Dogs 'attacked' farmer in property rowA 62-YEAR-OLD farmer has told a court that neighbours’ dogs bit him in the head and leg while on the ground as his neighbours…Tue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Councillors back Doolin pier planCONTENTIOUS PLANS to construct a €6 million pier at Doolin yesterday received the unanimous approval of Clare’s councillors in…Tue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Clare county manager backs plan for Doolin pierCLARE COUNTY manager Tom Coughlan is to recommend to councillors today that they approve contentious plans for a €6 million pier…Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
Gardaí presented with 'rendition' flight dossiersANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS dressed in orange Guantanamo-style jumpsuits yesterday delivered two wheelbarrows of dossiers to Shannon gardaí…Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Mulryan firm lost €58.8m over two-year periodA SEÁN Mulryan-controlled house-building firm recorded combined losses of €58Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Solicitor says judge's practice 'degrading'A SOLICITOR yesterday challenged a judge’s practice of requiring defendants to give sworn oral evidence in open court on their…Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Council paid boom prices for land for M7FARMERS ALONG the final phase of the M7 linking Dublin to Limerick have benefited from five-year-old property boom prices with…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
Corncrake population rises to 133THE BATTLE to save the corncrake from national extinction received a boost last year with the first increase in corncrake numbers…Mon Mar 14 2011 - 00:00
Rail route numbers lowPASSENGERS NUMBERS on the long-anticipated first phase of the Western Rail Corridor are falling far short of projections made…Thu Mar 10 2011 - 00:00
Burren farmers to get €300,000 for growing flowersPAYMENTS TOTALLING almost €300,000 have been approved for Burren farmers for producing rare and wild Burren flowers as part of…Tue Mar 8 2011 - 00:00
Grealish firm had losses over €150,000A COMPANY owned by re-elected Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish recorded losses of more than €150,000 last year and has…Sat Mar 5 2011 - 00:00
DAA chief accuses O'Leary of trying to insult Shannon airport's interestsTHE CHAIRMAN of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), David Dilger, has accused Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary of trying…Thu Mar 3 2011 - 00:00
Hiqa critical of HSE-run nursing homeINDEPENDENT INSPECTORS have uncovered several “unacceptable practices” at a Health Service Executive (HSE)-operated nursing home…Tue Mar 1 2011 - 00:00
Barnardos raises €8.5m fundingONE OF IRELAND’S best known children’s charities, Barnardos, has bucked the trend in the recession by increasing the amount it…Tue Mar 1 2011 - 00:00
Auditors add disclaimer to Instore accountsAUDITORS FOR the main company of the Instore group have provided a disclaimer as to whether the company’s financial statements…Mon Feb 28 2011 - 00:00
Man sent 'ominous' texts to psychologistA JUDGE has described texts and e-mails sent by a man to a Co Clare-based clinical psychologist as “chilling, disturbing and …Thu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
Ashford Castle recorded combined pretax losses of €39m in 2008, 2009ONE OF the country’s best-known hotels, the five-star Ashford Castle in Co Mayo, recorded combined pretax losses totalling €39…Wed Feb 23 2011 - 00:00
Junior doctor paid more than €136,000 in overtimeONE JUNIOR doctor in the midwest last year received more than €136,000 in overtime payments, the Health Service Executive (HSE…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
Steamboat property firm in Nama talksSTEAMBOAT, THE loss-making property development group co- owned by former Irish rugby team manager Pat Whelan, is in discussions…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Cheap Cliffs of Moher pass fails to attract localsA CUT-PRICE deal for Clare residents to view the Cliffs of Moher has had a limited take-up, it was confirmed yesterday.Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Milano pizza chain sustains 3% drop in profits to €3.3mTHE COMPANY that operates the chain of Milano restaurants in Ireland last year sustained a 3 per cent drop in pretax profits …Thu Feb 17 2011 - 00:00
Salmon fishermen fined for breaking Shannon banA SALMON drift net fisherman said yesterday that “it is like a death in the family not being able to fish in the Shannon estuary…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Councillor conference expenses questionedTHE STATE’S local government auditor has raised questions over the spending of €48,000 by Clare councillors in attending three…Mon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Hertz in Dublin fall 32%PRETAX PROFITS at the Dublin-based European Services Centre for car-hire giant Hertz fell by 32 per cent to €7Tue Feb 8 2011 - 00:00
Concern over speech therapyCONCERN WAS expressed yesterday over the service being provided to children requiring speech and language therapy across the …Tue Feb 8 2011 - 00:00
Online poker company to create 100 new jobsA DUBLIN-based subsidiary of the world’s second largest online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, has confirmed the creation of a further…Wed Feb 2 2011 - 00:00
Lawyers received €54.2m through criminal legal aid schemePAYMENTS TO the country’s barristers and solicitors through the criminal legal aid scheme last year totalled €54Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Columnist who gave her readers glimpse of the Burren calls it a dayTWENTY-FOUR years after her first “Country Diary” appeared in the London Guardian newspaper, one of the Burren’s best-known residents…Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
Property firm McNamara co-owns incurs €15.5m lossA PROPERTY development company that developer Bernard McNamara co-owns with two other Co Clare developers incurred a loss of €…Thu Jan 27 2011 - 00:00
€51.5m loss at CityJet despite increase in passengersLOSSES REMAINED high at Dublin-based airline CityJet last year despite an increase in passenger numbers.Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Argos decline 17% to €23mPRETAX PROFITS at the Irish unit of British catalogue and online retailer Argos last year fell by 17 per cent to €23Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Exceptional costs see pretax losses at Kylemore riseEXCEPTIONAL COSTS resulted in pretax losses increasing at restaurant and catering group Kylemore by nearly fivefold to €1Wed Jan 19 2011 - 00:00
Airline aims to double in size: Aer Arann to employ 50 more staffAER ARANN's chief executive Paul Schutz said yesterday that the airline intended to employ an additional 50 staff this year and…Tue Jan 18 2011 - 00:00
Hillery to join Dooley on Fianna Fáil ticketDR JOHN Hillery, the son of former president Dr Patrick Hillery, was yesterday selected by Fianna Fáil to contest the four-seat…Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
O'Driscoll wedding helped put Lough Rynn in profitTHE STAGING of the Brian O’Driscoll-Amy Huberman wedding reception at the five-star Lough Rynn Castle contributed to the hotel…Sat Jan 15 2011 - 00:00
Lyrath hotel made loss of more than €1m in 2009LYRATH ESTATE Hotel made a loss of more than €1 million in 2009, documents filed by its auditor disclose.Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:00
Profits at Altera's Irish arm fall 44%PRETAX PROFITS at the Cork-based Irish arm of the US-owned Altera dropped by 44 per cent to $12 million (€9Tue Jan 11 2011 - 00:00
Teacher's guilty plea to sex offencesA CO Clare school teacher yesterday pleaded guilty to 14 sexual offences against a teenage girl.Tue Jan 11 2011 - 00:00
Revenues down 75.7% at Laing O'Rourke IrelandTHE IRISH arm of construction and engineering giant Laing O’Rourke went into the red last year as revenues plunged and its workforce…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Baby injured during assault on mother, court toldA SENIOR garda has told a court that a 10-month-old baby boy sustained “very, very serious injuries” during an assault on the…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Symantec's Irish division reports €73m pretax profitTHE IRISH arm of internet security company Symantec returned to profit last year to record pretax profits of €73 million in spite…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Avoca pretax profits increase four-foldPRETAX PROFITS at family-owned retailer Avoca increased more than four-fold to €1Sat Jan 8 2011 - 00:00
Clare company to cut 50 jobsCo Clare company Finsa Forest Products today announced the redundancy of 50 of its staff due to a collapse in its business.Fri Jan 7 2011 - 00:00
Euro Car Parks' profits down 39%PRE-TAX PROFITS at a private car-park operator at hospitals and shopping centres across the country dropped by 39 per cent in…Wed Jan 5 2011 - 00:00
Man pleads guilty to harassing managerA 36-YEAR-OLD Co Clare man yesterday pleaded guilty to the harassment of a Dublin-based property manager.Wed Jan 5 2011 - 00:00
Bench warrant issued for womanAN EAST Clare woman is to plead guilty to causing a breach to the peace by sending Mass cards for the dead to three different…Wed Jan 5 2011 - 00:00
Bard Shannon profits decline to €75mPRETAX PROFITS at the Irish subsidiary of US-owned healthcare manufacturer CR Bard fell in 2009 by 32 per cent to $100Tue Jan 4 2011 - 00:00
'Excellent 2010' for noted Cork five-star hotelONE OF Cork city’s best known hotels, the five-star Hayfield Manor, had “an excellent 2010” that exceeded its performance in …Tue Jan 4 2011 - 00:00
Option Wireless Irish division posts pretax loss of €15.6mOPERATING LOSSES at the Irish arm of wireless technology manufacturer, Option Wireless increased twelvefold to €15Mon Jan 3 2011 - 00:00
Musicians paid almost €36m in royalties for 2009ROYALTIES PAID to musicians by the Irish Music Rights Organisation Ltd (Imro) last year increased by 5 per cent to €35Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00