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Article | May 20, 2012 - 9:39pm

The examiner appointed to the Eircom group of companies has accepted a proposal from senior lenders to take control of the company.

Article | May 15, 2012 - 1:58pm

The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF), an international NGO conceived in 1961, published today its ‘Living planet’ 2012 report. The study is released every two years and examines the planet condition.

Article | May 14, 2012 - 11:59am
Article | May 13, 2012 - 11:03pm

The Government has announced plans to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority, and bring it together with Shannon Development into a single entity, RTE Ireland reported on 9 May.

Article | May 13, 2012 - 10:57pm

United Drug has reported a 7% increase in pre-tax profits for the six months to the end of March, while revenues were flat at €894.2 million, RTE Ireland reported.

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Article | May 6, 2012 - 10:33pm

Food group Kerry has said that all its businesses continue to perform ''satisfactorily'' in the first quarter of 2012, RTE Ireland reported.

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Article | April 22, 2012 - 10:04pm

The government is to give Bord Gais Eireann the responsibility for setting up Irish Water, the body that will oversee the roll out of metering, RTE Ireland reported. 

Article | April 8, 2012 - 9:01pm
Permanent TSB has reported an annual loss of €424 million, RTE Ireland reported.
 The bank set aside €1.4 billion to provide for losses on mortgage loans - which were more than three times higher than in 2010.
Article | April 4, 2012 - 3:40pm

Capital markets and European Commissioner Ollie Rehn aired similar warnings today, Wednesday 4 April over the Eurozone’s sovereign debt problem.

Article | April 1, 2012 - 7:50pm

Continental Farmers Group has reported pre-tax profits of  €3.1 million for the year to the end of December, up 19% on the €2.6 million reported in 2010, RTE Ireland reported on 27 March.

Article | March 25, 2012 - 8:25pm

CPL Resources has bought European Human Resources, which provides recruitment services for companies within the Scandinavian market, RTE Ireland reported.

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Article | March 15, 2012 - 11:43am

In the European Parliament’s plenary session held in Strasbourg on 14 March, the European Union managed to put an end to the 20-year long hormone beef trade war with the US and Canada. The deal reached will allow the EU to keep its ban on hormone-treated beef imports and in return increase its quota for imports of high-quality beef from...