The owner of the Clayton and Maldron hotel chains has said it is hopeful of becoming the operator of a new 211-bedroom hotel due to be built on the site of the former Jury’s Hotel in Ballsbridge in Dublin.

Bjorn Borg AB, the underwear and sportswear label named after one of Sweden’s best-known tennis players, plans to expand in the UK, Germany and the US as it sets its sights on becoming a global brand.

Shares in Glanbia rose about 1.5% after the food firm said it was paying €181m to buy two more international firms.

Pat Rigney chose ‘remote and wild’ Drumshambo to distill gin and whiskey for world markets, writes Trish Dromey.

The immediate impact on Irish businesses over the last year has undoubtedly been the weakening of sterling, and although it recovered somewhat against the euro on January 17 after UK prime minister Theresa May’s speech, to 86.8p, it remains 24% below the level of November 2015.

In Ireland, Britvic said its wholesale distributor Counterpoint, “also performed well”. 

Carol O’Callaghan checks out a long-running exhibition where Irish design is attracting growing numbers of buyers from overseas and from the home market, too.

Hotel owners, publicans and restaurant owners in Dublin, and other key destinations, have been warned not to fleece foreign visitors if Ireland’s tourism industry is to keep growing.

Brexit may shave €32bn off European bank earnings through 2018, a 11% decline from what profits would have been without the economic shock, according to Goldman Sachs Group.

An increase in overseas visitors for the first five months of this year is helping to make 2016 a record breaking year for tourism.

Marketing software company HubSpot wants to create a business with “strong Dublin roots” after adding 320 new employees to its Irish workforce and moving into its new office space in the capital’s thriving Silicon Docks.

In response to Philip Jones (Irish Examiner, Letters, September 16), I never said there was a Muslim master-plan to take over Europe, but if Europe ignores its rapidly growing Muslim population, and opens its doors indefinitely to the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa, it is a matter of time before ‘Eurabia’ becomes reality. 

Analysts have expressed doubt over valuations being put on CRH’s UK-based brick business Ibstock.

The world’s largest spirits company Diageo reported a fall in sales of 1.5% for the first quarter of the year on the back of currency devaluations and weakened demand in China.

Kingspan is looking to double its revenue contribution from North America in the next five years.

The travel chaos caused by the French air traffic controllers strike is set worsen further today, with Ryanair predicting it will have to cancel the flights of thousands more of its Irish passengers.

The famous Teeling spirits dynasty is bringing whiskey-making back to Dublin after a near 40-year absence with a new €10m distillery.

Tourism figures have rebounded strongly in recent months, with the Government putting growth down to the success of its Gathering initiative.

THE INTERCITY train from Brussels arrived at Antwerp Central station a few minutes late and passengers pushed forward in a mad scramble to get aboard. A well-dressed man elbowed me out of the way, almost knocking an elderly woman in the crush. Seconds later, the rude man was exiting again, through the crowd, muttering loudly that he needed to be on another train, jostling past us to get off.

The number of visitors from the USA soared by more than 16% during the spring months, it emerged today.

DCC has today announced increases in revenue and operating profits for the six months ended September 30, 2012.

Home appliance maker Electrolux said today that its profits increased by 19% in third quarter, with sales growing in all markets expect Europe.

DCC has further strengthened its energy division through the €24.5m takeover of BP’s Benelux- based liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) operations.

The IGB yesterday released a statement in relation to the recent find of greyhound bodies in a Co Limerick quarry and revealed that they know the identity of the owners of some of the greyhounds.

Ruairi Quinn will be left in charge of Ireland while Enda Kenny and 16 ministers travel abroad to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.

Enda Kenny will jet off to the US today on a St Patrick’s mission to boost Ireland’s image to the world and attract foreign investment.

SENATORS and TDs will get a chance to see Brendan Gleeson’s Golden Globe-nominated performance for themselves after being given free copies of The Guard for Christmas.

INCREASING numbers of food exporters are capitalising on the growth in sales of private-label goods in central Europe, according to Bord Bia chief executive Aidan Cotter.

CRH has said that it will continue to pursue acquisitions, having already spent €200 million on bolt-on buys and investments during the first half of the year, and agreeing another deal worth nearly €100m.

THE outlook for CRH contains a lot of uncertainty. With operations in 35 countries and something like 3,700 locations uncertainty has to be factored into any assessment.

A FORECAST has found that total cereal production across the European Union this year should be close to the average of the last five years.

BRITISH building materials group SIG has reported a pre-tax loss of £55.3 million (€61.8m) for 2009, with its Irish operations again playing a negative role in overall performance.

Hewlett-Packard is to create 60 new jobs at its Global Solutions Centre in Belfield, Dublin, it was announced this morning.

Bank of Ireland Group today announced that it has raised €2.5bn of five-year funding through a senior unsecured Government guaranteed fixed rate transaction.

THE political leaders of the 27 EU countries will choose a president and foreign minister behind closed doors at a summit in Brussels tonight.

Irish online payments company 3V Transaction Services will launch its pay-as-you-go VISA voucher product in Canada following an announcement made during this week's Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Canada, led by Tánaiste Mary Coughlan

Irish online payments company 3V Transaction Services is set to launch its pay-as-you-go VISA voucher product in the Benelux region, the company said.

Insurance group Aviva fired the starting gun on a partial flotation of Dutch business Delta Lloyd today, in a move expected to raise at least £1bn (€1bn).

A CAMPAIGN by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association to highlight the crisis in the dairy sector will be brought to the gates of Government Buildings in Dublin today.

Bank of Ireland Group has raised €500m in term funding.

DESPITE the current economic turmoil, Ireland’s fastest growing technology company in 2008, Lincor Solutions in Cork, is making plans to keep growing in 2009 and beyond.