Eamonn Rothwell

Michael O’Leary, Tony Smurfit, Albert Manifold: Which Irish plc CEOs have the biggest pay packages?

The median chief executive compensation packag was €2 million last year.

Fri Jul 26 2024 - 05:59

Irish Ferries owner faces possible fight on chief executive bonus

Proxy adviser ISS urges shareholders to reject company’s remuneration report at forthcoming agm

Sun Apr 28 2024 - 06:00

Ferry bosses share €4.6m in share-based payments

Irish Continental Group chief executive Eamonn Rothwell receives €1m in share payments and another €1.5m in options at current values

Wed Mar 13 2024 - 15:30

P&O debacle is product of race-to-bottom capitalism which we all secretly sponsor

Company’s behaviour is reprehensible but it was merely following well-worn industry path

Sun Mar 27 2022 - 11:54

ICG sees cars on Irish Ferries soar 400% after solid 2021

Revenues last year rose by 21% to €334.5m as number of cars carried increased to 203,600

Thu Mar 10 2022 - 10:58

ICG fends off accounting watchdog challenge over ferry values

Concern over lack of impairment charges as ferries left idle during pandemic shutdown

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 19:30

ICG to have three ferries on Dover-Calais route after fresh purchase

Irish Ferries owner has prioritised route between England and France

Wed Nov 24 2021 - 13:30

Why Covid-19 saw a rise in Iseq CEOs’ average pay

Median CEO compensation package falls almost 36 per cent to €1.2 million however

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 05:01

FBD, ICG and Uniphar under fire over executive pay

Advisory firms to big corporate companies critical of top-level remuneration ahead of agms

Sat May 08 2021 - 06:56

Ferry operator ICG’s sales fall 26% amid Covid-19 passenger slump

Cars down 67%, offset partly by increase in lorries carrying goods

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 09:50

Irish Ferries owner abandons €17m dividend plan amid Covid-19

Irish Continental Group has seen passenger numbers fall 60% but freight volumes robust

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 07:57

ICG boss says ferries subsidy ‘wasting taxpayers’ money’

Last government committed at start of April to provide up to €15m of PSO subventions

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 05:15

Scrapping €165m ship deal may work in ICG’s favour

After WB Yeats debacle, Irish Ferries owner facing Covid-19 and Brexit uncertainty

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 17:35

British may ‘retaliate’ over 14-day quarantine, warns Irish Ferries owner

ICG chief Eamonn Rothwell says rule will put Common Travel Area at risk post-Brexit

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 07:59

Irish Ferries’ passenger numbers slump 60% due to Covid-19 restrictions

Ferry company’s owner, Irish Continental Group, has cancelled an order with German shipmaker FSG for a new vessel

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 09:48

Bigger reduction in Aer Lingus flights now expected for this summer

Seen & Heard: Car Trawler raising funds, Rothwell’s €3m pay, and Glenveagh apartments sale on hold

Sun May 03 2020 - 13:01

Death knell for dividends as firms try to save cash amid Covid-19 crisis

Slew of Dublin-listed companies scrap multimillion-euro dividend payment plans

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 05:15

Coronavirus: Irish Ferries owner delays agm to protect shareholders

ICG meeting pushed back from May 12th, with vote on final dividend of 2019 deferred

Wed Mar 25 2020 - 07:48

Ireland’s top 20 bosses earn 41 times more than average employee

CEOs have secured collective pay rise of 13% while employee salaries rise just 1.5%

Mon Aug 19 2019 - 04:05

Revenue at Irish Ferries owner up 6.1% but Brexit bites

Irish Continental Group said UK bookings fell in run-up to March 29th withdrawal date

Fri May 17 2019 - 17:51

Ferry group Irish Continental urged to replace chairman

Shareholders’ adviser presses ferry operator to replace long-serving John B McGuckian

Tue May 14 2019 - 05:08

Irish Ferries owner secures European finance of €155m

Funds being used to finance two ships, one of which entered service on Tuesday

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 14:37

Might stalled Saudi oil IPO deliver silver lining for Irish lawyers?

Market Beat: Irish Continental Group continues to find itself in choppy waters

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 16:15

Top Irish CEOs earn 33 times more than their average employees

The average salary of Iseq 20 boss has risen to €1.88m, according to new figures

Mon Aug 20 2018 - 07:18

ICG commissions world’s biggest car ferry for €165m

Ship will carry 1,800 passengers and crew and 330 containers on Dublin-Holyhead route

Tue Jan 02 2018 - 07:48

Beat Brexit blues with a booze cruise as duty free looks set to return

Duty-free drink may be 60 per cent cheaper for Irish passengers coming home from UK

Fri Aug 18 2017 - 05:35

Irish Continental ‘totally prepared’ for Brexit

Over 90% of shareholders approve remuneration levels of the ferries operator

Wed May 17 2017 - 13:20

‘Shareholder spring’ lands in Ireland as resistance grows to bumper pay days

Shareholder groups increasingly active in opposing higher pay at Irish PLCs

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 05:53

Merrion sees ICG as €47m over-valued

Wednesday marks 10th anniversary of failed management buyout bid for ferries operator

Wed Mar 08 2017 - 09:59

ICG faces choppy waters despite record profit

Shipping group’s share price remains 10 per cent off levels before Brexit vote

Tue Mar 07 2017 - 05:09

Owen Killian resignation raises questions about CEO duration

What is the optimum professional life span for the rise and fall of a chief executive?

Wed Feb 15 2017 - 05:30

European stocks drift lower as end-of-year rally fizzles out

Miners and technology shares fall most, while travel and energy shares rise in final week

Thu Dec 22 2016 - 19:07

Revealed: What Ireland's top business bosses are paid

Ireland’s leading CEOs receive average 3% pay rise last year

Fri Aug 12 2016 - 05:45

Cantillon: Duty-free could help drown Brexit sorrow

Half of Irish Continental Group’s profits in the late 1990s were associated with duty-free

Thu Jun 30 2016 - 01:00