An application by the CEO of a group that runs several public hospitals for an injunction preventing the HSE from removing him from his role has been dismissed by the High Court.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered a telecommunications firm to pay €50,000 to an office manager for her unfair dismissal.

The Irish recruitment scene is enjoying an upsurge in activity in recent times, as can been seen with this selection of new appointments and promotions.

Fiat Chrysler is a “house of brands” and that ensures it will be one of the few traditional carmakers to survive the disruption the auto industry is facing from the rise of electric and self-driving cars, according to chief executive officer Mike Manley.

Lucy O’Donoghue is the new manager of the Exxcel programme for proactive female entrepreneurs in the Rubicon Centre, CIT.

Investors welcomed a new strategy from Danish-owned jewellery maker Pandora, which is struggling to regain its competitive edge in a weak retail market, sending its shares up more than 16%.

Norwegian Air has dismissed concerns about its commitment to its Irish transatlantic routes after it revealed it would post larger-than-expected losses for the current quarter.

Twitter will expand its current service offering and broadcast live video content covering news, sports and entertainment in the near future.

Norwegian Air says that it remains fully committed to starting Cork flights to the US in July despite its share price dropping sharply on the back of rising costs for its expanding transatlantic fleet.

HTC is to exit the low-end smartphone market in 2017, as revealed in a report from Digital Trends on HTC’s fourth-quarter earnings call.

January has seen a number of large public companies issue profit warnings, something which is set to become commonplace, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Lufthansa’s supervisory board is to meet on April 27 to discuss buying the 55% of Brussels Airlines which it does not yet own, German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported yesterday.

The fall-out from financial and claim irregularities at the country’s largest insurer RSA contributed to the firm recording pre-tax losses of €171.26 million last year.

Star Wars Battlefront is arriving on consoles and PC from the 17th of November and it's going to be a huge title for EA and DICE with a new feature film also due in cinemas in a few short weeks.

Paddy Power shareholders are in line for a fresh €80m windfall, via a special dividend payout, if the leading Irish betting services firm succeeds in its planned merger with UK-based online rival, Betfair.

It's official; the next Battlefield title will be released in 2016.

The US website published a string of texts that purportedly were exchanged between David Geithner and a former gay porn star turned escort.

The US gossip website Gawker has come in for considerable criticism after publishing an article that effectively ’outed’ the Chief Financial Officer of US publishing giant, Conde Nast.

Twitter’s departing chief Dick Costolo says that while he is confident in the current direction of the company, he also is willing to let the next CEO make the changes the person wants to make.

CRH is expected to promote from within when deciding upon a new finance director later this year.

Executives at RSA Insurance’s Irish unit wept as they recalled how their former boss, Philip Smith, pressured them, an employment hearing heard.

Ulster Bank chief executive Jim Brown is comfortable with the €453m impairment release in the 2014 accounts, despite recent Central Bank warnings about the level of bad loan writebacks among the banks.

The winner of the Best New Idea Award in the 2014 Best Young Entrepreneur competition, Philip Martin of Blanco Niño in Tipperary is working to turn his dream into a reality.

Cement giant, CRH is likely to focus more on the US in terms of future investment, but a move for some assets being offloaded as part of the Holcim-Lafarge mega-merger hasn’t been ruled out.

The board of Eircom has appointed Richard Moat as the company's new CEO.

UPC Ireland have announced a strong performance from their digital TV, high-speed Internet and voice subscriptions in their second quarter results today.

Twitter chief operating officer Ali Rowghani has resigned from his post.

Eircom have continued to stabilise its finances after reporting earnings before interest, tax and depreciation of €119m - flat on the previous year.

Social network giant Facebook reported soaring profits during the first quarter of 2014, driven by a major surge in advertising revenue.

Anglo Irish Bank’s former chief financial officer has begun giving evidence under immunity at the trial of three of the bank’s former executives.

Dublin-headquartered biotechnology company Elan has posted an income of $2.28bn (€1.7bn) for the second quarter of 2013, compared to a net loss of $28.5m for Q2 in 2012.

It is believed that outgoing AIB chief financial officer Paul Stanley will become the next finance chief at Ulster Bank.

Since the credit crunch, not too many Irish-owned financial institutions have reported such healthy figures as this life and pensions company, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Less than 30% of financial directors of Irish companies report on non-financial measures such as social and environmental impacts as part of their reporting cycle; despite pending EU legislation requiring such coverage.

Eircom Group today announced the appointment of Herb Hribar as group chief executive officer and Richard Moat as group chief financial officer.

The National Assets Management Agency has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer.

Oil and gas exploration and production company Providence Resources has today announced the appointment of Simon Brett as chief financial officer with immediate effect.

Financial spread betting company WorldSpreads Group suspended its shares from trading yesterday over possible financial irregularities were identified two days after the sudden resignation of its chief executive and co-founder.

Microsoft is to invest $130m (€97m) in the expansion of its data centre in west Dublin, it has been confirmed.

DEAR Enda,

GREENCORE and British based Northern Foods are to merge, creating a €2 billion company.