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580 jobs to go under Hibernian outsourcing scheme
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
INSURANCE GROUP Hibernian is cutting 580 jobs - more than a quarter of its workforce - over three years under a restructuring plan and is moving them to India where its parent company, UK insurer Aviva, has an operation.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Earnings at Sunway dip as firm expands its business
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
PROFITS AT Dún Laoghaire-based tour operator and travel agent Sunway Holidays more than halved last year to €194,136 as the company expanded its business.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Anglo Irish takes legal action over rumour
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
ANGLO IRISH Bank has taken legal action in London to identify the sender of an e-mail which, it claims, sent a false rumour that Merrill Lynch had withdrawn a $2 billion credit line from the bank.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Relatively little innovation in Irish manufacturing sector, report shows
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
INNOVATION ACTIVITY by manufacturers in the Republic of Ireland has remained almost static over the 15 years to 2005, despite substantial public investment, according to a study published by the Economic and Social Research Institute yesterday.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
ESRI report shows that this year's recession is home grown
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
Consumer confidence has been eroded by rising unemployment, writes Paul Tansey, Economics Editor
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Pioneer fund chief calls for top-tier finance academy
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
THE CHIEF of the largest fund management firm in Ireland, Pioneer Investment Management, has called on the Government to proceed quickly with plans mooted in 2006 to develop a global finance academy to provide top-level training for investment professionals.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Irish Press takes controlling stake in Eireann Healthcare
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
THE FORMER publisher of the Irish Press newspaper titles has taken a controlling stake in troubled medical publisher Éireann Healthcare Publications, which went into examinership last month amid doubt over the viability of its business.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Waterford Wedgwood may sell Rosenthal wing
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
SHARES IN Waterford Wedgwood jumped more than 28 per cent yesterday over news that it may sell its troubled German subsidiary Rosenthal.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Pharmaceutical society to sell Dublin 4 buildings
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
THE PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Ireland is to sell off two buildings in Dublin 4, including a large property on Shrewsbury Road.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Builders' weekly wage rises by €50 to €834
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
WAGES FOR construction staff have risen by €50 a week to an average of €834, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Court orders developer to repay IIB Bank over €14m
23.06.2008 23:22
ireland.com
IIB BANK has secured a court order requiring a property developer to repay some €14.4 million in loans granted for property investment and secured by undertakings from the developer's solicitor, Thomas Byrne, who has been struck off the roll of solicitors.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Action on Dairygold job loss payment fails
23.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
THE HIGH Court has granted an application by Dairygold Co-op to dismiss as "frivolous and vexatious" claims against it by a former employee that he was entitled to better redundancy terms than those agreed by the company and Siptu.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Prime Active Capital posts loss of more than €2m for 2007
23.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
DUBLIN-BASED Prime Active Capital (Pac), a digital media and telecoms group headed by former Eircom executive Peter Lynch, made a loss of €2.2 million last year following restructuring of the business.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Maintaining the cross-Border trade momentum
23.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
BELFAST BRIEFING: NEW ROADS, new political institutions and a new mindset mean the distance between Belfast and Dublin is getting smaller every year - especially when it comes to doing business.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Elan surges to become Irish market's biggest stock
23.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
Market report: PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP Elan emerged the winner on a day when Irish stocks were friendless, as news that a report today will slash growth forecasts for the Republic's economy sent investors running for cover.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
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