Category: Syndicated

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has rubbished British Government claims it will secure favourable trade deals post-Brexit, insisting the UK will be “screwed” in negotiations. The outspoken Remain campaigner said most of the Cabinet did not have a clue what Brexit will look like, and described predictions of positive agreements as “arrogant nonsense”. “I have no […]

US healthcare company Fazzi has opened a new coding and health services firm in Limerick and aims to create 300 new jobs over the next five years. Medical coding is a regulated process that changes the likes of diagnoses, treatments and procedures, into a universal medical code known as ICD. The newly formed Irish company […]

US healthcare company Fazzi has opened a new coding and health services firm in Limerick and aims to create 300 new jobs over the next five years. Medical coding is a regulated process that changes the likes of diagnoses, treatments and procedures, into a universal medical code known as ICD. The newly formed Irish company […]

Those of us who help to shape and deliver Europe’s actions and policies must face an unpalatable fact. Europe’s ability to deal with a humanitarian crisis on its shores and in its neighbourhood, and its capacity to cope with a longer-term migration challenge, is being called into question. Meanwhile, the hostile voices of the far […]

Publicans hit by 20pc a year increases in the cost of insurance say the “crippling” hikes threaten the viability of their businesses. Publicans hit by 20pc a year increases in the cost of insurance say the “crippling” hikes threaten the viability of their businesses. The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) said a survey of its 550 […]

Hundreds of jobs have been pledged in a series of investments in the technology, manufacturing and healthcare sectors. The largest will see GE pump €150m into creating four factories in a biopharmaceutical manufacturing campus in Cork. The units will provide state-of-the-art space for making next-generation medicines and healthcare products. GE already employs 600 people in […]

Several investment firms that expressed an interest in the controversial Project Eagle deal were excluded from bidding. Nine major investment firms were contacted by agents for Nama when it decided to sell more than 850 loans linked to properties owned by developers in the North. But an examination of the sale by the Comptroller & […]

Nama has shrugged off criticism from the State’s most powerful spending watchdog by launching a €3bn loan sale, the Irish Independent has learned. The State agency pulled the trigger on the massive sale yesterday, just 24 hours after the publication of a highly critical report by the the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG) into the […]

The effect on Ireland of the Brexit referendum may not be as bad as first feared, according to a survey of foreign business travellers to Ireland. The survey, carried out by Europcar, asked 500 business travellers a range of questions about their view on Ireland in the wake of the UK referendum. The findings reveal […]

The €92m sale of the Gresham Hotel in Dublin to Spain’s Riu group has been completed. NAMA put the property up for sale earlier this year. The iconic Dublin hotel was owned by Precinct Investments, which is controlled by builder Bryan Cullen. Precinct is the vehicle that was used in 2004 to take the then […]