An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for the re-development of the Jury's Hotel site in Dublin's Ballsbridge.

A JURY has retired to determine whether a woman was raped by an Irish- woman at popular Brisbane nightspot last year.

A JURY has rejected a claim by billionaire Donald Bren’s two grown-up children for $134 million in retrospective child support.

SIXTEEN Irish schools will take part in a rugby tournament in Gloucester that the organisers hope will become a truly international event.

VOLUNTEERS setting up a museum in an ancient city fort have promised to bring history to life.

DAVID GILLICK suffered a massive double blow at the world indoor championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha on Saturday.

TWO major office and residential developments have been given the go-ahead by an Bord Pleanála in one of the country’s most exclusive neighbourhoods despite multiple objections from wealthy residents and environmentalists.

Visionary or misguided, the €1.5bn plans for Ballsbridge are dead in the water, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

An Bord Pleanála has rejected controversial plans by developer Sean Dunne to build a 37-storey tower in the Ballsbridge area of south Dublin.

Jukebox Jury’s last-to-first charge along the home straight in the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes earned the colt quotes for the Derby and the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita.

An Bord Pleanala has reportedly received 87 submissions supporting plans by Sean Dunne to build a high-rise development in the Ballsbridge area of south Dublin.

Dublin City Council has granted partial planning permission to the company behind the redevelopment of the old Jury's - Berkeley Court Hotel site in Ballsbridge in Dublin.

A Portuguese man who shot dead a trainee hotel manager in Limerick over five years ago has lost his High Court battle to serve out the rest of his jail term in his native country.

Construction of yet another Belfast city centre hotel was getting under way today.

FOR the young man on the door, it was time to move on.

THE Imperial Hotel incorporating the Escape Salon and Spa in Cork city centre has appointed Joe Kennedy as general manager.

A GROUP of more than 50 casual employees in Jury’s Hotel had a claim over service charges dismissed yesterday on the grounds that industrial relations problems were not a matter for the courts.

A JURY recommended extra safety mirrors be made compulsory on all trucks after an 80-year-old pedestrian was the fifth person to be killed in one area of Dublin because of blind spots in heavy goods vehicles.

THE closure of three Limerick hotels has caused a bed shortage in the city.

Shareholders at Jurys Doyle hotel group today voted unanimously in favour of selling the company’s prestigious Ballsbridge site for €260m.

Takeover target Jury's recorded no change today, remaining at €18.00, despite their announcement of an increase in profits for the first six months of this year.

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Anglo Irish Bank had a big drop on today's ISEQ in a bad morning for the financial sector.

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

The ISEQ edged higher in trading today, with Jury's Doyle Group shares the star perfomer as the index closed at 6,770.12, up 0-73.

Jury's Doyle is reportedly considering a new €1.1bn takeover offer from a consortium of businessmen trying to buy the hotel group.

The ISEQ index was down 2.38 points at 6302.23 today.

Dublin's stock exchange closed up 80.66 at 6296.34 today.

THE €140 million Jury’s Hotel site redevelopment in Cork city, planned by O’Callaghan Properties, has been given the go-ahead by Cork City Council.

PROPERTY tycoon Owen O’Callaghan yesterday announced he is to demolish Cork’s Jury’s Hotel in a €160 million redevelopment that will see the loss of 250 jobs.

The ISEQ index slipped back 37.84 today to close the day at 5,202.23.

Irish hotel group Jury's landmark five-star Towers hotel in Ballsbridge, Co Dublin has been re-opened after refurbishment.

HOTEL room rates in Dublin are set to rise this year improving the earnings outlook for the Jury's Doyle hotel group according to Davy Stockbrokers.

The ISEQ index closed at 5070.45 on Thursday down 0.74 points.

THE family of murder victim Gráinne Dillon wants her former employer prosecuted for criminal negligence.

THE fall in the value of the dollar will impact negatively on the earnings of Irish companies with exposure to US markets, hitting earnings by an average of 2% to 3%.

THE time could be ripe to invest in cyclical stocks exposed to the general economy, according to Merrion Stockbrokers.

THE ISEQ closed 26.80 points higher at 4231.78 ahead of the bank holiday.