The recent developments regarding the future ownership of the VHI, the country’s largest health insurance company, have...
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Failed Glanbia buy-out set for review
Failed Glanbia buy-out set for review
Within minutes of the defeated Glanbia Co-op proposal to buy out Glanbia plc’s Irish Dairy operation, talk of a ‘Lisbon II’-like...
VHI privatisation proposal adds further uncertainty
VHI privatisation proposal adds further uncertainty
Last Thursday the Minister for Health announced that the VHI will need at least €338 million to fill their solvency hole before...
Business, political and public backlash ignored by Iarnród Éireann
Business, political and public backlash ignored by Iarnród Éireann
Iarnród Éireann’s steadfast determination to close the Waterford/Rosslare Europort railway line was underlined by advertising in...
Bank of Ireland wants your money: €1.09 billion of it
Bank of Ireland wants your money: €1.09 billion of it
If you are one of the 95,000 Bank of Ireland private shareholders, you should have received your share rights offer prospectus...
Business sentiment suggests worst of recession behind us
Business sentiment suggests worst of recession behind us
Green shoots – two words that have been written of and spoken of by the more optimistic commentators out there over the past six...
‘Be prepared’ as your Euro begins to devalue
‘Be prepared’ as your Euro begins to devalue
The boy scouts motto – Be Prepared – should be drilled into every man, woman and child in this country, for the very good reason...
Frisby confident of bucking trend
Frisby confident of bucking trend
The property market meltdown may have cost the building industry – and the taxpayer – countless millions but Waterford developer...
Co-op’s Chairman pride despite deal’s rejection
Co-op’s Chairman pride despite deal’s rejection
Liam Herlihy strode into a lecture room temporarily housing the waiting media at Kildalton College on Monday last with a...
Deputy Deasy Waterford’s least Dail voter
Deputy Deasy Waterford’s least Dail voter
The Dail voting record of Waterford TDs was outlined in the Independent recently. Brendan Kenneally was the top voter at 95 per...
Greece and the markets are causing much worry
Greece and the markets are causing much worry
Just as I started writing this column, the main US stockmarket, the Dow Jones, had fallen by 1000 points, only to recover about...
Bus Éireann proud of its ‘When’s My Bus’ service
Bus Éireann proud of its ‘When’s My Bus’ service
A new website developed by Bus Éireann – www.whensmybus.ie – now provides real-time information to passengers wanting to know...
