The new boss at Providence Resources, Alan Linn, said he’s confident in the potential of the Barryroe well off the Cork coast, as he seeks to secure an “attractive partner,” despite the huge setbacks faced by the oil company last year.

Shares in Irish exploration company Providence Resources jumped by as much as 12% after it announced that Tony O’Reilly - its chief executive since 2005 - has left the company; stepping down as CEO and resigning from the board with immediate effect.

The former US president was right to say that we are all flawed and that ‘cancelling’ people online and demonising them for real or perceived transgressions is wrong and akin to the public shaming of old, writes Joyce Fegan.

Des O’Sullivan previews Whyte’s sale which features a number of leading names from the Irish art world

The Kerrygold brand has exceeded €1bn in annual retail value, the first Irish food brand to reach this milestone.

Instead of politicians and institutions hiding and denying their mistakes, they should be honest and own up to their vulnerabilities. Then we would trust them.

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A book that was rejected by 13 separate publishers — The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee — has won the 2018 eir Sports Book of the Year award.

Providence Resources’ much-anticipated, multi-well drilling programme at its Barryroe field off the Cork coast has been delayed.

A landmark week for the ‘fastest field game in the world’ — and for one of the slowest, writes Larry Ryan

Eir Sport have announced the longlist of 23 nominees for the eir Sport Book of the Year award.

The Government has affirmed its support for offshore oil and gas exploration.

The appointment of a receiver to sell Tony O’Reilly’s stake of 6.8% in the five-star Dromoland Castle will have no impact on the operations on the hotel, its chief financial officer Joe Hughes has pledged.

Ireland is currently the third biggest gamblers on the planet and when it comes to online, we’re number one.

Ireland’s largest publishing firm, the stock market-listed Independent News and Media, has been thrown into crisis amid serious allegations by the State’s corporate enforcer that include claims of governance misdeeds and email hacks.

My gambling career, while undeniably short-lived, was pretty momentous.

This foreshore property in a stunning West Cork harbour setting has a long and varied sales history and is now back up for grabs, better than ever before. Back, too, the sort of value it had in 2003, guided at €900,000, writes Tommy Barker. 

Donovan is looking forward to travelling the few miles from his Co Cork home to play the city’s 38th folk festival, writes Ed Power

Providence Resources has hit a second major setback in the Porcupine Basin after summer drilling at the Drombeg well 220km off shore failed to hit oil and has been abandoned. The shares, which had one stage plunged by a third, ended the session 16.5% lower.

“I make no apologies for it — I’m the guy who wants to bring the Olympics to Dublin.”

Maritime-themed Radharc is ship-shape and is sure to attract attention from sailors and landlubbers alike, writes Tommy Barker

Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed a dossier about him was compiled by Red Flag Consulting for a client for a “hostile” motive and was part of a “campaign of defamation” intended to damage him.

Shares in Providence Resources jumped more than 7% yesterday on the back of the Dublin-based explorer reporting a near €4m narrowing of annual losses.

Providence Resources and Europa Oil and Gas – two of the most active exploration companies in Irish waters – are confident of further deal activity after both landing development partners for assets they hold off the west coast of the country.

In the business world Tony O’Reilly was a big game hunter and in the world of antiques, it seems he liked to bag the real thing too.

In his interview with RTÉ, Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed the tax codes were so complex that a print-out would reach to the ceiling. 

Shares in Circle Oil slumped after the Irish-based North African energy firm, which has a large band of small Irish shareholders, issued a grim warning about its debt pile.

Former press baron Tony O’Reilly is understood to have sold some of his art collection, with a number of works having gone under the hammer at auction last week.

PJ Mara was the most famous political spin doctor in modern Irish history, having played a leading role in Fianna Fáil for more than 30 years.

PJ Mara, the flamboyant former government press secretary, will be buried in Kinvara Co Galway tomorrow beside his late wife.

Sterling and dollar strength is delivering a boon in sales, says country homes estate agent Michael H Daniels. 

Former billionaire Tony O’Reilly was at the centre of an insolvency case in the Bahamas last night, trying to get protection from his creditors.

IRISH people have a regrettable tendency to gloat over the misfortunes of others, especially when the target of their begrudgery is a person who has achieved greater success in life than themselves. 

If your rugby knowledge isn’t up to scratch, Conor Neville has you covered to make sure you impress everyone down the pub.

 

Sequa Petroleum, the Dutch-listed oil finance company previously touted as the frontrunner to farm into Providence Resources’ Barryroe oil field, is not expected to materialise as project partner.

The managing director of the five-star Dromoland Castle hotel said yesterday that the business is going through “a nice purple patch” as pre-tax profits last year increased more than fivefold to €324,889.

It was a barefaced cheek of the minister to make a virtue out of the new guidelines, writes Alison O’ Connor

WEST CORK has a few iconic bars with a reputation spreading over the waves — and the Algiers Inn is definitely up there with the best of them, hosting celebs, slaking thirsts and appearing in movies, ads and TV shows.

Up to €5m of Ian Bailey’s legal costs may go unpaid; A German media outlet fell for a satirical report from Waterford Whispers News; and Michael ‘Babs’ Keating says voting yes is about ensuring fair play for all our children. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

A man who uses a wheelchair was left alone on a locked train in Dublin as no staff were available, Ian Bailey has been ordered to pay his full court costs, an Irish Examiner poll has reveals 94% of readers think the Government need to invest in a Limerick - Cork motorway and Villa's rising star Jack Grealish rejects a first senior Republic of Ireland call-up. Here's this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Former West Cork residence of Anthony O’Reilly overlooking Glandore is on the money, says Tommy Barker.

THERE are glimpses of the sea and beaches out at Inchydoney island from this modern-build,called Island View, tucked away out of storms’ way at a back road beyond one of the island’s causeway approaches, at Garranagoleen.

Independent News & Media (INM) is hopeful of making more acquisitions — aimed at boosting its digital capacity —in the next six months.