Lack of liquidity holds back Irish economy
Ireland’s remarkable economic recovery following the 2010 bailout may soon push its borrowing costs below those of France but its...
View ArticleTullow ‘can ride out fall in oil prices’
Tullow Oil, the Irish exploration company, is confident that it has enough money to weather a further collapse in oil...
View ArticleOrnua prepares to milk the Chinese market
Ornua is expanding into China, having made an agreement to buy a Shanghai-based manufacturer of dairy products. The deal should...
View ArticleA Crisis Wasted
The outgoing government promised a democratic revolution when it swept to the largest majority in the history of the state...
View ArticleFianna Fail’s long march back to power
In 2012, an English politics professor stood up at the Fianna Fail ard fheis in Dublin and preached the gospel...
View Article100 days to make Dail ‘less impotent’
Family friendly hours, a review of the committee system and tight restrictions on the use of a guillotine to force...
View ArticleWillie Mullins just keeps on scaling the heights
A couple of weeks ago Willie Mullins saddled his first winner at Sandown Park, one of Britain’s most prestigious tracks. Yorkhill...
View ArticleVintage year for food and drink exports
Irish food and drinks exports hit a record high of €10.8 billion last year despite a fall in global dairy...
View ArticleBowie showed sexuality wasn’t black and white
Strangely enough, none of the major cultural commentators has written this week about the impact that David Bowie had on...
View ArticleRory Best strongly tipped to lead Ireland
Ricky Lutton looked around the away dressing room of the Stade Charles-Mathon at half-time last Sunday and saw a group...
View ArticleFront up or you’re off the team, warns Mike Sherry
Mike Sherry has outlined how the criticism delivered to the Munster squad by Alan Quinlan, the former Munster and Ireland...
View ArticleMeath can’t believe Dublin are invincible, says Seán Boylan
Seán Boylan, the manager who led Meath to four All Ireland titles, firmly believes that his former county can rise...
View ArticleRonan and Fassbender lead Irish charge for Oscars
Irish cinema took centre stage yesterday as the industry celebrated a record nine Oscar nominations. Leading the way are Saoirse...
View ArticleLord Ballyedmond helicopter ‘had no defects’
A helicopter that crashed and killed Lord Ballyedmond, the Irish-born Tory peer and self-made millionaire, had no apparent mechanical defects, an...
View ArticleDoctor’s treatment of patient ‘was assault’
A doctor’s insistence on attempting to insert a tube into a patient’s arm amounted to assault, an orthopaedic surgeon claimed yesterday...
View ArticleInsurance review over rising motor costs
The Department of Finance has begun a review of the insurance industry after the cost of car cover rose by...
View ArticleOffices will have to take a stand on fitness
Workers will be asked to stand at their desks as part of a plan to get the country fitter, the...
View ArticleEU bank to lend €200m for flood protection
Ireland will receive €200 million in loans for flood protection projects from the EU’s investment bank, it was announced in...
View ArticleShrewsbury Road residents raise the roof over planning decision
Well-heeled homeowners on one of the country’s most exclusive roads are trying to block plans by one of their neighbours...
View ArticleDemonstrations over woman’s abortion trial
Pro-choice campaigners will gather in cities around the island as well as the English capital today to call on Northern...
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