The race to meet rising demand for vegetarian meals is heating up as Nestle unveiled plans to introduce its soy-protein-based burgers across Europe and the US this year.

Forecourt operator Applegreen said it will "continue to evaluate new opportunities" for growth, as an analyst estimated it may have €50m to spend on new acquisitions.

A planning probe is under way following the erection of a fast-food giant’s advertising signs on a historic laneway entrance to Cork’s famous English Market.

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Burger King has successfully appealed a decision of Kerry Co Council to refuse it permission to extend the opening hours of its restaurant in Killarney on special weekends.

Six people have been reported injured in a suspected noxious substance attack at an east London shopping centre, police said.

Burger King claims it is being unfairly treated after it was refused permission to extend its opening hours in Killarney to 3.30am on special weekends.

International takeaway ordering website Just Eat has said it plans to work more with branded restaurant chains, knocking its shares despite an upgrade to its full-year revenue forecast.

Fuel forecourt retailer Applegreen has said Ireland and Britain remain its key focus despite acquiring 42 new petrol stations and Burger King outlets in the US, a move that significantly ramps up its US operations.

Fuel forecourt retailer Applegreen has said its pipeline of petrol filling stations is strong as it outlined expansion plans in Ireland, the UK and the US.

An undercover officer told how he posed as a courier firm boss to help catch convicted terrorists dubbed the "Three Musketeers" allegedly plotting an imminent attack on British soil.

Ireland’s biggest fuel forecourt supplier Topaz has moved to cement its position as market share leader by announcing plans to open a 24-hour motorway service station on the Cork to Dublin motorway.

The Irish Examiner, or so I’m told, is a hotbed of Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal support, so getting a Tottenham voice in here is a bit of a result.

FIVE years ago Chris Greene tipped the scales at 15st. The 2FM DJ blames it on his sedentary lifestyle at the time. 

Police have arrested a rape suspect in the US after a stand-off at a Baltimore Burger King ended peacefully.

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The legend that is Warren Buffett spread in an even wider arc around the globe at the weekend, as the iconic Berkshire-Hathaway annual general meeting streamed live on the internet for the first time.

MICRONESIA: The men rescued in this tale of three castaways were not named Tom Hanks, or Gilligan, or Robinson Crusoe. Though they might as well have been.

A drug addict who was “out of it” when he took a six-year-old boy from outside a shop before leaving him minutes later and taking his chicken nuggets has been jailed for three years today.

Would ya blame him?

It was Twitter user @johnalexcorrea’s last day working at Burger King on Saturday. He had almost three years put in at the fast food joint and clearly felt he deserved some sort of bonus.

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will unveil proposals to deter US companies from shifting profits overseas, including an “exit tax” to penalise firms that perform so-called tax inversions, a campaign official said.

Applegreen, the Irish petrol forecourt firm which made its stock market debut in June, plans to open a further 10 outlets across Ireland, the UK, and the US by the end of the year as it seeks to tap the strong economic recovery.

BOLIVIA: With a vast crowd waiting and a temporary altar, Pope Francis needed a place to change before saying Mass in Bolivia — and the closest place was a Burger King.

Courtney Barnes from Jackson is our new favourite person.

Shares in Guinness maker Diageo built up a head today as investors responded to reports that Brazil’s richest man was preparing a bid for the British drinks maker.

Applegreen, the Irish forecourt fuel supplier, plans to benefit from the “grim” reputation of motorway service stations in Britain as it announced a €70m placing of shares and detailed its expansion plans.

USA: Burger King is paying the expenses and providing gifts for the wedding of an Illinois couple with an interesting connection to the fast food chain. 

USA: The whiff of a Whopper made hundreds of customers hungry for a Burger King special — “Flame Grilled” cologne.

A now-deleted response to a negative review of a Tralee Burger King has been doing the rounds online this morning after being posted to Reddit last night. 

England: A father and son pilot duo have taken to the skies together for the first time.

“Do you want cash with that?”

An American woman got a bit of a surprise extra with their Burger King order when she found she had been given a bag of cash instead of food.

A restaurant franchise chain is claiming it can help curb antisocial behaviour in a busy tourist town if it is allowed stay open until 3.30am at weekends.

Fast food chain Burger King will avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in US taxes if, as planned, it completes its pending buyout of Canadian coffee-and-doughnuts chain Tim Hortons, a tax activist group said.

USA: A man is suing Burger King after he says a manager attacked him — for complaining about cold onion rings-

It looks... interesting. But it's only being sold in Japan.

Warren Buffett may be most famous for the billions of dollars he has made from investing but he is also well known as a cheerleader for the United States.

American billionaire Warren Buffett has denied Burger King relocating its headquarters to Canada as part of its takeover of coffee chain Tim Hortons is motivated by lower taxes.

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