The plant-hire company owned by independent Kerry TD, Danny Healy Rae last year recorded an 85% increase in post tax profits to €444,227.

Kerry Agribusiness, a division of Kerry Group plc, has joined the Allied Merchants Buying Association, whose 20 members have a collective buying power of €400m.

Kerry Co-op Ltd (Kerry Co-operative Creameries Ltd) has held a number of meetings in the last week regarding the proposed redemption of co-op shares.

The first Traveller to receive an honorary doctorate from UCC has accepted the award on behalf of her community and Ireland’s countless activists.

The memory of an inspirational teenager lured golfers to sun-splashed fairways in Killarney, Co Kerry, yesterday.

Though Kerry Group plc is not implicated in the horsemeat scandal, it has had an impact on sales of some of its frozen products, especially those containing processed beef, according to group chief executive Stan McCarthy.

Fáilte Ireland will shortly decide on a submission seeking its support for a €5m cultural and sports heritage project in Kerry.

The executive directors of Kerry Group Plc have been on the receiving end of a 14% pay cut despite the fact that the company recorded pre-tax profits of €449.1m.

FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan’s forecast for faster economic growth this year may prove too optimistic, according to a Bloomberg News survey.

MEMBERS of Kerry Co-op have approved a change in shareholder regulations which is now likely to lead to the transfer of 25% of their shareholding to Kerry Group PLC.

MORE than 1,600 Kerry Co-op shareholders yesterday agreed by an 80% majority to changes which will net them a €290 million windfall in a share exchange with Kerry Group.

KERRY Group plc will continue growing and making acquisitions, adding to its reputation as a leading global food company, chief executive Stan McCarthy told the group’s AGM in Tralee, yesterday.

GLOBAL food giant Kerry Group Plc expects earnings per share to grow by 10% this year, chief executive Stan McCarthy yesterday told the group’s annual general meeting in Tralee.

NEXT month the farmer owners of Glanbia Co-op will vote at two separate meetings on the proposed buy out of the Irish dairy and agri businesses currently owned by the Plc.

GLANBIA Co-op, which owns 54% of Glanbia plc, has announced its plan to buy the Irish dairy and agri businesses of the plc.

Leading project management consultancy the PM Group has announced the appointment of Kevin Kelly as Chairman of the Board.

REOX may be forced back into the marketplace to seek a repeat deal offering the “compelling value” which had swung its decision to sell its Breeo division to Kerry Group.

DAIRYGOLD has had to pay back a €750,000 grant to the Welsh Assembly government, stemming from last year’s closure of its Dairygold Food Products cheese company packing plant in Wales.

Bord na Móna has today announced the appointment of Mr Gabriel D’Arcy as managing director.

KERRY CO-OP shareholders in south Munster are in line for a €200m plus windfall in the coming months.

Kerry Group plc today announced the commencement of a buy back programme of up to 2.8 million ordinary shares, representing approximately 1.5% of the issued ordinary share capital of the company.

KERRY Co-op has transferred 10% of its equity stake in Kerry Group Plc directly back to its farmer shareholders.

ONE of the country’s best-known dairy farms is exiting the industry to make way for a new highway.

THE replica famine ship The Jeanie Johnston, which cost €15.5 million to build, has been sold to the Dublin Docklands Authority (DDA) for €2.7million.

The sale of replica famine ship Jeanie Johnston to the Dublin Docklands Authority (DDA) looks set to go ahead, it emerged today.

AMID claims that Kerry is becoming an industrial wasteland, state agencies were called on yesterday to help existing industries, which are under pressure, to become more competitive.

The ISEQ index of shares put a lacklustre start to the week behind it this morning as it gained 25.66 points to 6172.27 in early trading.

AFTER surviving a financial crisis that threatened its future, the Rose of Tralee Festival will go ahead in late August.

Kerry Group PLC said it has bought US based Da Vinci Gourmet and Crystals International for $62m (€52.6m).

KERRY Group legend Denis Brosnan has walked away from the leading global food ingredients company he helped create.

SATISFACTION with a year of solid performance was tinged with emotion at the imminent departure of chairman Denis Brosnan, who was accorded a standing ovation, at the annual general meeting of Kerry Group plc, in Tralee, yesterday.

The ISEQ closed in positive territory yesterday, rising 28.91 points from Tuesday's tally to 4341.37 points.

THE fate of the troubled Jeanie Johnston could today hinge on an announcement by Shannon Development.

THE troubled Jeanie Johnston company yesterday welcomed a full review ordered by Marine Minister Dermot Ahern into the spending of 10m euro of taxpayers' money on the 16m euro project.