David Dilger

Eason's gets court approval for payout to shareholders

Irish retailer’s 220 shareholders are expected to share a windfall of €60m

Eason’s restructuring depends on property market

Book retailer plans to free up some €100m in capital by completing sell-off of 13-strong portfolio

Eason’s sales grow but consumer migration to online made for ‘challenging’ year

Irish retailer’s chairman David Dilger says migration to online is happening at a ‘faster pace than anticipated’

Eason sells Dublin warehouse to Iput for €19m

First stage in property disposals that will free up €20m

Little surprise in Eason’s unanimous vote to sell off buildings

Move will include sale and leaseback of flagship property on O’Connell Street

Eason posts revenue boost in Republic but operations in North still struggling

Eason saw growth in both volume and value terms in the Republic last year

Eason shareholders set for €60m windfall from property sales

Move designed to release capital for shareholders and provide €20m for retail business

Market jitters, Conor McGregor’s latest trademark fight, and Eason’s online sales

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Eason books 31% rise in web sales over Christmas

Online store is now Eason’s second largest by revenue, behind only its Dublin flagship

DAA chairman Pádraig Ó Ríordáin to step down next month

Ó Ríordáin was officially named as chair in 2012 and reappointed in 2015

Eason role is a new chapter in David Dilger’s career

Cantillon: chairman will use experience at Greencore to drive changes at the bookseller

Eason appoints David Dilger as chairman

Ex-Greencore chief will take over role at State’s biggest book seller in November

Buying Peacock will take Greencore to a whole new level

Patrick Coveney clearly did his homework before the deal but still has some work to do

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