIONS to Irish-based international relief agency Concern dropped by 17 per cent last year to €50Mon Jul 30 2012 - 01:00
Midwest strategy plan costing €1.2m criticisedTHE €1.2 MILLION costs relating to a land use and transportation plan for the midwest has come under fire.Mon Jul 30 2012 - 01:00
Oracle's Irish firm reports €39m lossTECHNOLOGY: The main Irish subsidiary of US technology giant Oracle last year recorded a pre-tax loss of €39Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Judge tells farmer in dispute over right of way to 'stop digging'A HIGH Court judge yesterday told a farmer at the centre of a 33-year-long dispute over a right of way to “stop digging”Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
LinkedIn Irish unit revenues triple to €137.8mREVENUES AT the main Irish unit of the world’s online largest professional network, LinkedIn, increased more than threefold last…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
High Court to decide on dispute over right of way stretching back 33 yearsA WOMAN has told a court that gardaí had to seize a gun from her neighbour after he had threatened he would use it to sort out…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Ex-Irish College vice-rector appointed parish priestCLARE: One of three priest staff members at the Irish College in Rome who returned home this summer was yesterday appointed …Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Minister defends cheese in broadcasting submissionMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly has confirmed that his department has told the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) that …Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Receiver fees for Nama properties jump fivefoldRECEIVERS’ FEES for work on assets related to the National Asset Management Agency jumped fivefold last year, according to new…Mon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
'Dangerous pony' case resolved outside courtA JUDGE has said “well done” to all sides in resolving a legal row over an alleged “dud” €14,400 ponySat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Dromoland Castle returns to profitONE OF the country’s best known five star hotels, Dromoland Castle, returned to pre-tax profit last year.Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Man faces trial over posting of pig's headA DUBLIN man has appeared in court in connection with sending a pig’s head in the post to the home of a garda.Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Profits at Noonan Services up 18%PRE-TAX PROFITS at one of the largest private employers in the country last year increased by 18 per cent to €2.1 million.Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Labour Court finds 'severe wrong' perpetrated on HSE workerTHE LABOUR Court has found that a “severe wrong” was perpetrated by the Health Service Executive on one of its employees.Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00