Tourism body rejects claim that 9% VAT rate a ‘deadweight’ITIC said findings of report calculating special VAT rate ‘cost’ State €2.6bn in foregone taxTue Sept 04 2018 - 05:56
Geopolitical concerns dampen European market sentimentUS market closed due to Labor Day holiday but UK markets perform wellMon Sept 03 2018 - 19:07
Forget Lehman, imagine if Anglo had a 10-year reunion over cocktails?Bankers, if you plan on partying for God’s sake don’t let anyone know about itThu Aug 30 2018 - 17:30
O’Gorman children get shares in Kilkenny Group as part of settlementFamily dispute began after Marian O’Gorman sacked her son as marketing directorSat Aug 25 2018 - 03:05
Irish family’s deal to buy Poundworld from UK administrators collapsesDublin-based Hendersons believed they had deal to buy 50 UK storesFri Aug 24 2018 - 12:59
Dubs duo on the move in the financial industryO’Sullivan to take leave of PwC while Andrews returns to stockbroking firm DavyFri Aug 24 2018 - 05:05
Big Drink has a hard neck roping in pubs to front campaign for tax cutCaveat: Ireland is over-pubbed and the drop in numbers was inevitableThu Aug 23 2018 - 17:08
Eir considers hanging up on its call centre providerHCL Technologies employs close to 1,000 staff in Ireland on the Eir contractThu Aug 23 2018 - 12:27
Equity release group Seniors Money eyes return to mortgage marketProvider seeks funding to re-enter market with equity-release home loans to elderlyWed Aug 22 2018 - 06:52
Sweet deal: Valeo Foods pays £100m for maker of Dip DabsMove brings the annual turnover of Dublin-based up to €870mTue Aug 21 2018 - 17:01
Markets remain calm as US-China trade war fears easeMarket report: Traders await clues from a meeting of central bankers later this weekMon Aug 20 2018 - 18:55
Billionaire Mike Ashley’s big plans for Sports Direct in IrelandMaverick may be one of the most influential investors in Irish retailFri Aug 17 2018 - 05:00
Paddy Cosgrave isn’t guilty of facilitating fascist views – it was just naivetyBacklash to Web Summit founder’s invitation to Le Pen was predictableThu Aug 16 2018 - 16:30
Colony Capital buys Johnny Ronan loans secured on Ballsbridge siteFibonacci Square beside AIB’s Bankcentre earmarked as HQ for FacebookThu Aug 16 2018 - 05:16
Promoter Denis Desmond sells MCD stake to Live NationMCD has been bought out in full by a UK-based company that is a 50/50 joint venture between Live Nation and Desmond’s Gaiety InvestmentsWed Aug 15 2018 - 19:24
Lidl’s new Tallaght store and pub scheduled for completion in 2019Outlet on site of old Belgard Inn will feature ancillary units as part of mixed-use driveWed Aug 15 2018 - 05:14
Turkish lira’s recovery delights marketsIn Dublin the two big banks fall and Aryzta’s share price continues its yoyo performanceTue Aug 14 2018 - 20:27
Homebase to close three of its 11 Irish storesStore also plans to cut 1,500 jobs as struggling home-improvement chain seeks to shore up performanceTue Aug 14 2018 - 18:43
Ulster Bank criticised for selling €1.4bn of distressed home loans to CerberusMore than half of the portfolio includes buy-to-lets with average arrears of €32,000Mon Aug 13 2018 - 20:06
Irish M&A activity ‘buoyant’ despite Brexit fears, says William FryFirst half of year sees 76 deals worth €70.9bn involving Irish-based companiesFri Aug 10 2018 - 03:50
Ryanair’s US legal battle against Expedia cleared for takeoffBudget airline has fought legal cases against alleged screen-scrapers in European courts for yearsFri Aug 10 2018 - 03:20
But what about Denis? Role of its major shareholder is at the heart of INM storyCaveat: Story has gained so much attention because businessman’s name is attachedThu Aug 09 2018 - 16:30
Dublin family agrees deal to buy Poundworld in the UKHendersons will buy between 35 and 50 of failed retail chain’s storesThu Aug 09 2018 - 15:27
INM threatens to sue experts who ran data ‘interrogation’Outside contractors searched company system for information about individualsWed Aug 08 2018 - 05:03
Respite from political turmoil cheers investorsMarkets report: European shares rise while in New York tech and financial stocks leadTue Aug 07 2018 - 21:07
Domino’s blames snow and sun for slow growth of Irish pizza salesMarket remains ‘highly profitable‘ for UK-listed group, which recently opened 50th Irish storeTue Aug 07 2018 - 20:37
O’Coineen recruits Galway media investor for ‘Sunday Business Post’ dealBusinessman advised by Declan Dooley as director of entity used for paper purchaseMon Aug 06 2018 - 05:16
Struggling Waterford Stanley gets €14m in aid from US ownerMiddleby restructures loss-making stove brand, outsourcing almost all manufacturingMon Aug 06 2018 - 04:53
SMEs stepping up Brexit planning, says cross-Border business groupIntertrade reports one-fifth of Irish SMEs having put formal Brexit strategy in placeMon Aug 06 2018 - 03:57
Women lawyers highlight gender pay gap at financial firmsMore than half of female lawyers surveyed support gender quotas to combat inequalityMon Aug 06 2018 - 03:44
Budget VAT rise ‘would undermine’ hotel sectorIncrease in the tax rate would be ‘absolutely incredible’, says Irish Hotels FederationSun Aug 05 2018 - 17:45
Kilkenny group says dispute between chief executive and her son is overGreg O’Gorman had instigated court proceedings against his mother Marian O’GormanFri Aug 03 2018 - 15:54
Three Ireland plans to begin offering 5G services next yearContract customer numbers and cost control push ebitda to €94m in half-year to end JuneFri Aug 03 2018 - 04:15
Tourism industry asks for extra €50m in budget submissionIrish Tourist Industry Confederation seeks annual allocation of €164m in face of BrexitFri Aug 03 2018 - 03:22
State appears to be getting seven-year itch over tourism VAT rateCaveat: The industry is currently booming but we all know that booms never lastThu Aug 02 2018 - 16:30
Three’s earnings rise despite sales dip, as it tightens the noose on costsJump in contract customer numbers helps mobile operator increase earnings 22%Thu Aug 02 2018 - 09:42
Revenues at Smurfit Kappa show why it resisted takeover, says CFO‘We can deliver value,’ says Ken Bowles as company reports 5% rise in revenuesWed Aug 01 2018 - 07:18
Hotel room revenue growth outside Dublin overtakes growth in capitalHotels booming but food sales face slowdown as alternative wedding venues eat their lunchWed Aug 01 2018 - 00:00
Tourism’s 9% special VAT rate is a ‘deadweight’, says reportDepartment of Finance says rate has cost €2.6bn since its introduction during recessionTue Jul 31 2018 - 20:22
Restaurants’ plan to charge for ‘no-shows’ blockedAssociation accuses watchdog of ‘losing the run of itself’ by targeting SME groupSat Jul 28 2018 - 03:00
Dublin retailing family wants to ‘make Poundworld great again’ in the UKHenderson family plan bid for insolvent British discount retailerSat Jul 28 2018 - 02:45
Camile Thai eyes expansion in London, Cork and DublinFounder Brody Sweeney reveals another outlet in London for thriving restaurant chainFri Jul 27 2018 - 02:34
Why do business people run for president? They just want to be lovedCaveat: Proviso of pitch for office is that business success precludes need for moneyThu Jul 26 2018 - 16:30
Music firms to seek order against Sky over ‘three strikes’ piracy policyImposition of ‘graduated response’ policy on copyright infringement to be soughtThu Jul 26 2018 - 03:15
Kerrygold faces US lawsuit over ‘grass-fed cows’ claimClass-action suit filed in California alleges ‘false advertising’ by firmThu Jul 26 2018 - 01:07
Tourism industry warns no-deal Brexit would cost it €260mUmbrella group due to meet Government to discuss worries over UK exit from EUWed Jul 25 2018 - 14:48
Investors roused by Chinese stimulus and strong corporate earningsIrish banks advance on positive sentiment driven by strong performance from UBSTue Jul 24 2018 - 18:55
Too hot for a latte: Industry figures detail heatwave effects on retail segmentsCoffee sales fall for first time in five years while garden centre sales are in full bloomTue Jul 24 2018 - 14:57
‘Irish Examiner’ was at risk if ‘Irish Times’ deal had been blockedReport for Minister laid out media plurality imperative for approving takeoverTue Jul 24 2018 - 03:55
Oil explorer Providence looks to renewablesTony O’Reilly jnr company also in talks with Chinese investor to develop Irish oilfieldFri Jul 13 2018 - 05:51
