Maxol opens headquarters

The Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Harney, has opened the Maxol Group corporate headquarters at Dublin's International Financial Services Centre. The petrol group, which is owned by the McMullan family, will now be based at Custom House Plaza. Maxol is the third-largest petrol group in Ireland, and is the only Irish-owned company operating in that sector. It employs 155 people in the Republic.