Category Business

The equipment hire company, controlled by Minister of State for Agriculture Michael Healy Rae, saw its accumulated profits rise to €808,911 last year. Fresh accounts from County Kerry-based Roughty Plant Hire Ltd, owned by Minister Healy Rae, show accumulated profits…

Ryanair has welcomed a Maltese court’s decision to find a passenger guilty of causing a disturbance on a flight from Cologne to Malta on March 22 by smoking on board and ignoring crew instructions. The passenger admitted his guilt in…

Almost 80 jobs at Drogheda-based Boylan Print, a leading producer of direct mail, brochures and magazines including the RTE Guide, and another company dependent on Boylan Print, were saved on Thursday after a court approved its survival plan under the…

A contentious High Court civil case involving three co-founders of tech giant Web Summit is nearing resolution, with terms of a settlement expected to be laid before the court on Thursday. The negotiations lasted several hours, and the court was…

A woman who brought a sex discrimination complaint after being denied promotion while on maternity leave has reached a settlement for £215,000 (€257,000). Maeve Bradley brought proceedings against Citibank NA UK with the support of the Northern Ireland Equality Commission.…

A High Court judge has warned all sides in a bitter row between three co-founders of technology conference organiser Web Summit to resolve the dispute before evidence begins. At the start of the trial’s second week, Judge Michael Twomey quoted…

The company behind the Penney’s retail brand will soon unveil plans to open a new store near Ennis city centre. A published planning notice confirms that Primark Ltd intends to submit plans for a three-storey shopping centre with a basement…

The Central Bank has introduced a new consumer protection code aimed at improving citizens’ protection from online fraud and ensuring that they are informed about the products they purchase. After careful review, an updated Consumer Protection Code was published. This…

McDonald’s expansion in Ireland has been halted following appeals from individual protesters in Westmeath and Waterford. Last month, planning authorities in two counties gave the go-ahead for new McDonald’s drive-thru restaurants at Lakepoint Retail and Business Park in Mullingar and…

The looming trade conflict between the US and the EU is “a serious concern”, the central bank chief said, stressing that Ireland is in a state of “significant change and instability”. Gabriel Makhlouf said making predictions in a context of…