The renegotiation by DIY chain Homebase of a number of property leases here in its recent examinership has resulted in the firm booking a €33m gain.

Home improvement retailer B&Q Ireland returned to break even in the second half of its latest financial year — less than 12 months after emerging from examinership — its parent company revealed yesterday.

Argos is to create a further 175 part-time jobs in Ireland to cover increased demand over the forthcoming festive season.

DIY giant Homebase Ireland plans to shut three stores after the company was forced into examinership.

A Dublin doorman has been jailed for three years for stealing almost €60,000 from Woodies DIY during an “inside job” robbery.

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The Irish division of DIY and garden centre chain B&Q has gone into examinership, it has confirmed.

The High Court yesterday confirmed the appointment of an examiner to the Atlantic Home Care DIY store chain after a judge was told there had been two expressions of interest in investing in it.

An examiner is expected to be appointed to the DIY chain Atlantic Homecare in the High Court this morning.

THE Irish arm of the DIY and garden centre retailer Homebase last year plunged further into the red, recording pre-tax losses of €46.1 million.

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DIY franchise B&Q Ireland Limited has today been ordered to pay a fine of a €250,000 for a health and safety breach which resulted in a customer’s death.

Grafton Group plc have announced that turnover for the six months ended June 30, 2011, was around €997m, compared to €979m in the first half of 2010.

DIY franchise B&Q Ireland Limited will be sentenced later for failing to ensure a safe workplace in one of its garden centres which resulted in a man’s death.

CIARA MAGEEAN will maintain her amazing momentum when she embarks on a busy indoor schedule that includes the Woodies DIY Irish senior championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on February 19-29.

Stock markets made strong gains on both sides of the Atlantic today as positive US economic data helped ease recovery fears.

A recovery for banking and commodity stocks following a shaky start to the week ensured the FTSE 100 Index in London made headway today.

ALAN Nolan of the SIMI says (Letters, June 21) that “as a result of scrappage, 17,500 more cars have been sold this year delivering an additional €70m in badly needed extra revenue to the exchequer”.

GRAFTON Group, the builders merchants and DIY group, said the stabilisation of turnover previously reported has continued to the year end.

KINGFISHER – the British DIY retail group, which owns B&Q – has expressed confidence in its Irish operations despite the home improvement market shrinking here.

Workers are set to picket two 4Home stores after talks on a redundancy deal broke down yesterday.

TALKS aimed at ending the dispute between DIY chain 4Home and its workers in a north Cork store broke down without agreement last night.

The London market pulled into positive territory today as early gains on Wall Street helped boost sentiment.

More than a dozen workers at a co-op superstore in north Cork are continuing a sit-in protest today as part of a row over redundancies.

THE closure of a further three 4HOME-controlled stores with the loss of 40 jobs in north Cork and Limerick has been announced.

Barclays led the FTSE 100 Index lower today after one of its biggest investors sold a major stake in the banking giant.

The impact of the consumer downturn on sales of new kitchens and bathrooms contributed to a £25m (€26.8m) slump in profits at British DIY chain B&Q today.

The owner of Argos and DIY chain Homebase announced heavy sales falls for both businesses today.

UP to 40 jobs were created in Limerick with the opening of the first Wickes DIY and Home Improvement store in the country.

The owner of Argos and DIY chain Homebase announced heavy sales falls for both businesses today.

DIY AND homewares group 4HOME Superstores is set to hit its target of 600 employees by the year’s end following the opening of its 12th store.

Stock was given away free at a DIY store today and looters reportedly ran amok at another branch as the business shut down.

A DIY store in Belfast has been destroyed and four other business premises have been damaged in a string of suspected firebomb attacks by dissident republicans early this morning.

Builders merchants and DIY group Grafton has bought Dublin-based plumbing, heating and drainage business Davies and builders merchants Garvey's in Roscommon.

The owner of British DIY chain B&Q faced up to a slump in sales in the UK today by announcing plans to shut 22 stores and downsize another 16 outlets.

Grafton group has announced that trading for the first six months of the year was in line with market expectations.

100 new full time and part time jobs are to be created as the Irish DIY chain 4HOME expands its operations.

More than 36,000 employees of B&Q will not receive an annual bonus for 2004 after sales were hit by poor weather and tougher trading conditions, it emerged today.

DIY retailer B&Q opened its fourth Irish store today in Mahon Point Retail Park, Cork, its first store outside Dublin.

DIY group Homebase is to create 200 jobs in Ireland with the opening of four new stores.

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SHARES in Grafton surged 8% yesterday after the building materials and DIY group finally got the go-ahead for its takeover of smaller rival Heiton.