THE man charged with developing the country’s roads network was has been named the new chancellor of the University of Limerick.

One of Dublin’s best known landmarks, the Burlington Hotel, will today close its doors for the last time.

EBS Building Society has today appointed two new non-executive directors to its board of directors, Pat McCann and Liam Mulvihill.

Jurys Doyle Hotel Group has become the first hotel group to offer free high-speed internet access (HSIA) and free WIFI connectivity to guests across all its international properties.

Ireland's largest union, SIPTU, today claimed that the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group was “dragging its heels” over agreeing a redundancy deal with 650 of its staff.

The ISEQ fell 31.75 points today to close at 7223.14.

Property developer Sean Dunne has sold his 28% shareholding in the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group for a profit of €20m.

THE €1.25 billion takeover cash offer for Jurys Doyle Hotel Group was sent to shareholders yesterday which values the shares at €18.90 each.

BUILDER Sean Dunne has hired a top corporate finance executive as he weighs up a takeover bid of the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group.

AN individual bid for the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group by property developer Sean Dunne is still thought unlikely despite his decision to purchase further shares in the group in the last 48 hours, to increase his share to almost 28%.

FURTHER share purchases in Jurys Doyle took place yesterday but, at this stage, the Doyle family and developer Sean Dunne have a controlling interest in the group between them.

THE number of bidders circling the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group increased yesterday with builder Sean Dunne and the Reubens brothers indicating separate bids for the company.

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.

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

The ISEQ index was up 12.23 points at 6597.33 at closing time today.

PFH Computers has recently completed deals with two of the biggest firms in Munster.

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

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed down 54.87 at 6278.28.

The Dublin stock exchange was down by 53.39 points to 6,279.76 by 11am this morning.

The Jurys Doyle Hotel Group has reported a 7% increase in pre-tax profits to €45.3m.

Cork Chamber of Commerce has backed the plan by Jurys Doyle Hotel Group to build a new property on the Western Road in the city.

The ISEQ index of shares continued to edge towards the 6000 mark today as the financials, and especially AIB, surged ahead.

Jurys today opened an Inn at Heathrow airport, at a cost to the group of £24m (€34.3m).

A total of 21 companies, not-for-profit organisations and charities have been shortlisted for the Published Accounts Awards 2004.

As concerns over oil shortages eased, the ISEQ index of shares surged ahead by 35.49 points today to close at 5598.47.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares climbed by 8.96 points in morning trading today, up to 5571.94.

GAA President Sean Kelly yesterday unveiled Jurys Doyle Hotel Group as partners in the 232-bedroom Croke Park hotel, to be completed by the end of next summer.

The GAA and Jurys Doyle Hotel Group today gave details of their development of a four-star hotel at Croke Park, to be open next summer.

Shares in consumer care products company IWP are unchanged at 25 cent at 10.45am after the company released 2003 results this morning.

Jurys Doyle Hotel Group opened their fourth US hotel today as the Jurys Boston Hotel officially open its doors to guests.

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

EUROPEAN markets were lower yesterday and the ISEQ index followed, falling 13.84 points to 5161.77.

MARKETS in Europe traded mostly in positive territory yesterday. Shares in Dublin bucked the positive trend slipping 1.81 points to 5070.45.

Jurys Doyle Group plc, said 2003 profits fell 13% due to an improvement in its British and US markets.

Jurys Doyle Hotel Group said today it has agreed to sell Jurys Limerick Hotel to Danesfield for €9.75m.

Billy Murphy, co-founder, will take on the role of Chairman of Drury Communications, while remaining a full time executive.

THE ISEQ index rose for a second day yesterday, gaining 33.56 points to close at 4677.22.

Greencore Group plc, food manufacturer and supplier of convenience foods has announced a full year earnings rise of 7% led by growth in its chilled foods division.

EUROPEAN markets were weaker yesterday, as was the ISEQ index, which fell 23.38 points to close at 4636.33.

Jurys Doyle Hotel Group have posted 0.3% hike in interim profits, with sales falling 6.5% but the company said it anticipates a satisfactory result in the second half.

TRADING on the Irish market was seasonally light yesterday as the European markets struggled to find any clear direction. The ISEQ index closed 30.08 points lower at 4387.45.

AS the heat of a balmy summer’s day began to fade last night, the family of a young girl brutally shot dead last year stood in silent protest in a bid to force a State agency to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding her murder.

THE major European markets lost substantial ground yesterday as reports from Iraq indicated the war may not be as short-lived as had been hoped.

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