The Government’s decision to allow companies apply for examinership in the Circuit Court rather than the High Court is a small step in the right direction, but it falls a long way short of its stated aim of providing affordable and accessible restructuring options for SMEs.

From the top of the agri-business tree in the 1980s, through to the turbulent 90s and his subsequent resurgence in the beef industry, Larry Goodman will face the latest meat crisis in his usual fashion — head on, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

UP to 115 jobs are to be created over the next five years by a medical devices company.

Up to 115 high-end jobs are to be created over the next five years by a medical devices company.

OVER August 28-29, 1990 an extraordinary debate took place in the Dáil. Even the fact that it was taking place at all was amazing because it would normally take the outbreak of war to recall the Dáil in August.

THE country’s €1.6 billion beef export trade and its production base are being damaged as a result of cattle prices being reduced by processors, the Irish Farmers Association president Padraig Walshe claimed yesterday.

THE combined losses of close to €13 million racked up by Lakeland Dairies over the past two years is a sharp reminder of the enormous change hitting the industry.

Hear the words "home cinema" and you might be tempted to think of the kind of hedonistic den JR Ewing would enjoy, with plush row seating, a proscenium arch and a flickering projector.

DUNGANNON MEATS have not ruled out further job losses among more than 1,000 employed at its plants in the UK and Ireland, after losing an order to supply 40% of the packaged beef requirements of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain in the UK.

AFTER 14 years, the saga surrounding the unhealthy relationship between the organisation run by beef baron Larry Goodman and the Irish Government is finally over.

Goodman Holdings has withdraw its legal action against the State relating to beef supplies to Iraq.

Hear the words "home cinema" and you might be tempted to think of the kind of hedonistic den JR Ewing would enjoy, with plush row seating, a proscenium arch and a flickering projector. That whole package is available at a price.

Kya deLongchamps

FARMERS are going ahead with overnight cattle price protests from tomorrow evening outside the six meat factories owned by the country’s largest processing group, AIBP.

Further industrial action is to be taken at Larry Goodman's AIBP meat plants in Cahir, Co Tipperary and Bandon, Co Cork.