The Magnum, Carte d'or and Ben & Jerry's owner has admitted ice cream sales took a hit in spring and early summer this year due to the cooler weather.

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.

Around 10,000 Ulster Bank customers are paying one of the highest mortgage rates in the eurozone, at 4.3%, despite opportunities to move to a lower band, the lender has said.

Ulster Bank is expected to sell off more non-performing loans in order to reach a European Central Bank target.

The Health Services Executive says the CEO of a group that runs several public hospitals is not entitled to a High Court order aimed at preventing the HSE from removing him from his role.

Former INM CEO Gavin O'Reilly is concerned his personal data may have been accessed during an alleged data breach at the company in 2014, the High Court has heard.

The High Court has received the first interim report of the inspectors appointed by it to investigate the conduct of affairs at Independent News & Media.

The ESB Group made an operating profit last year of €455m.

Independent News & Media has strongly rejected concerns of an apparent “culture of deference” within the media group towards its major shareholder Denis O’Brien.

The State’s corporate watchdog has said it was “absolutely wrong” for INM to claim it was deprived until March last of information casting doubt on its former chairman Leslie Buckley’s explanation for the removal of data from INM in 2014.

Independent News & Media has a “very high standard” of corporate governance procedures and would have told the State’s corporate watchdog so, had he made it aware he had concerns in that regard, the High Court has been told.

The President of the High Court has approved arrangements governing access to documents to be used for an application by the State’s corporate watchdog for appointment of inspectors to Independent News and Media plc.

Telecommunications company eir has announced its first quarter results to September 30.

KBC bosses say they have offered to restructure loans for 95% of customers who are struggling with repayments.

InterContinental Hotels Group reported slower growth in revenue per room in the second quarter, sending its shares down 4%, as a late Easter weighed on its US performance.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will today hear from top officials at the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) who dealt with the controversial Project Eagle sale.

Apple reported lower sales and forecast a third straight quarterly revenue drop, dragged by slowing demand for iPhones amid a lacklustre global smartphone market and intensifying competition in China.

Snapchat has hired former Mattel Finance Executive, Drew Vollero, as SVP of Finance and acting Chief Financial Officer.

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

Irish Navy vessels the LÉ Eithne and LÉ James Joyce were welcomed into Cork Harbour earlier today; Graham Dwyer’s girlfriend said today that she is pulling back from the relationship; and cannabis could help heal fractured bones. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

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.

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

Eircom has announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Herb Hribar, is to step down.

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

The jury in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives was today shown a letter from which stated the Financial Regulator had not given its approval for the Maple Ten deal.

Anglo Irish Bank's former Chief Financial Officer Matt Moran is expected to give evidence today at the trial of three of the bank's former executives.

A consultant at the Mater Hospital in Dublin is warning that any future HSE budget cuts will result in cuts to services.

Commerzbank AG, the German bank forced into an €18.2bn bailout, jumped the most since Oct 2011 in Frankfurt trading after second-quarter earnings fell less than analysts estimated.

Ryanair has announced record annual profits of €569m for the year ending March 31.

Apple shares plunged today after the company reported quarterly results that point to growth slowing after five fat years.

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

The iPhone is taking over Apple. For the first time, the device that changed how people use mobile phones, accounts for more than half of the company’s sales.

JUST days into the New Year and already we have the draw for the first major open track event of the year, the Tyrur Kennels Open 575 which will kick-off at Shelbourne tonight.

American Express card holders used their cards more and spent more in the third quarter than a year earlier, the company said, crediting those increases for a 13% jump in its net income.

A SENIOR Croke Park staffer has landed a major new job helping to run the London Olympics of 2012.

ALMOST one-in-10 loans at KBC Bank in Ireland is non-performing.

Petroceltic International have today announced the appointment of Tom Hickey as Corporate Development Director.

Aer Lingus have announced the appointment of Andrew MacFarlane as its Chief Financial Officer and as an executive director with immediate effect.

Former boss at Aer Lingus Dermot Mannion was paid €764,000 last year.

THE value of the euro needs to fall 14% against sterling for Irish food exports to regain competitiveness.

Angelo Quabba has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SR Technics, the company announced today.

Bernard Byrne, Group Financial and Commercial Director, ESB, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at AIB, it was announced today.