THE former owner of O’Brien’s Sandwich Bars, Brody Sweeney, is back in business.

THE two winning proposals in the Your Country, Your Call competition will be announced this evening after the five finalists were put through their paces by the judging panel yesterday.

THE competition to find a new idea which will help boost the nation’s economy has been whittled down to five finalists, it emerged yesterday.

ABRAKEBABRA Investments Limited (AIL) has acquired theliquidated O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bar group’s interests in the Republic of Ireland for an undisclosed fee.

O’BRIENS Irish sandwich bars, a brand that will forever be synonymous with the days of the Celtic Tiger, has gone into liquidation.

Unfortunately, sufficient reality has not yet prevailed on the property sector. It seems many landlords, in refusing to negotiate rents downward, would rather have their properties vacant. This denial and refusal by property-owners is one of the greatest causes of closure.

THE High Court has appointed an examiner to O’Brien’s Irish Sandwich Bars Ltd, which employs 20 people directly and 800 indirectly in 85 franchised outlets in Ireland. The company has a total 220 outlets in 13 countries worldwide.

THE British arm of O’Brien’s Sandwich Bars has been placed into administration as the company battles against challenging trading conditions.

THE founder of O’Brien’s Sandwich Bars, Brody Sweeney, has assumed the position of chief executive in the group following the departure of Fiachra Nagle from the top job.

THE founder of O’Brien’s Sandwich Bars, Brody Sweeney, has assumed the position of chief executive in the group following the departure of Fiachra Nagle from the top job.

It has been announced this morning that 500 new jobs are to be created in an expansion of the Café Bar Deli restaurant chain in a joint venture with O’Briens Sandwich Bars.

Fianna Fáil has secured 43 seats so far in the election count.

PLANS were unveiled yesterday for a conference where business gurus from a wide variety of disciplines will address transition year students from across Leinster.

O’BRIENS Sandwich Bars is to launch a new franchise in Germany next month.

WITH so much momentum still driving the economy, it is easy to lose sight of the huge transition taking place in Irish agriculture.

MORE than 70 companies and organisations attended the Northside Partnership’s breakfast briefing on employing people with disabilities or from diverse backgrounds yesterday.

THE Northside Partnership has warned that employers are not hiring people with disabilities or diverse backgrounds because they are afraid of breaching employment legislation unwittingly.

The pre-Dáil season continues this week with Fine Gael and the Progressive Democrats holding parliamentary party meetings in Dublin and Portlaoise.

The new head of the nation’s health service will be one of the speakers at Fine Gael’s party think-in in Co Laois next week.

Labour takes another step in forming the next government today when it recruits a new candidate to reclaim a traditional party stronghold.

Brody Sweeney, Group CEO of highly successful O'Brien's Irish Sandwich Bars, this week announced that he was joining Fine Gael and planning to run for the Dáil. Will sandwiches and politics mix? Kyran Fitzgerald reports.

The founder of the multi-million O’Brien’s Sandwich Bars business today said he would strive to bring back traditional family values into society if he won a Fine Gael Dáil seat.

Businessman Brody Sweeney has become the latest high-profile recruit to Fine Gael.

BOOKMAKER Paddy Power has appointed Brody Sweeney as a non executive director.

LEGENDARY charity worker Christina Noble believes action speaks louder than words.

O'BRIEN'S sandwich bars are planning to open 60 juice bars in Ireland and Britain over the next year.

IRELAND’S young graduates are highly regarded as among the brightest, most enthusiastic and best educated in Europe, the director of a key export programme said yesterday.