The Irish Times

Sports Direct paid €1m dividend as it received €2.87m in wage supports

Accounts cover first year of pandemic for Irish arm of UK billionaire Mike Ashley’s stores

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 02:30

Irish airline, hospitality and retail stocks soar on Pfizer vaccine news

Iseq index witnesses huge jump as Ryanair climbs 14%

Mon Nov 09 2020 - 13:43

Boots stops paying some landlords as it seeks post-Covid rent deals

Company says deals with landlords will help sustain ‘long-term future’

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 05:45

Sports Direct suffers €19.5m loss in Irish business

Impact of Covid-19 significant across six months but no clarity on longer-term effect

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 17:55

Sports Direct sells Dublin city centre flagship store for €20m

Mike Ashley’s company in sale-and-leaseback deal three years after €12m acquisition

Wed Apr 17 2019 - 05:15

Sports Direct takes full control of House of Fraser in Dundrum

Mike Ashley’s retailing group concludes transaction with administrators EY

Wed Oct 24 2018 - 16:11

Christmas season unlikely to be festive for British retail sector

London Briefing: Question marks hang over Debenhams amid talk of major restructuring

Wed Sept 12 2018 - 05:20

Takeover of House of Fraser in Dundrum unlikely before October

Competition authority has begun looking into proposed acquisition by Sport Direct

Tue Aug 28 2018 - 16:26

Panda Waste owner acquires stake in north Dublin shopping centre

Charlestown Shopping Centre and adjoining site sells for more than €42 million

Wed Aug 22 2018 - 06:00

Billionaire Mike Ashley’s big plans for Sports Direct in Ireland

Maverick may be one of the most influential investors in Irish retail

Fri Aug 17 2018 - 05:00

Can Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct stop the fall of the House of Fraser?

Retailer holds 11% of department store chain; saving it would be good PR for entrepreneur

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 14:48

Deutsche Bank acquires Dublin’s Westend Retail Park for €148m

German bank signals first major investment in Ireland with purchase of shopping centre

Fri May 25 2018 - 17:16

Coolock’s Northside Shopping Centre goes on market for €50m-plus

With 90% occupancy and gross rent at €4m, new owner will see return of more than 6%

Wed May 09 2018 - 05:45

Apple results, AIB’s troubled loans, plans for Heaton’s and worries over a trade war

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk

Wed May 02 2018 - 06:35

Staff anxious in Heatons as Sports Direct moves to rebrand stores

Workers worried over reports from Britain about Sports Direct’s treatment of its staff

Wed May 02 2018 - 04:39

Smart new Carrickmines scheme in the foothills is close to Luas and M50

First eight homes of just 28 launch on Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines from €675k with optional extras included

Thu Apr 12 2018 - 10:36

Seen & Heard: Sports Direct looks to buy Dunnes Stores outlets

Abu Dhabi interest in Bank Centre and B&Q lobbying among stories in the Sunday papers

Sun Jul 09 2017 - 20:21

Mike Ashley struggles to recall ‘binge’ drinking in court case

Sports Direct billionaire cannot remember conversation at heart of £14m lawsuit

Fri Jul 07 2017 - 08:46

Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley in court over £15m bonus ‘promise’

Former executive alleges he was promised payment for driving company’s share price

Mon Jul 03 2017 - 16:21

Game on for sports retailers as Ashley arrives in town

Caveat: Megastore is more than an acre of fresh competition

Fri May 19 2017 - 05:00

Ashley laces his boots to tackle Dublin market

Sports Direct/USC megastore gives UK retailer Irish beachhead in old Boyers building

Tue May 16 2017 - 06:49

Planning sought for €75m extension to Charlestown Shopping Centre

Bovale to build 5,109sq m of shopping, 233 apartments, gym, creche at Finglas centre

Wed Apr 05 2017 - 06:00

Woman who went on €25k ‘spending spree’ after bank error gets suspended sentence

Judge tells Margaret McDonnell (23) ‘if it’s too good to be true it is because it is too good to be true’

Tue Apr 04 2017 - 16:48

Major retailers fined over breaches of consumer legislation

Consumer regulator took 40 enforcement actions against 33 traders in 2016

Mon Mar 06 2017 - 19:14

Millionaire start-up owners must be crackers to do it all again

Caveat: Michael Carey’s start-up East Coast Bakehouse is expected to break even by Autumn

Fri Feb 03 2017 - 07:38

Woman used €51,000 accidental deposit for spending spree

Margaret McDonnell (23) received the money into her account following bank mix-up

Wed Jan 25 2017 - 20:01

Why retail’s early giddiness has given way to caution

Sales hit by Brexit and dip in sterling. Result: ‘Nervousness’

Tue Dec 27 2016 - 05:00

Belated happy birthday to Mike Ashley but what are his plans?

Caveat: Sports Direct to open store in former Boyers building, off Dublin’s O’Connell Street

Fri Dec 16 2016 - 06:00

US investment firms buy shopping malls in Navan and Mullingar

Davidson Kempner acquires Navan Town Centre while Oaktree buys Fairgreen Centre

Wed Nov 23 2016 - 06:00

€62m for majority stake in Navan Town Centre

Fairgreen retail complex in Mullingar is on the market for around €11.5m

Wed Sept 21 2016 - 06:00

Carlow’s Fairgreen shopping centre for €36m

Owners of 23,690sq m centre say there is scope to develop third phase of 10,444sq m

Wed Sept 14 2016 - 05:30

BHS exits British high street after 88 years

Administrators shut final 22 shops across UK in chain that had more than 150 outlets

Sun Aug 28 2016 - 18:57

Sports Direct’s problem with disappearing staff

UK staff turnover rises to 22% at Heatons owner, almost three times the average

Thu Aug 11 2016 - 12:41

Mike Ashley to blame for ‘Victorian’ work practices at Sports Direct

Politicians says retail chain founder must be held accountable for poor working conditions

Fri Jul 22 2016 - 08:25