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Belleek goes for top dollar
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Belleek goes for top dollar
Times might be tough but when you are crafting art for posterity it's not the same as a cellphone: cool today, obsolete tomorrow. So Belleek Potter...
Meet the energizer CEO running Revlon
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Meet the energizer CEO running Revlon
By Maura Kelly On a recent, balmy Wednesday evening, Alan T. Ennis, President and CEO of Revlon, Inc. joined members of the Irish Business Organiza...
Way down and a tiny uptick
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Way down and a tiny uptick
If you bought a house in Dublin five years ago, tough luck. That year was the peak of the property bubble. House prices in the Irish capital are no...
Too soon for new tax
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Too soon for new tax
Fianna Fáil is calling on the Fine Gael/Labour government to sideline the introduction of the property tax, due to be introduced next year, chargin...
Ryanair Lingus bid on hold
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Ryanair Lingus bid on hold
The European Com­mission is to carry out an "in depth investigation" into Ryanair's bid for control of Aer Lingus. The commission has long- fingere...
Classic spawned sideline business huddle
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Classic spawned sideline business huddle
The Emerald Isle Classic was about a lot more than football. For one thing it was a curtain raiser to the Gathering, the Irish government's ambitio...
Buckley new INM chair
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Buckley new INM chair
Cork businessman Leslie Buckley has been appointed chairman of the board of Independent News & Media at an extraordinary general meeting held in Du...
First a charge, now a tax
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First a charge, now a tax
Hundreds of thousands of Irish homeowners have yet to register to pay the €100 household charge mandated by the government. But if many people are ...
NAMA to sue in U.S.
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NAMA to sue in U.S.
The Republic's National Assets Management Agency, or NAMA, has a long arm. It has launched a legal action in the U.S. against Sean Dunne, the prope...
Eurozone crisis hits North jobs
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Eurozone crisis hits North jobs
Northern Ireland lost almost 11,000 private sector jobs in the past year. The findings are contained in a new report by Price­waterhouseCoopers whi...
Fá-dough Fá-dough
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Fá-dough Fá-dough
Cellphone users who text in the Irish language are crying foul. They say they are being overcharged because the phone service charges for character...
Aer Lingus readies its defense
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Aer Lingus readies its defense
AER Lingus is preparing to defend it self against the latest bid by rival Ryanair to gain operating control. The former Irish flag carrier has publ...

 

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