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Ireland has slipped in the ranking of early-stage entrepreneurial activity, falling from second place to eighth across the EU-15, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.

Business • 03 Sep 15

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Some mortgage customers of Permanent TSB have been informed that the majority of the money they are owed from the bank’s failure to offer them a cheap tracker rate over the past decade is being applied to paying off their loan arrears.

Business • 02 Sep 15

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The Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation has written to 4,200 AIB account holders to encourage them to "come forward" if they believe they were "denied their contractual right" to a tracker mortgage after their fixed interest rate periods had expired.

Business • 01 Sep 15

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Some 12 former concession holders of the now closed Clerys department store in Dublin are considering an application to the High Court next week to block the appointment of KPMG as liquidators to OCS Operations Ltd.

Business • 30 Jun 15

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Losses at the Clerys department store reduced by more than €2 million in its final full year of trading, according to documents filed with the High Court.

Business • 29 Jun 15

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The businessman Noel Smyth, whose Fitzwilliam Finance Partners got control of the Arnotts department store earlier this year, is to meet union leaders next week to reassure them about his commitment to the retail business.

Business • 26 Jun 15

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ESB International, the global consulting arm of the State energy incumbent, is gearing up for a period of significant growth following a series of new contract wins, including projects in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

Business • 25 Jun 15

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Trade between the UK and Ireland could be reduced by as much as a fifth if Britain pulls out of the European Union, a conference heard yesterday.

Business • 24 Jun 15

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Northern Ireland's biggest employer Moy Park has been sold for $1.5 billion (€1.36 billion) to Brazilian food group JBS.

Business • 23 Jun 15

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The Coalition is set to use its capital spending plan, to be announced later this summer, to invest in projects which would free up more land for private housing development and reduce building costs.

Business • 22 Jun 15

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The owner of Britain's Hovis looks to be in the driving seat at Irish Pride after buying the company's debt and replacing receivers who were appointed only last week.

Business • 19 Jun 15

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The State's competition watchdog will go to the High Court next month as part of its probe into alleged anti-competitive practices in the cement industry.

Business • 18 Jun 15

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Irish aircraft-leasing firms placed $11 billion (€9.87 billion) of orders at the Paris Airshow.

Business • 17 Jun 15

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Thousands of people with loans from moneylenders could be in line to have their borrowings wiped out and get compensation.

Business • 16 Jun 15

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The multimillionaire wife of bankrupt property developer Seán Dunne planned to use the money from the sale of a €19 million South Africa hotel to pay for a €7 million property in the UK, a Cape Town court was told.

Business • 15 Jun 15

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CRH’s investment spend for this year looks set to inch past the €7 billion mark, with the company heavily linked with an €800m move for the number two player in South Korea’s cement market.

Business • 12 Jun 15

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Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary and Peter Sutherland, chairman of Goldman Sachs International, will fly the flag for Ireland at this year's Bilderberg, which commences today.

Business • 11 Jun 15

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Central Bank deputy governor Cyril Roux told the Department of Finance in March it did not have sufficient powers or staff to effectively regulate the insurance sector.

Business • 10 Jun 15

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Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan wants to burn Anglo Irish Bank junior bondholders and save the taxpayer up to €300m.

Business • 09 Jun 15

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The High Court is due to hear Boylesports’s full challenge to rival Ladbrokes Ireland’s examinership next week.

Business • 04 Jun 15

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Bookmaker Boylesports has challenged rival Ladbrokes Ireland’s restructuring in the High Court, arguing that the process is effectively designed to prevent a takeover of the business.

Business • 03 Jun 15

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The state's public spending watchdog warned the Department of Public Expenditure last year that it was so badly resourced, it could progress less than a tenth of the reporting topics it had identified.

Business • 02 Jun 15

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Shareholders are pressing Ryanair on whether or not it plans to sell its €400 million Aer Lingus stake to IAG, which this week launched a formal offer for the Irish flag carrier.

Business • 29 May 15

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The National Asset Management Agency will offer bonuses in order to retain key employees until the agency shuts.

Business • 28 May 15

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Iarnród Éireann is planning to outsource operations at the country's second-busiest port at Rosslare in Co Wexford.

Business • 27 May 15

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