Elan Corp considered buying New York investment firm Royalty Pharma last year, about six months before Royalty Pharma turned around with an acquisition proposal for Elan that’s now valued at about $5.7bn (€4.33bn).

An auditing firm has received over €18m in fees from Nama as part of a €114.7m bonanza for professional firms, figures reveal.

Pádraig Harrington is offering millions of euro worth of advertising space to the highest bidder after a family tragedy put his recent golfing struggles into perspective.

IRELAND needs to shake off the wave of doom and gloom that has gripped the nation if it is to work its way out of this downturn.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen and around 200 business leaders were on hand for the publication of a report this morning on how the Irish economy can recover from the current crisis.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON yesterday signed a multi-euro, multi-year global partnership with FTI Consulting, a company describing itself as “the world leader in event driven consulting”.

Golf star Padraig Harrington today shrugged off jokes that his career was in trouble after signing his biggest ever sponsorship deal with a company specialising in helping crisis-hit businesses.

THE High Court has made an order for the winding up of financial loans company FAI Finance Corporation Ltd, which had losses of about £36 million (€48m) up to December last and negative net assets of £32m (€43m).

Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui went on eBay less than a month before the massacre to buy ammunition clips for one of the two handguns he used in the rampage.