
Glenveagh to charge council up to €791,500 for family apartments
- Commercial Property
- January 12, 2021, 18:38
Housebuilder expects to get €33.4m for 71 social housing units at 702-unit city centre development

Green light for plans for €190m ‘build to rent’ scheme on lands formerly owned by nuns
- Irish News
- January 11, 2021, 20:25
Carmelite Order secured up to €35 million when it sold eight acres of land in Dublin in 2019, it us understood

Citywest Hotel owners secure green light for €50m apartment scheme
- Economy
- January 5, 2021, 21:08
Planning permission granted for 224 residential units in Saggart

Lights! Camera! Action! for €150m State-backed Greystones movie-studio plan
- Economy
- January 5, 2021, 16:35
Project is a joint venture between John Sisk and Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Covid deaths hit Irish-owned nursing home giant Barchester
- Health & Pharma
- December 30, 2020, 00:00
Group owned by three Irish billionaires updates on Covid as it reports 25% rise in profit

TCD gets permission for €9m revamp of Rubrics building
- Commercial Property
- December 28, 2020, 13:10
Imposing building featured in TV adaptation of Normal People

Dublin school discriminated against Catholic student, commission finds
- Politics
- December 23, 2020, 18:49
Church of Ireland pupils from local primary school were favoured for admission

Ex-Air Corps captain awarded €117,800 over gender discrimination
- Crime & Law
- December 22, 2020, 15:10
Adjudication officer makes maximum possible compensation to Yvonne O’Rourke

Ryanair to restore Shannon base for summer 2021
- Transport & Tourism
- December 22, 2020, 13:29
Airline calls on Government to offer incentives to encourage passenger recovery

Council gives green light for €475m Kevin Street mixed-use development
- Commercial Property
- December 21, 2020, 19:06
Westridge Real Estate lodged plans for offices, 299 apartments on DIT Kevin Street site

Supermac’s gets green light for €10m Barack Obama-style plaza outside Ennis
- Agribusiness & Food
- December 18, 2020, 19:36
Approval the latest twist in five-year planning saga for Supermac’s chief Pat McDonagh

Redevelopment plan for Dublin’s Rí-Rá and Globe venues on hold
- Commercial Property
- December 17, 2020, 15:04
Three appeals lodged against permission for big expansion of the capital’s Central Hotel

Revenues slump at Corrib gas operator in 2020 due to Covid
- Economy
- December 15, 2020, 19:21
Operations hit by a 25 increase in expenses

Dismissal of security man for trying to share alleged child abuse video ‘too severe’ - WRC
- Work
- December 14, 2020, 18:49
Staff member said he thought the naked female in the video was ‘the legal age’

Louis Walsh in line for €550,000 windfall
- Economy
- December 11, 2020, 17:58
Entrepreneur who managed Boyzone and Westlife voluntarily liquidated his company

Woman who lay down on motorway banned from driving for four years
- District Court
- December 9, 2020, 20:09
Motorist pleaded guilty to failing to provide specimen to test for drink driving

Trump Doonbeg visit helps to increase resort revenues to €11.99 million for 2019
- Transport & Tourism
- December 8, 2020, 19:59
Resort paid over €100,000 for catering for gardaí protecting president on two-night stay

Facebook Ireland revenues surge to €94m per day for 2019
- Economy
- December 8, 2020, 18:39
Company’s corporate tax liability increased three-fold to €173.22 million

Conor McGregor suffers knockout blow in EU-wide brand bid
- Manufacturing
- December 4, 2020, 17:20
Appeal by mixed martial arts superstar has been thrown out

Five-star Ballyfin enjoys Clooney dividend before Covid-19 hit
- Economy
- December 2, 2020, 05:00
Laois hotel in lavishly restored Regency mansion books rise in revenues

Co-living scheme in D4 gets green light
- Economy
- December 1, 2020, 19:25
Bartra Capital secures planning permission for a €25 million site on Merrion Rd

Conor McGregor’s management firm returned to profit in 2019
- Economy
- December 1, 2020, 17:34
Company had reported losses in previous two years

Dromoland Castle loses €50,000 in bookings in 48 hours over Covid rules
- Transport & Tourism
- November 30, 2020, 00:00
Luxury Clare hotel to open only at weekends until restrictions on inter-county travel lifted

Profits jump threefold at LinkedIn’s Irish unit to $294.2m
- Technology
- November 29, 2020, 17:21
Social network giant pays $200m in dividends and $69m in tax

Last orders for Rí-Rá and Globe as Central Hotel gets green light to expand
- Economy
- November 26, 2020, 18:04
‘We are running out of places to dance,’ says councillor objecting to plans

Lahinch Golf Club runs out of its own cash after €3m Covid-19 hit
- Transport & Tourism
- November 25, 2020, 19:02
Drop in green-fee cash exposes club’s over-reliance on overseas visitors – chairman

Revenues at Tayto Snacks top €100m in 2019 after ‘robust growth’
- Agribusiness & Food
- November 24, 2020, 21:11
Tayto Snacks buys 10 per cent of Ireland’s total potato crop

Sky generates €751m in revenues from Irish subscription services
- Economy
- November 17, 2020, 21:36
Sky Ireland boosted by Sports Extra and growth from existing businesses including Now TV

Twitter in Dublin records 2019 pretax loss of €239.6m after IP deal
- Technology
- November 17, 2020, 17:23
Company ‘has performed in line with expectations’

Profits rise at Mayo-based Botox maker Allergan
- Economy
- November 16, 2020, 17:53
Company has made Westport ‘Botox capital of the world’ amid €2.7bn in revenue in 2019

Landlord ordered to pay 80-year-old tenant €12,000 compensation
- Crime & Law
- November 9, 2020, 18:57
Man says he was never in rent arrears and could not understand why landlord would not sign HAP form

Bartra refuses to increase size of bedrooms in D4 shared co-living scheme
- Economy
- November 9, 2020, 17:55
Merrion Road development has attracted 38 objections

Unsecured creditors of Orla Kiely licensing arm to receive much higher dividend
- Retail & Services
- November 6, 2020, 00:00
Administrators said dividend to rise from 2p in pound to up to 30p

Garda Síochána ordered to pay €25,400 to two men over age discrimination
- Crime & Law
- November 4, 2020, 18:48
Call for Minister for Justice to bring an end to ‘ongoing prejudice’

Profits at Denis O'Brien's Beacon Hospital to be hit by HSE Covid deal
- Health & Pharma
- November 4, 2020, 00:00
Hospital reports 16% increase in revenues as organisation records 130,000 patient visits

Orla Kiely administrators call in lawyers to pursue creditor claims
- Economy
- November 3, 2020, 20:48
Kiely and husband Dermott Rowan served as directors when business collapsed in 2018

Knock Airport forecasts record loss of €4m due to Covid-19
- Transport & Tourism
- November 3, 2020, 20:07
Passenger numbers plummeted by 90% during summer due to pandemic

‘Serious concerns’ expressed by council over Dublin 4 co-living development
- Irish News
- October 30, 2020, 18:40
Local authority asks developers to submit revised plans for project at Kiely’s site

Singer Niall Horan shares in €1.7m payday from Irish business
- Retail & Services
- October 29, 2020, 15:21
Musician plans live streamed gig to raise money for touring crew out of work due to pandemic

Dublin author fails in bid to prevent Bono’s old school getting planning for new building
- Environment
- October 23, 2020, 17:43
Sheila O’Flanagan told planners of concern she’d be under observation by students

Woman granted court protection order via video link
- District Court
- October 21, 2020, 20:57
Women’s Aid and Dublin Rape Crisis Centre welcome move on remote evidence

Green light to convert James Joyce’s ‘House of the Dead’ into a tourist hostel
- Social Affairs
- October 16, 2020, 15:56
Dublin City Council says plan is best way to secure long-term conservation of building

Patrick Guilbaud: Covid pandemic ‘worse than war’ for restaurants
- Agribusiness & Food
- October 15, 2020, 00:00
‘No income is coming in. We have to close everything. It is difficult’

Man who performed ‘exorcisms’ on his girlfriend cleared of assaulting her
- District Court
- October 9, 2020, 17:10
Shane Gibbons told Co Clare court injuries caused by demonic possession or self-harm

Ashford Castle expects large reduction in its revenues this year
- Transport & Tourism
- October 2, 2020, 17:30
Five-star hotel has reduced the number of rooms on offer from 83 to 60 due to Covid-19 protocols

Irish Fairy Door Company moves to licensing model
- Manufacturing
- September 24, 2020, 18:13
Shift to licensing deal with Allied Imports contributed to loss of €422,011 last year

Clampers used unauthorised ‘spotter workaround’ for higher bonuses
- Irish News
- September 24, 2020, 10:10
‘Staff have the obvious incentive to bend the rules,’ worker tells the Workplace Relations Commission

Nursing home ordered to pay €150,000 to care workers sexually harassed by 93 year old
- Social Affairs
- September 23, 2020, 15:53
Man at centre of case had dementia and behaviour was ‘alcohol-fuelled’, WRC found

Children removed from care of parents after claims they were ‘stripped and flogged’
- Crime & Law
- September 21, 2020, 18:11
Mother says evidence she gave to court previously about husband being violent ‘is all lies’

Kiely’s pub to make way for 7-storey co-living scheme
- Economy
- September 16, 2020, 16:23
Donnybrook plan would include 100 bedrooms

Permission granted for 611 apartments at former RTÉ Montrose lands
- Commercial Property
- September 16, 2020, 13:14
Cairn Homes to spend €338m on nine-block complex in Dublin 4

Ailesbury Road residents fail to stop ruling on housing plan for RTÉ land
- Construction
- September 4, 2020, 18:12
Dublin City Council planners separately recommend approval of 614-home scheme

Judge grants protection order after being told man raped teenage daughter
- District Court
- September 3, 2020, 19:26
Mother tells court husband raped daughter while on holiday last month

Two-bed Donnybrook social housing units priced at €762,916 each
- Construction
- September 2, 2020, 02:30
Appeals board gives green light to development at Eglinton Road

Planning permission granted for two-school campus in Dublin 4
- Education
- September 1, 2020, 16:16
Educate Together schools to be built on Rosyln Park College campus in Sandymount

Porterhouse recovery hampered by lack of tourists and workers
- Agribusiness & Food
- August 31, 2020, 00:00
Group’s two Dublin bar-restaurants have seen ‘very minimal’ uptick since reopening

Monkstown apartment scheme given green light
- Economy
- August 28, 2020, 20:03
Plan for 290-unit development near south Dublin village includes nine-storey block

Global online purchases drive revenues at DHL’s Irish arm
- Retail & Services
- August 28, 2020, 00:00
Pre-tax profits at the company last year increased by 33% to €4.13m

Bartra Capital to spend €130m on four co-living sites in Dublin
- Commercial Property
- August 27, 2020, 17:07
Ballsbridge, Rathmines, Dún Laoghaire and Castleknock projects have faced opposition

Clare council to spend €800,000 on Cliffs of Moher ticketing system
- Transport & Tourism
- August 26, 2020, 18:14
Planned expenditure comes against background of projected 80% decline in visitors

GAA secures planning for 200 bedroom hotel on grounds of Clonliffe College
- Environment
- August 26, 2020, 08:15
Permission granted by Dublin City Council in spite of opposition

Arytza chief expresses Covid-19 concern over D4 co-living plan
- Commercial Property
- August 26, 2020, 04:00
Bartra Capital intends to build 111-bed shared co-living development in Ballsbridge

ComReg staff share €993,000 in bonus payments for 2019
- Media & Marketing
- August 25, 2020, 05:00
Employees at State-owned regulator received 9% of total pay in performance-related income

Oxigen pretax profits up 50% with Covid-19 impact deemed ‘minimal’
- Retail & Services
- August 25, 2020, 04:00
Waste firm’s staff costs fell to €9.3m in 2019 with employee count down from 277 to 256

Accumulated profits climb to €3.7m at Hozier firm
- Retail & Services
- August 22, 2020, 05:00
Irish musician sees live performance income severely impacted by Covid-19 restrictions

Shrewsbury Road residents oppose Ballsbridge co-living plan
- Construction
- August 22, 2020, 04:00
‘We would be observed like animals in a zoo,’ neighbours claim

Hozier and Taylor Swift lift Universal Music Ireland’s sales to €20m in 2019
- Retail & Services
- August 14, 2020, 05:00
Growth in subscribers to legal streaming services led to 20.8% rise in revenue

Ivana Bacik opposes Bartra’s Ballsbridge shared co-living plan
- Commercial Property
- August 13, 2020, 21:20
Residents would need to book one-hour slots for kitchen to comply with virus restrictions

Covid-19 puts end to hugs and kisses on RTÉ’s First Dates
- Media & Marketing
- August 13, 2020, 17:25
Socially distant couples allowed to blow kisses instead

Seán FitzPatrick makes fresh bid to secure planning for new Greystones home
- Construction
- August 13, 2020, 05:00
Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman lodges appeal to An Bord Pleanála over project

IMRO speeds up royalty payments to Covid-hit Irish musicians
- Economy
- August 12, 2020, 00:00
Pandemic has been ‘catastrophic’ for the music industry, says Eleanor McEvoy

VHI pretax profit down 45% as healthcare costs increase
- Financial Services
- August 11, 2020, 17:00
Claims paid out by largest health insurer in State rose by €57 million in 2019

Covid-hit dog food group Arrow sees profits tumble 39%
- Agribusiness & Food
- August 11, 2020, 17:00
Group’s Irish Dog Foods currently closed due to Covid-19 outbreak at Naas processing plant

Prison watchdog calls for unannounced cell searches after heroin find
- Crime & Law
- August 11, 2020, 14:09
Mother told governor she first heard of death of her son on Facebook, report shows

Apple received $250bn dividend from Irish subsidiary in 2019
- Technology
- August 11, 2020, 05:15
AOI is registered at Holyhill campus in Cork and covers most Apple non-US subsidiaries

‘No demand... because there are no people’ at well-known Dublin pub
- Agribusiness & Food
- August 10, 2020, 17:00
Absence of office workers and tourists is hitting Doheny & Nesbitt’s hard

Profits at Operation Transformation company decline 25%
- Economy
- July 31, 2020, 01:00
Vision Independent Productions launched two new formats in 2019, a ‘strong year for TV’

Aer Lingus to receive almost €30m for collecting PPE from China
- Health
- July 29, 2020, 21:08
The airline operated 259 flights over 14 weeks in largest cargo operation by air in history of the State

Music streaming turns up volume of pretax profit for Warner Music
- Retail & Services
- July 23, 2020, 19:25
Irish business of studio giant amplified by annual revenue rise of 7%

PR firm got further €372,132 in fees for children’s hospital last year
- Health
- July 22, 2020, 20:45
Q4PR was one of over 50 third parties to share in payments totalling €213.88m

Tayto Park roller coaster plan suffers setback as locals lodge appeal
- Economy
- July 20, 2020, 18:07
Meath County Council had given project green light

Father endangered baby girl’s life by dangling her over river upside down, court told
- District Court
- July 17, 2020, 16:59
Man also accused of swinging baby overhead and to the ground, barely missing steel pole

Book of Kells visitor centre and Old Library works planned by TCD
- Irish News
- July 17, 2020, 01:57
Covid-19 is causing revenue from manuscript exhibition to plummet from 2019’s €12.7m

Protection order granted to woman who said husband made her take lie detector test
- District Court
- July 16, 2020, 15:57
Court told husband wanted proof wife was not with other men

Green light for 1,102 residential units on Old Naas Road
- Construction
- July 15, 2020, 01:33
Dublin City Council gives go-ahead for nine blocks despite opposition

Cairn Homes plan for former RTÉ site draws 19 objections
- Commercial Property
- July 13, 2020, 18:23
Project Montrose plan includes 611 apartments in blocks of four to 10 storeys high

Copper Face Jacks pays out €45.95m in dividends to owner
- Economy
- July 7, 2020, 16:45
Cash reserves at night club business had risen to €63.7m

Dublin council puts Unicorn restaurant demolition plan on hold
- Economy
- July 6, 2020, 19:19
Council has ‘serious concerns’ over height, scale and massing of six-storey development

Woman who said ‘I have the virus’ and coughed in direction of paramedics jailed
- District Court
- July 1, 2020, 18:37
Thirty-year-old Clare woman jailed for six months for assault on two paramedics

Seán FitzPatrick lodges revised plans for Greystones house
- Financial Services
- June 30, 2020, 19:45
Ex-Anglo banker retained home after being declared bankrupt in 2010 with €147m debts

Lawyers on criminal legal aid scheme so far paid more in 2020 despite lockdown
- Crime & Law
- June 30, 2020, 16:24
Department paid lawyers brief fees even though all non-urgent criminal cases were adjourned

Farmer says he could have died during slash hook assault ‘but for the grace of God’
- District Court
- June 25, 2020, 16:44
Judge likens burial plot row to a story by John B. Keane as he strikes out case

Man jailed for four random assaults in Ennis in six minutes
- Circuit Court
- June 22, 2020, 15:56
Judge says fortunate at least two of attacks by Pavel Kratochvil did not end up as fatalities

Unions at Irish Aviation Authority reach €2m cost-cutting deal
- Transport & Tourism
- June 22, 2020, 00:40
IAA staff will deliver savings as agency deals with ‘collapse’ in revenues due to Covid-19

Green light for 273-bedroom hotel in Dublin despite rival’s objection
- Commercial Property
- June 19, 2020, 16:57
Council give go-ahead for facility on site of Begley’s Fruit Market

Sports Direct suffers €19.5m loss in Irish business
- Retail & Services
- June 18, 2020, 17:55
Impact of Covid-19 significant across six months but no clarity on longer-term effect

Medics confirm first case of baby born in Ireland with a congenital Zika infection
- Health
- June 11, 2020, 19:27
Authors of journal paper state baby girl ‘requires multidisciplinary healthcare team care’

Adare Manor gets go-ahead for expansion plan
- Transport & Tourism
- June 9, 2020, 16:45
Plans for car park were put on hold after Government heritage officials lodged appeal

Glen Hansard firm’s accumulated profits hit €1.3m
- Media & Marketing
- June 8, 2020, 19:56
Plateau Records cash reserves rise to €896,685 as singer shares pay of €261,000

Cairn Homes to sell 61 apartments at former RTÉ lands for social housing
- Commercial Property
- June 4, 2020, 17:09
Dublin City Council would pay €30m for the block at Project Montrose in Donnybrook