General Industry

Return of British Open to Portrush a Huge Boost for Tourism

The R&A yesterday announced that the Royal Portrush Golf Club has been invited to join the rota to host the British Open, with the earliest availab...

Coca-Cola To Launch Coca-Cola Life: Less Sugar, Fewer Calories

Coca-Cola has announced plans to bring a new version of its bestselling soft drink to the European drinks market. Coca-Cola Life boasts one-third less suga...

Avalon File For $100 Million IPO

Avalon Aerospace Leasing Ltd., the private-equity supported aircraft financing firm, has filed for a $100 million US initial public offering as industry de...

Dalkey Takes Up Arms Against Caffè Nero

The residents of Dalkey are once again at war with a multinational coffee corporation. Plans to open a Caffè Nero in the south Dublin suburb have b...

Aer Lingus Claims Planned Crew Strikes Are "Reckless"

Aer Lingus has called the strikes planned by its cabin crew for next week as "reckless and “unwarranted". In a letter sent yesterd...

Brehon Capital Partners Buy Mount Juliet Resort

Brehon Capital Partners and businessman Emmet O'Neil have bought the Mount Juliet Resort, Kilkenny, from Killeen Group Holdings. The 86-bedroom resort, wh...

Morrisons' Haycox To Head QD Group Store Operations

Former Morrisons' Operations Controller, David Haycox, has joined value retailer QD Stores Group as Operations Director, spearheading further management ch...

Optimism For Hotels

The 2014 Irish Hotels Federation’s conference, which took place recently in Dublin, had a far more sanguine and optimistic air than their meeting 20...