Earnings at the group that operates the Gresham Hotel in Dublin and formerly the Metropole Hotel in Cork last year increased by 34% to €3.9m.

It was moving, solemn, and dignified.

St Patrick’s Day, inextricably linked with excessive drinking and anti-social behaviour, is undergoing something of a rebranding. 

When, last May, Drogheda woman Geraldine Kelly contacted The Tubridy Show about organising a reunion of hairdressers she’d worked with in a Dublin salon in the sixties, she did so more in hope than expectation.

The infamous house once served as Bertie Ahern’s political power base, but now as the keys are handed over to Fianna Fáil, it stands as a lasting reminder of a period of dishonesty and corruption, writes Michael Clifford

Exceptional costs resulted in losses at the group that operates the Gresham hotel in Dublin and the Metropole Hotel in Cork totalling over €18.5m in 2010, new figures show.

A visit to the Aviva Stadium the night before last, for the launch of John Giles’ autobiography, in the company of a jovial cast of hundreds including Nobby Stiles, Liam Brady, Eamon Dunphy, Ray Treacy, Mick Martin, Packie Bonner and many more familiar faces from the world of football.

Residents and staff welcome transfer from Dickensian institution, says Donal Hickey

THE Gresham Hotel Group plans to dispose of assets to reduce its level of debt as losses soar.

IT may be the most anticipated football final in years, but it’s not the hottest ticket in town — at least not where touts are concerned.

The threat of industrial action at one of Dublin's most iconic hotels has been lifted following talks at the Labour Relations Commission last night.

Talks to avert possible strike action at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin are due to get underway at the Labour Relations Commission today.

One of Dublin's most iconic hotels could be hit by strike action this weekend, during the All-Ireland football final between Cork and Kerry.

The number of work-related deaths per year is estimated to be around 20 times higher than the official figure, Siptu claimed today.

Under the guise of seeking escort services for business partners, the Irish Examiner’s Stephen Rogers conducted a telephone survey.

THERE’s posh and then there’s old decency: when it comes to the market, guess which wins out? Okay, the hint is Blackrock road/Ashton Park/Domestic Revival house.

A DOCTOR who has succeeded in reducing the rate of MRSA bloodstream infection by 60% in the largest health trust in Wales is to travel to Ireland to explain the secret of his success.

REPRESENTATIVES of an overseas property agency who failed to turn up at an Employment Appeals Tribunal have been ordered to pay €182,700 to a former employee.

THE Doyle family won control of the Jurys hotel group last night after agreeing to buy the 8.3% stake in the company owned by reclusive builder Liam Carroll.

A SLIGO-BORN English visitor, hit by a bus on a day trip to Dublin last week, has died.

PRECINCT Investment, the company looking to acquire the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group, said it is still trying to find a new banker to finance its bids.

Ian Guider

MILLIONAIRE property developer Derek Quinlan is reportedly interested in buying the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group.

AN AMERICAN private equity group is said to be circling the Jurys Doyle hotel chain, which last week rejected a takeover approach from a group of property developers.

Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

THE mystery surrounding the unsolicited bid for Jurys Doyle Hotel Group resolved itself yesterday.

THE bidder for the Gresham Hotel group has extended the deadline for shareholders to accept the offer until July 6.

THREE Irish businessmen yesterday launched a €113m takeover bid for the Gresham Hotel group. The long-threatened takeover bid for the Gresham Hotel Group finally came yesterday afternoon.

SHARES in the Gresham Hotel group dropped by nearly 7% last night after it rejected a takeover offer.

Dublin's ISEQ index closed down 23 points to 5329, with gains clocked in Anglo and losses weighing in at over 5% Ryanair.

Gresham Hotel has said its largest shareholder, Israeli group Red Sea , who holds a more than 20% stake, rejected a revised approach of €1.35 a share for the company that had been made by a consortium of investors.

The consortium which is in discussions to buy the Gresham Hotel group has lowered its offer price, according to a statement made to the Irish Stock Exchange.

Trading on the ISEQ today was dominated by the return of eircom.

Consortium removes pre-condition on Gresham bid

The consortium at the centre of the Gresham Hotel bid must decide its next move by 5pm on Friday, January 16.

THE Gresham Hotel is in play for a possible €100m-plus takeover bid, the Irish Takeover Panel ruled yesterday when they deemed the company to be “in an offer period” for the purposes of disclosures by any of the parties involved.

WHAT an outrage! The idea of felling the trees in O’Connell St, Dublin, denuding the main thoroughfare of our capital city, is unbelievable.

ANNUAL General Meetings in Ireland are rarely fractious affairs. Save for Eircom, and lately Smurfit, very few are dominated by serious questions from the floor and very few motions are defeated.

Gresham Hotel Group PLC said it has today received a requisition from shareholders holding not less than 10% of the company's shares calling for an extraordinary general meeting to remove four directors from the board.

The Gresham Hotel in central Dublin was evacuated during the early hours of the morning because of a fire in a store room.

A third state supergrass, Charles Bowden, has taken the witness stand in the Special Criminal Court to give evidence against John Gilligan.