The Sligo Weekender newspaper has been sold by media company Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH).

The MD of media company Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) Anthony Dinan has today announced his retirement.

THERE’S so much talk of the economy contracting, of jobs being lost, of incomes falling and of taxes rising that I’ve decided to recall a positive story this morning. A story of a business being started 20 years ago that nobody said could succeed but which has created jobs for its employees, wealth for various owners and a product that has provided a useful service to the public.

IRISH Examiner owner Thomas Crosbie Holdings made operating profits of €5.65 million in 2008.

STAFF at Independent Newspapers (Ireland) are expected to reluctantly vote in favour of company-wide pay cuts today in order to avoid the threat of job losses as part of the company’s wide-reaching cost-cutting plans.

The Dublin stock exchange saw its price fall 74.44 points this morning to stand at 8,316.04 by 11am.

IRISH EXAMINER owner Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) has received formal approval from the Competition Authority for the proposed acquisition of a majority shareholding in radio stations WLR and Beat 102-103.

Thomas Crosbie Media (TCM) owner Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) has purchased majority stakes in two Waterford radio stations — WLR FM and Beat 102-103 — in separate deals with a combined value in the region of €14m.

The group managing director of Thomas Crosbie Holdings, Anthony Dinan, has been named as the Cork Business Person of the Year.

IRISH EXAMINER owner Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) has bought The Echo Group of newspapers in Wexford.

NEWSPAPERS owned by Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) rolled off a new press yesterday, the first time in 165 years that the owners of the Irish Examiner have out-sourced its printing.

JOHNSTON PRESS, the Scottish newspaper group, has splashed out more than €240 million to become the largest regional publisher in Ireland with the takeover of the Leinster Leader Group and Northern Ireland’s Local Press company.

AWARD-WINNING journalist Cliff Taylor is to be the next editor of the Sunday Business Post.

Cliff Taylor was today appointed editor of Ireland’s fastest growing national newspaper, the Sunday Business Post.

A NEW regional newspaper serving the Clare/Limerick area will hit the streets next summer.

THE new pensions ombudsman, Paul Kenny, has seen a massive increase in the number of queries to his office over the last seven months.

THE world is desperately in need of more and better leadership — not managers — and Ireland is no exception, a leading business expert said yesterday.

By Conor Keane, Business Correspondent

Scores of thousands of workers have set their sights on securing a better job in the near future, according to numbers released today.

Thomas Crosbie Holdings, Ireland's fastest growing media company today announced that an internal candidate, Mr Tom Murphy, had been chosen as successor to Irish Examiner chief executive Padraig Mallon who is to leave the company at the end of November 2002.