Historic O’Connell Bridge building sells for €3.5m
A Dublin businessman has bought the Lafayette Building overlooking O’Connell Bridge in Dublin 2 for €3.5 million. The successful bidder was one of five who [...]
Better Energy Homes scheme will remain open through 2014
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has welcomed the fact that the €57m allocated by Government to Better Energy means that Better Energy Homes will [...]
Sparks fly as ESB workers vote yes to industrial action
ESB workers voted by a majority of 87.5% to 12.5% to take industrial action in a dispute arising from a €1.6 billion deficit in the [...]
€37 million Radisson Blu Hotel sold for €8 million
A newly formed hotel management consultancy, iNua Hospitality, has bought theRadisson Blu Hotel at Little Island in Cork for €8 million - well short of the [...]
Kentz conditions right for double digit growth
Engineering services group Kentz has said it remains on track to deliver double-digit earnings growth this year. The positive outlook — communicated yesterday as part [...]
The Geothermal Association of Ireland announces the Heating Solutions award winners
The Geothermal Association of Ireland (GAI) has announced the four winners of the Brecan Mooney Installation of the Year competition for excellence in geothermal energy [...]
Synowledge to establish Dublin HQ creating 35 new jobs
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD today announced that Synowledge, an Indian company specialising in the provision of drug safety and regulatory [...]
Final bids sought for Bord Gáis retail division
State-owned energy group Bord Gáis is seeking final bids from three potential suitors for its retail division by November 25th with a view to choosing the final [...]
Nama’s Great Irish Sell off!
IT has been billed as the great sell-off. Loans from the former Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide with a par value of some €22bn are up [...]
€29m Marine Renewable Energy Ireland research centre opens in Cork
Minister for Research and Innovation Seán Sherlock, T.D. officially launched the Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) SFI Research Centre today at UCC. The Centre will [...]
Former Anglo Irish exec’s charged with tax offences
Former Anglo Irish Bank executive Tiarnan O’Mahoney has appeared at the Dublin District Court on four charges related to alleged tax offences. Mr O’Mahoney (54), Old Long [...]
Tom Ryan behind new London skyscraper
Canary Wharf is about to get some competition with Irish developer Tom Ryan planning to build a £850mn, 74-storey skyscraper on a site he has [...]
Losses continue at Bovale Developments Nama yet to approve business plan
Nama has yet to approve a final business plan for the loss-making Bovale Developments. According to an auditor’s report for the company recently lodged with [...]
Half price Dublin Metro proposed
Dublin City councillors have been briefed on an alternative Dublin metro proposal which would incorporate and extend Metro North and Dart underground. Transport planner Cormac [...]
Cook Medical opens new state-of-the-art R&D Innovation Centre in Limerick
Cook Medical has today officially opened its new state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) Innovation Centre at its plant in Limerick, Ireland. The Innovation Centre together, with the expansion [...]
End of McKillen’s £20m legal struggle
Property developer Paddy McKillen has lost the final stage in his £20 million court battle in London against the billionaire Barclay brothers for control of three of [...]
Back to build – new homes built in Swords
When 20 newly built family homes went up for sale in this Dublin commuter belt town in September, queues started three hours before the viewing [...]
Services sector – rapid growth in October
Ireland's services sector grew rapidly in October thanks to the fastest rise in new business in 6-1/2 years, a survey showed today, as the bailed-out [...]
Acorn announces plan to create 100 new jobs
Acorn – a leading multi-disciplinary marketing agency – today announced that it will grow its headcount from its current level of around 100, to 200 [...]
Dijsselbloem warns jobless rate will threaten bailout exit
The head of the Eurogroup has warned that Ireland will face risks when it leaves the bailout from the current high unemployment and the large number of [...]
Connemara Mining focuses on gold potential
Connemara Mining, the AIM-listed/Dublin-headquartered mineral exploration firm, has been awarded 10 prospecting licences in east Donegal. The two-year option covers the search for gold, silver [...]














