The Spike Island visitor attraction in Cork Harbour plans to introduce a second ferry to more than double passenger capacity in a bid to cope with surging visitor numbers.

ANALYSTS are awaiting the next installment at investment group One51.

The Board of Dublin Port Company today announced the appointment of Eamonn O’Reilly as its new chief executive.

IRISH Continental Group (ICG), the ferry and freight services group which owns Irish Ferries, has seen an 11% like-for-like increase in passenger numbers in the year to date.

REVENUES for the first four months of 2009 at ferry and freight services business, Irish Continental Group (ICG) fell by 25%, on a year-on-year basis, according to the latest trading update from the group, issued yesterday.

SHARES in ferry and freight services business, Irish Continental Group (ICG) plummeted by over 23% yesterday, after a much anticipated takeover offer for the company failed to materialise.

THE independent directors of Irish Continental Group (ICG), dealing with the proposed sale of the ferry and freight services business, are to — as anticipated — request the Irish Takeover Panel (ITP) to impose a deadline by which the Moonduster consortium must make a formal bid for the group.

IRISH Continental Group chief executive Eamonn Rothwell saw his pay sail 40% higher in 2007 after he pocketed a bonus of close to €1 million.

AS a movement, farming co-ops have had an impact on the Irish economy way beyond what Horace Plunkett could have imagined when he founded the movement in the 19th century.

The Irish Takeover Panel has reportedly issued a two-week deadline for a formal bid for Irish Ferries’ parent company, Irish Continental Group (ICG) to be made by the interested Doyle Shipping Group/One 51 consortium.