Mobile phone company Three Ireland is to make 160 of its staff redundant in its headquarters and across its retail operations.

Some 160 jobs are to made redundant at telecommunications company Three Ireland as part of restructuring in the wake of its takeover of O2.

Football Association of Ireland boss John Delaney has submitted to the icy deluge of an #IceBucketChallenge - and dedicated it to Roy Keane.

Dublin: Last month saw Aer Lingus Regional — the airline’s secondary destination service, operated by Stobart Air (Aer Arann) — have up its 12th consecutive month of growth, with more than 130,000 passengers carried.

Three Ireland has completed the acquisition of O2 in Ireland, which was previously owned by Telefonica.

It will take about a year for UPC to get its mobile phone network up and running and become Ireland’s second operator to offer TV, broadband, telephone and mobile in a single package.

The takeover of O2 by Three approved by the European Commission could have negative consequences for Irish consumers, ComReg has warned.

Customer numbers jumped by almost 18% at Three Ireland during the first half of 2013, with the mobile communications company also reaching break-even point — on an EBITDA basis — for the first time in its eight year history.

The speed at which Three Ireland has tied up a deal for O2 Ireland — competition approval permitting — amply illustrates the company’s determination to grow here, its ability to flex some financial muscle when necessary, and its ambition to become clear market leader inside the next decade.

Mobile communications company Three Ireland has reached agreement to buy rival O2 in an €850m deal that will make it the second largest player in the market.

The mobile phone company O2 Ireland has been bought by Three in a deal worth up to €850m.

Mobile communications company Three Ireland slashed its annual losses by over 30% last year, while increasing revenues and market share.

Four mobile phone companies are to pay the State more than €850m to provide next generation mobile services.

An agreement between 3 and Vodafone to share their Irish networks is expected to save the two mobile phone operators €500m.

CHEESE producers Helen and Robert Finnegan of Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese are expanding the distribution of their award-winning cheeses in Britain.

AN expected explosion of the smartphone market in Ireland means the mobile operator 3 is recruiting 50 people.

Mobile phone company 3 is to create 50 jobs with the expansion of its operations in Ireland.

Mobile broadband provider, Three, is to create 50 new jobs.

Irish international Kevin Doyle was on hand to launch to a special fund to aid the grassroots development of Irish football today.

AS chief executive officer of the PGA European Tour, George O’Grady, enjoys a lifestyle that most of us can only dream of.

THE FUTURE of the Irish Open Championship hangs in the balance after telecommunications company 3 yesterday dropped their sponsorship of the tournament.

HIGH-ACHIEVING graduates of Waterford Institute of Technology are to be honoured at a new event in the college next month.

Mobile phone operator 3 and the FAI have announced a sponsorship agreement, worth €7.5m over four years, which sees 3 become the primary sponsor of the Irish national football team and all international squads.

KERRY is set to capitalise on the huge international publicity given to the 3 Irish Open Golf Championship, held in Killarney.

THE chief executive of Irish Open sponsors 3 is remaining tight lipped over the venue – and timing – for next year’s event.

KILLARNEY, which has just successfully hosted the 3 Irish Open golf championship, may be the venue again next year.

KILLARNEY and the 3 Irish Open in midsummer… it’s a mouth watering proposition and everything points to a great week on the shores of Lough Leane.

YOU can sense the air of optimism amongst those connected with the 3 Irish Open but nobody is insisting that all past difficulties have been resolved.

INTER-COUNTY GAA teams remain a worthwhile investment for potential sponsors despite the grim economic environment, according to Robert Finnegan, chief executive of mobile phone operators, 3.

Waterford GAA has received a considerable boost with the confirmation of mobile phone network 3 as the county's sponsors for the next two years

A lucrative new sponsorship deal between the mobile phone company 3 Ireland and the Waterford County GAA Board was officially signed off yesterday and will embrace all of the Déise teams in both hurling and football over the next two seasons.

SPORTS writers like nothing better than second guessing thes electors charged with picking teams for major events.

IT WAS only after “robust discussions” between sponsors ‘3’ and the European Tour that the August Bank Holiday was agreed as the date for next year’s Irish Open Golf Championship to be played for the third time over the Killeen Course at Killarney.

Mobile broadband provider 3 has today announced it has surpassed 150,000 mobile broadband customers in Ireland.

SOME straight talking can be expected on June 11 when European Tour chief executive George O’Grady meets with Robert Finnegan, his counterpart at 3, the global mobile phone company that sponsored the Irish Open at Baltray last month.

MOBILE Phone giant ‘3’ are to sponsor Irish Open champion Shane Lowry.

THE clerk of the weather did all in his power to destroy the 3 Irish Open and inflict untold damage on it for many years to come.

IRISH Open sponsors 3 are targeting the week before next year’s British Open at St Andrews as the new date for their championship. It is probably the most coveted week on the calendar.

EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has been given a third wild card for next year’s match at Celtic Manor in Wales.

PAUL McGINLEY has confirmed his participation in The 3 Irish Open at Baltray next month.

The Irish Open is to be sponsored for the next three years by mobile network 3, with prize money increased by nearly €500,000 to €3m.

The Government is to invest €223m in providing broadband to rural areas, creating some 170 jobs in the process.

A €44m deal agreed between mobile media network 3 and BT will deliver faster 3G mobile broadband for business people and householders in Cork, according to both groups.

CHEAPER roaming rates will apply from the end of August for Irish mobile phone users travelling abroad.