Person: Ivan Fallon

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farming

Rekindling the vision of PJ Power

A BRIGHT 25-year-old businessman hopped into his small white sports car in Cork City one Friday night in 1961 and drove to Mallow over a corkscrew road with 108 bends.

news

President pays tribute to civil rights movement

O’Reilly walked on broken glass in his costly effort to save Waterford

business

IN&M bosses share 18% pay hikes as staff suffer cuts

business

Belfast Telegraph gets new editor

business

New editor for Belfast Telegraph

IN&M directors paid €8.1m as profits rise

THE directors of Independent News & Media (IN&M) were paid €8.1 million last year, a 10% rise on the 2003 figure.

Tue, 10 May, 2005

iTouch pre-tax profits €5.3m in 2004

PRE-TAX profits at iTouch, the mobile phone streamed services provider, hit £3.7m (€5.3m) in 2004 ending the company’s years of cash burn and leaving it sitting on a net cash pile of £13.1m.

Wed, 16 Mar, 2005

iTouch to focus on 3G after profits announcement

Mobile content group iTouch has reported underlying pre-tax profits of £1.8m (€2.6m) for last year, after the group recorded losses of £13.5m (€19.3m) in 2003.

Tue, 15 Mar, 2005

IN&M spin-off iTouch delivers

MOBILE phone ringtone, competition line, horoscope and general content provider iTouch has hit a profits groove.

Wed, 24 Nov, 2004

iTouch revenues rise to €49.6m

iTouch revenues in the first half of 2004 rose by 31% to £33.8m (€49.6m) from £25.8m as pre-tax profits hit £1.1m against losses of £5.1m a year earlier.

Wed, 08 Sep, 2004

iTouch revenues up 49%

iTouch PLC posted its first quarterly pretax profit as revenues rose 49%.

Tue, 18 May, 2004

iTouch on track for profit in 2004

MOBILE information services provider iTouch has pushed revenues up by 88% in a year and is on course to make profits in early 2004.

Wed, 17 Mar, 2004

Independent tabloid sales flying

Independent News & Media said yesterday that average daily sales of the UK Independent had risen 8.7% since it launched a weekday tabloid edition.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2004

Independent sells papers for 88.7m

INDEPENDENT News & Media is to sell its regional newspapers in Britain for 88.7 million.

Fri, 12 Dec, 2003

Archant secure IN&M’s UK regionals

Independent News and Media has sold 23 of its London regional newspaper operations to Archant Regional Limited for £62.0m (€88.7m).

Thu, 11 Dec, 2003

ITouch cuts operating losses by £12m

ITOUCH has cut its operating losses from £12.7 million to £6,192 in the first nine months of the year and returned its first positive EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation).

Wed, 19 Nov, 2003

Independent blocked from selling titles

INDEPENDENT News and Media has been forbidden by the British Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) from selling eight of its regional newspaper titles in the London area to US publishers Gannett.

Wed, 22 Oct, 2003

IN&M may sell iTouch stake, says Merrion

INDEPENDENT News & Media could sell-off its controlling 38% stake in mobile phone messaging offshoot iTouch, Merrion Stockbrokers forecast yesterday.

Wed, 10 Sep, 2003

iTouch announces £47.8m losses ahead of Movilisto acquisition

LOSSES of £47.8m at iTouch outstripped turnover of £33.6m as a result of a £30m write-down of the value of acquisitions.

Wed, 26 Mar, 2003

Revenues at iTouch soar as firm focuses on costs controls

REVENUES at iTouch soared in the four months to September, while losses at the Independent News and Media offshoot were curtailed to £11 million.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2002