Money talks, and now — will it talk Blarney? A change of agent sees a renewed ‘value for money’ stress on the Blarney Golf Resort in Cork.

A West Cork food brand, synonymous with the town of Clonakilty, has made a strategic site purchase, as part of a multi-million euro business development strategy.

The receiver appointed to a golf resort in Co Cork has instructed auctioneers to further slash the asking price — to one-tenth of its original building cost.

Golfers might wish their playing handicaps would drop as fast, or at least as steadily, as the asking price on the Blarney Golf Resort in Cork.

MORE than a quarter of businesses were victims of economic crime last year.

THE 500-acre Fota Island Resort in Cork harbour, which is expected to make between €20 million and €25m, is to get an international sales campaign in January.

WORKERS at collection and recycling firm Mr Binman are “shocked and worried” to have learned the company has gone into examinership.

WASTE collection and recycling firm Mr Binman last night insisted “the company continues to trade as normal” after the High Court appointed an interim examiner to oversee the firm.

A RECEIVER has been appointed to one of Limerick’s largest property companies, the Fordmount Property Group, and its two subsidiaries, which cumulatively has net liabilities in excess of €200 million.

EMPLOYEE fraud has soared in Ireland since the downturn, yet Irish employers are among the least likely in Western Europe to take legal action against staff.

IN early 1977, near where Duhallow and East Kerry are split by the River Blackwater, a small hostelry hosted a low-key meeting with grand ambitions.