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Austria Open may be reduced to 54-hole event due to rain
05.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
GOLF DIGEST: The first day's play of the Austria Open in Vienna was washed out yesterday without a single shot being struck. Almost three inches of rain over the last two days left parts of Fontana Golf Club under water and could see the event reduced to 54 holes. Play was due to begin at 7.15am local time but a torrential downpour from 5am onwards, on an already saturated course, meant play was impossible.
Ireland
Sports
Confident Monfils eyes final spot
05.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
TENNIS: JUST WHAT Gael Monfils will make of Roger Federer standing across the net from him in the most famous court in France few can guess. That it is Paris, the French Open semi-final and the Swiss world number one staring back makes a heady cocktail for a Frenchman, who has never before advanced so deeply into a Grand Slam.
Ireland
Sports
Katiyra has Classic look for Oxx and Kinane
05.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
HORSE RACING: MICHAEL KINANE will be on board Frozen Fire in tomorrow's Derby but the legendary jockey's best chance of Classic success at Epsom looks like it could be on Katiyra in today's Oaks.
Ireland
Sports
Berry hoping for double on Oxx's Murmur and Raydiya
05.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
HORSE RACING: JOCKEY FRAN Berry is in sparkling form right now and that hot-streak can continue at Navan this evening with a double on the John Oxx pair, Soul Murmur and Raydiya.
Ireland
Sports
O'Rourke confirms 4b8 yacht purchase
05.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
SAILING COLUMN: LIMERICK YACHTSMAN Ger O'Rourke has confirmed he will be the new owner of the winning entry of the last Volvo Ocean Race following a successful survey of the 70-foot yacht in the Canary Islands yesterday. His intention is to enter the forthcoming edition of the race that starts in October and stops in Galway in May 2009.
Ireland
Sports
McQuaid angry with Tour organisers
05.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
CYCLING COLUMN: RESPONDING TO the decision announced this week by the Tour de France organisers, ASO, to cut ties with cycling world governing body, UCI president Pat McQuaid has been strongly critical of the move.
Ireland
Sports
Rate rise may put squeeze on mortgage holders
05.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
MORTGAGE HOLDERS could face an extra squeeze on their pockets next month following comments by European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet yesterday that it is considering raising interest rates at its next meeting.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
CSO figures show foreign nationals filling 90% of new jobs in past year
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
Employment trends: rapid growth in number of women working outside the home
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Final tenders for €300m electricity link to be sought
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
STATE AGENCY Eirgrid will seek final bids this month from multinational firms competing to build an electricity interconnector between Wales and Ireland that may cost in the region of €300 million.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Blackrock value may not rise
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL Land, the Dublin-based property company spun off from fruit importer Fyffes, has warned that the value of its assets may not increase this year as the economic slowdown affects property prices.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Plans for wind farms to meet all electricity demand
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
THE REPUBLIC could soon have enough wind farms to meet almost all of current peak electricity demand on its system.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
B of I staff to ballot on industrial action
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
STAFF AT Bank of Ireland are expected to ballot on possible industrial action in a row over the level of stock to be awarded to staff under the company's gain-share scheme.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
BP chief asks Russia to respect property rights and rule of law
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
BP'S CHIEF executive yesterday used the annual general meeting (agm) at Rosneft, Russia's statecontrolled oil company, to tell the country that it needed to respect property rights and the rule of law.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Anglo Irish Bank stock on loan rises for fifth month in row to almost 13%
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
THE PERCENTAGE of Anglo Irish Bank's stock on loan, which could be used for betting on the bank's share price falling, rose for the fifth month in a row in May, new figures show.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Talk of ECB rate hike bodes badly for Irish economy
05.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
ANALYSIS: THE SIGNAL from the European Central Bank (ECB) that it may raise rates next month is bad news for Irish mortgage holders, writes Simon Carswell
Ireland
Economics & Finance
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