Having toured the length and breadth of Ireland, Barry Coughlan finds much more to discover in Ireland’s Ancient East.

A $150m (€134.7m) purchase by One51 in the US, which it has described as “transformational”, will likely boost hopes for the plastics packaging firm to eventually float on the stockmarket.

One51 is eyeing acquisitions in North America and mainland Europe as it continues to sharpen its focus on its core plastics operations.

One51 will seek support for a dual IPO, in Dublin and London, from its shareholders next month.

Killenaule 0-21 Mullinahone 2-13: John “Bubbles” O’Dwyer punched the air with delight as he rounded off Killenaule’s victory in the South Tipperary final yesterday with his ninth point of the day, a week after experiencing the other extreme of sporting emotions.

A leading analyst yesterday said he would be surprised if One51 were to be bought out around its current share price of €1.85 and believes that the plastics, waste management, and NTR stake-owning group led by chief executive Alan Walsh remains intent on bringing the firm to market in an initial public offering sometime in the future.

One51 — the investment firm which is owned by, among others, 50 agricultural co-ops around the country — has received an approach from private equity fund CapVest of €1.80 per share, it has been confirmed.

HSBC has joined Dublin-based niche investment group One51’s banking syndicate, adding another €25m to the company’s existing loan facility and boosting it to €90m.

Niche investment group One51 is to embark on a significant capital raising round in the coming weeks, in order to finance acquisition-led growth in its key plastics and hazardous waste divisions.

Renewables and waste-focused investment firm, One51 is expected to conclude a deal to acquire British waste management firm Straight plc in the coming weeks.

At college, Alan studied animation, but he wrote short fiction, too.

When it comes to painting the town red, Kanturk is really putting it up to the rest of Cork county to show their colours for Jimmy Barry Murphy’s men ahead of their All Ireland clash with Clare.

One51 says it is likely to suffer further “significant” losses this year, adding that its recovery will be “a multi-year turnaround” programme.

Philip Lynch pocketed over €2.51m in payments last year from One51, the investment firm which sacked him last summer.

In the pursuit of excellence, sportspeople make extraordinary sacrifices.

After the drubbing their seniors took on Sunday, Laois showed there is plenty of spirit left in the county with a wonderful win over Dublin in the Bord Gais Energy Leinster U21 HC quarter-final last night.

Former Vita Cortex workers are currently in extra-time in a fight for redundancy payments — the ‘point nine’, as they call it — on top of their statutory entitlements

“WE’RE not giving up without a fight.”

ENVIRONMENTAL and niche investment group One-51 has warned that its operating profits this year will be down on last.

ONE-51 incurred a net loss of €104.7 million in 2010, driven by a writedown in the value of its 24.1% stake in renewable energy group NTR.

ANALYSTS are awaiting the next installment at investment group One51.

PHILIP Lynch has been sacked as chief executive of investment group One51, with the board moving quickly to appoint financial officer Alan Walsh as his interim replacement.

A LORCAN DOLAN goal two minutes from time secured a semi-final spot for Moate CS at Stillorgan yesterday.

Kelsey Grammer is to become a father for the fifth time.

ONE51 boss Philip Lynch bowed to shareholder pressure and disclosed to the group’s well attended AGM in Dublin yesterday that he was paid €1.4 million last year, despite presiding over losses of nearly €100m in the previous three years.

RING, Ireland’s smallest gaeltacht, claimed another accolade at the weekend by landing their first Waterford IHC title after a cracking final at Fraher Field Dungarvan.

A Dublin man has been found guilty of kicking another man to death then setting fire to his body in a derelict mansion last year.

The trial of a man accused of kicking another man to death then setting fire to his body has entered its closing stages in the Central Criminal Court.

A man accused of kicking another man to death then setting fire to his body has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court that he was "very, very sorry" for what he had done.

A man whose severely burnt body was found in a derelict mansion was dead before the fire started a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion, then burning the body after a day drinking in a city park, claimed that he didn’t usually drink during the day.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion then burning the body told gardaí the dead man had deserved a “good hiding”.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion and then burning the body told gardaí that he killed his friend because he insulted his family.

The trial has begun of a Dublin man accused of killing another man then setting fire to the body in an abandoned mansion in Clontarf in August 2007.

THE oldest and youngest residents on one of Waterford’s proudest streets gave the county’s hurlers the thumbs up yesterday, ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final clash with Limerick at Croke Park.

BOLTON striker El Hadji Diouf has been fined £500 (€735) and ordered to pay the same amount in costs after pleading guilty to a charge of reckless behaviour, stemming from a spitting incident with an 11-year-old fan.

Bolton striker El Hadji Diouf has been fined £500 (€737) and ordered to pay the same amount in costs after pleading guilty to a charge of reckless behaviour, stemming from a spitting incident with an 11-year-old fan.

Two previous incidents of bad behaviour by Bolton forward El-Hadji Diouf can form part of an alleged spitting prosecution against him, magistrates ruled today.

The closure of Spike Island and the Curragh Prison has destroyed the lives of prison officers and their families it was claimed today.

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