The 25-year contract requires National Broadband Ireland (NBI) – the vehicle set up by winning bidder US firm Granahan McCourt – to deliver high-speed broadband to 542,000 mainly rural homes and premises

Net Results: Web pioneer Gerry McGovern warns about digital’s burden on the planet

Banker is campaigning for a seat on the Trinity College Dublin panel of the Seanad

Outgoing CFO Tim Kenny announced in June he planned to step down

Eir says 21 payphones have been removed this year amid anti-social behaviour

Planet Business: When it’s time for a change and maybe a song

Rule change allowed network owner Eircom charge rivals €170 when a customer switched

Company agrees to order sequestering assets over ‘wilful disobedience’ of earlier order

Cathal Magee hires top employment lawyer to file High Court action

Q&A: Dominic Coyle answers your personal finance questions

Siro boss John Keaney says telco is about to deepen operations in Cork and Galway and take the fight to Eir in Dublin’s suburbs

Football Association Premier League granted Ireland’s first ever order compelling ISPs

Most payphone calls are to domestic violence and homeless shelters, says ComReg

Organisation lodges proceedings against broadband providers in Ireland

Smart Money: What we aren’t we being told – and why?

Taoiseach reckons if you can’t get Opposition to support the plan, then make them own it

Q&A: Value of initiative to bring coverage to 100% of homes has been hotly contested

It can be hard to tell if an email or call is from a legitimate company or a fraudster so you need to keep your wits about you at all times

Junior Cert student Stephen Cassidy fractured ankle in fall near his Athlone home

Gray held same role in EirGrid between 2006 and 2013

ComReg brought proceedings against German landline operator over the practice

Hospital board member Paul Quinn appointed in personal capacity, Harris says

Callers alleging to be from ‘Eircom’ say broadband will be cut unless steps are taken

Regulator is seeking court order restraining Yourtel from continuing with alleged activity

Company says move will deter customer from switching and artificially inflate costs

One year on, the pair reflect on the ‘business arrangement’ that attracted global interest

Eir agrees to allow committee of outsiders to monitor its internal structures for five years

Bank is due to vacate the AIB Bank Centre in Ballsbridge by 2020

Representatives outline grievances to Oireachtas committee

Eir rents one of the units on a 35-year lease, which produces a rent roll of €222,000

Eir leasing 77,000sq ft in premier space on long 25-year lease with no break options

Company is used by 450 retailers in the Republic

The falsehoods, euphemisms and face-saving ruses that helped make us what we are

James O’Dwyer (71) was regarded as one of Ireland’s leading corporate lawyers

Move is latest cost-cutting initiative since Eir was taken over by two firms controlled by French billionaire Xavier Niel

Criminal Assets Bureau seizes €800,000 bitcoin ‘brain wallet’ in world policing first

Review: O’Brien owns a big chunk of the media, and often seems to be suing the rest

Q&A: Shareholders should always keep documentation relating to their shares

Sarah McInerney writes about her journey from being a DCU undergrad unsure about her course choice to making a career in journalism

Banker and lawyer will succeed Pádraig Ó Riordáin at the State airport company