Irish Media Intelligence

The ISEQ shook off three days of losses today to close the week slightly higher despite unease in global markets over th Read More

News Corp set the distribution ratios for the spinoff of its publishing business, which may start buying back stock righ Read More

European shares fell for a second consecutive session today, led by financials on concern over growth in Asia and the po Read More

Intel today announced details of the second phase of its research investment at Ireland's leading ICT research Institute Read More

Iceland must find stability by aiming for the same economic goals as those set for EU states, even though it is sceptica Read More

U.S. stocks fell at the open today, putting Wall Street on track for its first weekly decline since mid April, amid conc Read More

Ireland, and Galway in particular, today sees the signing of an historic agreement between the EU, the US and Canada, al Read More

HSBC's Chairman Douglas Flint called for an acceleration in the speed of reform within the industry as the bank was crit Read More

Irish energy prospector, Petroceltic International today said it will abandon an exploration well off the Bulgarian coas Read More

Oil was poised to post its biggest weekly loss in more than a month as Brent fell below $102 per barrel today, pressured Read More

Orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose more than expected in April, a sign of resilience in the factory se Read More

The Irish Payment Services Organisation (IPSO) has completed an external review for the Central Bank after last year's d Read More

The ISEQ fell again this morning marking three days of mostly modest falls while staying above the 4,000 level. Read More

German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma will renew their own decades-old rivalry when Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmu Read More

The Irish High Court has heard petitions to have 45 Irish companies wound-up this year so far - a drop of almost 38pc on Read More

George Moore, an Irish businessman and entrepreneur who made a fortune in the US and devoted much of his life to good ca Read More

European shares edged lower today, led by auto and banking shares as investor sentiment remained shaky on concerns about Read More

The President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) has called for increased support Read More

The Central Bank today published the name of an unauthorised investment firm, Nelson Capital Advisors. Read More

The euro rose today after a German business sentiment survey beat forecasts, suggesting Europe's largest economy is pick Read More

Exporters today called for a major growth stimulus package now to avoid long term damage to Ireland's export and economi Read More

CRH remain the top performing firm, with a turnover of E18.7 billion, followed once more by Microsoft and Google. Read More

German economic growth is expected to increase considerably in the second quarter thanks in part to an "immense" pick-up Read More

Cork-based Delicious, The Gluten Free Bakery has received investment of E175,000 from private business angel investors, Read More

German business morale rose far more than expected in May, rebounding after two consecutive falls and suggesting Europe' Read More

RSA Insurance Ireland today announced the acquisition of the Personal Lines Insurance business currently managed by AonI Read More

Almost three out of four Irish hotels expect their business to improve in the next three years while more than half saw Read More

The ISEQ is higher morning at 4,049, up 9 points from yesterday's correction as European markets saw an early bounce bac Read More

European shares edged up today, staging a small technical bounce after their biggest one-day fall in nearly a year. Read More

In an unusually forceful statement yesterday, the governor of the Central Bank and head of the financial regulator Patri Read More

A top Federal Reserve official said today U.S. inflation would have to pick up before he voted to scale back monetary po Read More

Up to three companies are set to create more than 100 new jobs over the next three years as part of a E4 million injecti Read More

Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel tod Read More

Higher real wages have German consumers feeling more inclined to spend than at any point since the U.S. subprime crisis, Read More

European stock index futures pointed to a rebound today as bargain hunters move in following the previous session's shar Read More

While it is generally acknowledged that the Chinese property market is seriously overvalued there is little agreement ab Read More

The ISEQ fell today in line with global equities and commodities as the US Fed cast doubts about its long-term commitmen Read More

Pension funds in the EU will not be required to increase their capital in the same way as banks and insurers will have t Read More

The United States today called on Europe to act decisively to boost its economy and counter the risk of a protracted sta Read More

Clonakilty-based, Ion Equity-owned tech firm, SouthWestern, has won a contract in the UK worth E7m. Read More

U.S. stocks dropped today, with the S and P 500 on pace for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month amid investor c Read More

Investment group, One51 today said that it has reached agreement with its existing syndicate of six banks to extend a E1 Read More

European Union lawmakers voted today to limit the scope of a proposed free-trade deal between Europe and the United Stat Read More

Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then o Read More

The "wait and see" what happens period for solving the huge problem of mortgage arrears is now long over and now is the Read More

The Government has published approved text of new legislation to give effect to the draft agreements arrived at during t Read More

The Irish food sector is becoming increasingly polarised by the Hybrid Consumer - where shoppers opt for the lowest pric Read More

The ISEQ fell sharply this morning in line with global equities and commodities as the US Fed cast doubts about its long Read More

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it has fined a wealth management unit of U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase 3.08 Read More

Online spending is rising rapidly and now accounts for more than 15pc or E4.1 billion of sales by Irish retailers annual Read More

Struggling British airline Flybe will quit its main London hub at Gatwick airport and has pushed back the delivery of 16 Read More

IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by a French magistrate today over her role in a 285-million-euro arb Read More

Havok, the Emmy award winning Irish technology company which provides interactive software solutions for the global game Read More

Irish shipping and port activity rose by 2pc in the first quarter of 2013 when compared to the corresponding period of 2 Read More

A new study by a Central Bank economist has concluded that the large number of Irish households struggling with arrears Read More

The European Stability Mechanism could be used to provide further capital to banks in Ireland according to IMF director Read More

Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, has today announced Government funding through Science Foundation I Read More

Share markets fell sharply today as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of unexpected Read More

A Dublin-based digital start-up firm is to create 16 jobs after securing E600,000 in funding. Read More

Lundin Petroleum, Tullow Oil's partner on the Carlsberg prospect in the Norwegian North Sea, said today that it has plug Read More

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Athens today to meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Read More

European shares went into a tailspin early this morning, spooked by concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve could soon ta Read More

Germany's private sector contracted very slightly in May as firms lacking new orders cut jobs, a survey showed today, su Read More

Markit's flash Eurozone Services PMI, which surveys around 2,000 companies ranging from major banks to caterers, rose in Read More

The ISEQ is sharply lower this morning at 4,035, down 33 points as European markets were not happy with Ben Bernanke's c Read More

There are more than 1,000 multinationals with operations in Ireland, employing about 150,000 people. The strength of thi Read More

French business activity retreated again in May despite a slight improvement in manufacturing, a survey showed today, of Read More

About 20,000 mortgages relating to private dwellings are in arrears of 90 days or more with PTSB. Chief executive Jeremy Read More

European Union leaders are reported to have made progress on several initiatives to crack down on tax fraud and tax evas Read More

Ford Motor Co will shut its two Australian auto plants in October 2016, blaming a strong currency and costs that are hit Read More

Hawkish comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and weakness in China's factory activity rattled Asian ma Read More

European stock futures pointed to a sharply weaker start today after a poor factory activity survey from China and on co Read More

China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturin Read More

Dublin City Business Improvement District (BID), which represents 2,500 businesses in Dublin City Centre, today said the Read More

The ISEQ shed its morning losses today after the top U.S. central banker reaffirmed his commitment to continued stimulus Read More

Google's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain today when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused Read More

Growth sensitive sectors drove Britain's top share index to fresh 13 year highs, receiving a boost after the top U.S. ce Read More

European Union regulators have proposed tighter safeguards on sales of the type of securitised debt that became untradab Read More

CIE today posted a deficit of E43.1m for last year, before a once-off subvention payment of E36m from the Government and Read More

U.S. stocks extended gains today, with both the Dow and briefly S and P 500 rising 1 percent after Federal Reserve Chair Read More

The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover, and the central bank needs to see further s Read More

Savvy.ie launched this week, billing itself as a unique proposition in buying, selling or investing in a business in Ire Read More

State-backed British lenders Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland have agreed plans to shore up their capital Read More

Ireland stands to reap the benefits from a new global trend in re-shoring, where corporations are increasingly shiftin Read More

Credit rating firms say that the rally in the sovereign bonds of highly indebted euro zone countries, including Irela Read More

The ISEQ fell for the second straight day today with global investors keeping an eye on this afternoon's speech from Fed Read More

The Central Bank today published its latest Macro Financial Review in which it identified a number of risks facing the c Read More

The international community needs to work together to stop large multinationals aggressively playing one country's tax c Read More

The International Monetary Fund called on Britain's government today to do more to speed up slow economic recovery, hint Read More

permanent tsb is back in the banking business with plans to approve lending of up to nine times more this year than i Read More

A major two day international Open Innovation 2.0 conference closed in Dublin Castle last night with overwhelming agreem Read More

Taoiseach Enda Kenny joins European leaders to discuss how to combat aggressive tax avoidance by major companies such as Read More

Dublin has the highest disposable income per person, followed by Kildare and Limerick with the lowest disposable income Read More

Monthly factory gate prices increased by 0.3pc in April 2013 compared to a decrease of 0.5pc for April of last year brin Read More

Irish trade sales, buyouts and acquisitions figures for the first quarter of this year shows that deal values topped E5. Read More

Soft drinks maker, Britvic, today said it is to combine its British and Irish operations under a single leadership team Read More

Ireland's tax regime is totally transparent and in no way could this country be described as a "tax haven", IDA Ireland Read More

There was a major decrease of 21pc in the value of credit and debit card fraud losses in Ireland in 2012, latest figures Read More

Fresh produce company, Total Produce, today said that its previously announced target of adjusted earnings per share in Read More

The iconic Ashford Castle in Cong, Co, Mayo has been sold to Red Carnation Hotels for around E20m. Read More

Forty six socially minded Irish companies have formed over 4,800 community partnerships and donated over E21.3 million t Read More

French President Francois Hollande's predicament is, oddly enough, akin to one Alice faced in Lewis Carroll's 19th centu Read More

Britain's FTSE 100 weakened early today after hitting 13-year highs in the previous session, as investors looked for fur Read More

Almost a year after ECB President Mario Draghi vowed to do whatever it takes to save the euro, a key indicator of euro z Read More

The ISEQ is down a little this morning at 4,047, a drop of just 12 points as European markets hold recent gains and look Read More

Intel Corp's new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping company reorganization and created a unit aime Read More

European shares steadied near multi-year highs today, as caution ahead of testimony from the head of the U.S. Federal Re Read More

An independent assessment of explorer Fastnet Oil and Gas's Deep Kinsale target off the south coast indicates that it co Read More

Aer Arann - which operates the Aer Lingus Regional flights - has said it will create 50 jobs over the next 12 months and Read More

British soft drinks maker Britvic will close two factories and a warehouse in the UK and roll out the Fruit Shoot brand Read More

Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax c Read More

The dollar languished well below last week's 4-1/2-year high against the yen today, ahead of testimony from the U.S. Fed Read More

European stock index futures pointed to a mixed open today, with the market's month-long rally taking a breather ahead o Read More