Gym business founded by former Dunnes Stores director posts €5m operating profit

Politicians and business community praise ex-senator and founder of Superquinn chain

Caveat: The businessman transformed industries and lifted the lid on links between corporates and politicians

Former taoiseach sought red carpet for Abbeville lawn from Aer Rianta

Future Proof: Patrick Cotter, founder of FleetConnect and Rural Wifi, eyes further expansion

ASAI partially upholds complaint against MyRefund which manages flight delay claims

Smart Money: It’s not cheap but competition for the sweaty euro is benefiting consumers

Tipperary TD’s filings to Revenue in 2007 facilitated declaration of untaxed £248,624

What was he convicted of this week? Why was he described as ‘conscientious taxpayer’?

‘Southside Provo’ Kieran Conway says equine abduction a ‘good stroke’ for the IRA

Independent TD claims he was treated differently to Charles Haughey

Land in Dublin 9 on 3.84 acres zoned for high-density, mixed-use development

From bin charges to Israeli policy: A selection of many missives from the new FG leader

Newstalk adds more middle-aged male voices to its roster in the form of Yates and Bobby Kerr, but the formula is wearing thin

Company have also invested in Merchants Quay Shopping Centre in Cork city

State papers 1986: Government under pressure over proposed ban on South African produce as Dunnes Stores strike continued

He first stood for FF at the age of 25 in 1977

Former Dunnes Stores striker Cathryn O’Reilly and cast members of ‘Mandela Trilogy’ discuss the turbulence surrounding apartheid in the 1980s

Animal health company and financial services firm to move into development

Close by, Findlater House has been converted into 198-bedroom Holiday Inn Express

Half the shops and an industrial building at boom-built scheme on market

Former Fine Gael minister engaged in a ‘litany of falsification and deception’, rules judge

Buyer should be able to bank on return of 8% for Telephone House off O’Connell Street

Taoiseach, Ben Dunne and Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh pay respects to family of late golfer

Land sold to Ben Dunne in 2008 for €5m bought back by council for €1.6m in 2013

Arthur Ryan’s son drowned in Cork tragedy while his grandson remains missing at sea

Brilliantly dramatised series ends with our anti-hero devoid of empathy and emotion

Harney and Rabbitte clashed in Dáil in 2005 over inquiry being brought to an end

Faxhill had applied for examinership in April along with two other companies it owns

Sympathy for the former minister comes from unexpected corners and water charges remain stubbornly opaque

Revenue at businessman’s Irish gym operation increased to €9.2m last year

Killashee House and Lawlor’s, controlled by Faxhill builder Jack Tierney, will now prepare a full examinership application

With prices on the up, young families are looking to Kimmage as an affordable alternative to Ranelagh, Rathmines and Terenure

Dunnes Stores workers engaged in lengthy labour dispute over sale of South African goods

The Ansbacher Deposits, 1997-2002

Everything changed the beef tribunal, and we have been living with investigations and business scandals ever since

Pretax profits increase 29% to £15.9m