Escher’s profits treble as new deals deliver
Profits at Escher, the Irish software group backed by the Smurfit family, trebled in the first six months of the...
View ArticleShareholders mull over Mylan’s $27bn offer
Mylan launched a tender offer yesterday to acquire Perrigo — which has rejected the advances of its fellow drugmaker so...
View ArticleNoonan pressures banks to increase lending
The minister for finance is meeting with covered banks to renew pressure for further cuts to variable rate mortgages. The...
View ArticleEamonn Fitzmaurice learning ruthlessness is just part of the job
Kerry’s managers have always been easy to caricature. There was the fist-pumping lunacy of Páidi Ó Sé, the grunt and...
View ArticleKarl Lacey could extend his Donegal career
Karl Lacey, Donegal’s former Footballer of the Year and a four-time All Star, intends to sit down for talks with...
View ArticleStormont must stop playing the blame game
During the recent developments at Stormont, there is, as always, an underlying and unspoken reality. The question of whether the...
View ArticleIf talks fail we face an election, McGuinness warns
The Irish and British governments are set to resume efforts to aid crisis talks between Northern Ireland’s political parties tomorrow...
View ArticleDoctors ‘must work weekends for same pay’
Consultants who do not work weekends were targeted by the health minister yesterday as he announced new plans to ease...
View ArticleWomen’s vote could swing the next election
There will be a “women’s vote” at the next election and political parties will ignore it at their peril, the...
View ArticleIRA victim laid to rest 43 years after murder
The funeral for a teenager kidnapped, killed and buried by the IRA has finally taken place more than four decades...
View ArticleBertie’s ‘apology’ was inquiry’s biggest draw
He may no longer be taoiseach, but it turns out that Bertie Ahern is still a box office draw. Online...
View ArticleRail unions consider strike action over pay
Rail commuters could be dealing with severe disruption to services next month as train drivers are proposing industrial action in...
View ArticleIreland should raise water charge and property taxes, says OECD
The government should reduce employment taxes and increase property taxes and water charges to support the economic recovery, the OECD...
View ArticleLive Drive marks 10 years of bumper ratings
It is the radio programme broadcast from a traffic management room that should not really work. Reliable congestion updates, an...
View ArticleThe race starts here, but the winner is anyone’s guess
Two bearded young men are busy in their cafe ahead of the lunchtime rush. It’s a miserable day in Dublin,...
View ArticleHiggins is our conscience — we must listen
Michael D Higgins lit up the National Concert Hall last Saturday night like the Kish lighthouse on steroids. He and...
View ArticleMartin: Irish Water can be scrapped for €173m
Micheál Martin has rejected claims it would cost €1 billion to abolish Irish Water and has put the figure at...
View ArticleIreland face selection headache for opener
Simon Easterby, the Ireland forwards coach, dropped a strong hint yesterday that Cian Healy, the Irish prop forward recovering from...
View ArticleApology for Limerick baby’s death is too late, say parents
The parents of a baby girl who died in her mother’s arms soon after she was born have criticised the...
View ArticleSecond man buried after ‘decades of pain’
The funeral of an IRA murder victim, whose body lay undiscovered for more than 40 years, was finally held yesterday....
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