French shopping centre owner Klepierre raised its takeover offer for rival Hammerson, but the London-listed company said it still undervalued its worth and advised shareholders to reject it.

Dr Anna Clarke,  health promotion and research manager for Diabetes Ireland, tells us about her working day. 

I’m writing this just a few dozen hours before Barack Obama steps down and I’m reminded of how often he and his wife seemed to talk about food.

The Irish arm of US retail clothing giant Gap outperformed the firm’s global business last year as pre-tax profits increased to €863,215.

Three of the world’s best-known clothing brands, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein last year posted increased sales in Ireland, but their profits performance is mixed.

What is it really like on board the world’s biggest cruise ship? Hilary Fennell finds out as she boards Harmony of the Seas for its inaugural sailing.

From watery Viking adventues to the antics of the animal kingdom (dead and alive), the capital has loads to entertain and educate the kids, writes Esther N McCarthy

Family members and friends of the seven injured Berkeley balcony collapse victims are taking part in a 72-hour cycle in a bid to raise funds for spiralling health costs.

Dr Patrick Tunney is a consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist at Orwell Clinic, Dublin.

Joique Bell’s arms stretch behind his head as if pulled by an individual rope.

Men in the UK are already spending up to €840 million on grooming and marketeers are adamant that men will yet take to cosmetics in the same way that they’ve taken to moisturisers. Caomhan Keane decided to give man make up a twirl...

When model Roz Purcell asked ex-footballer-turned-designer Pat Morley to create ‘that’ blue suit for the VIP awards, it was the beginning of a fashion sensation, writes Liz Dunphy.

Elaine O’Hara had a deep and disturbing interest in the world of submissive relationships, but her real-life interactions were sporadic and seldom lasted long, reports Noel Baker.

The Graham Dwyer trial yesterday heard from two men who met Elaine O’Hara through a website catering for alternative sexual tastes. The murder trial jury also saw Ms O’Hara’s profile page from that website, in which she said she hoped to meet someone caring.

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard from two men, who met Elaine O’Hara through a website that caters for alternative sexual tastes.

Graham Dwyer's murder trial has been hearing evidence from a man who says he met childcare worker Elaine O'Hara on a sex web site.

Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of US retail clothing giant Gap last year increased by 77% to €1.67m, the latest data reveals.

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Twenty-six new HMV stores are to open around the country as specialist ‘shop-in-shop’ projects within Xtra-vision outlets in the coming months.

Several buildings in central Dublin which were used by rebel leaders during the 1916 uprising are to be saved from the wreckers' ball, it has been announced.

Wicklow company Actus Mobile Solutions is a small start-up company with a big ambition.

Paul McShane was planning a trip to Dundrum Shopping Centre when The Call came through.

THE busy South Cork guild at Innishannon got the past year off to an altruistic start with two whist card drives which raised proceeds for the Bandon Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber and Rehab.

One of the golden circle of businessmen lent money by Anglo Irish Bank to buy shares in the rogue lender has been ordered to help a fraud investigation.

THE Government is refusing to put a figure on the number of people who will be put back to work by next week’s jobs budget, describing it as a “small first step” in dealing with the unemployment crisis.

NANDO’S, the popular South African restaurant chain which specialises in peri-peri chicken, is to open its first outlet outside Dublin at Mahon Point shopping centre.

THE Carlton site on Dublin’s O’Connell Street has been approved for a €900 million large scale retail development following a ruling by An Bord Pleanála.

A 15-year-old girl, who ransacked an elderly man’s bedroom after he had allowed her into his home to use the toilet, has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A MTV boss has branded Peaches Geldof a "monster" regarding her behaviour while filming a new documentary.

A GALWAY County Councillor is among 33 traders named and shamed for breaching consumer laws in a list published by the National Consumer Agency (NCA) yesterday.

THE Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, said he and Fine Gael will put their differences behind them until after the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and work together for a yes vote.

THE mother of model Katy French, who lived and died in the media spotlight, says she is still in the dark as to the circumstances surrounding her daughter’s death.

THERE was no need for a steward’s inquiry in Ireland’s most award-winning winter hunt race yesterday.

IT WAS a tough few days afterwards, guys trying to get over it — you’re playing things over and over in your head. More than anything though, a lot of us felt that we left people down, the manner in which we lost.

Mobile phone operator Meteor has reached the 750,000 customer milestone, it was revealed today.

HOUSE of Fraser’s only Irish shop is performing well, yet the company has no plans for expansion in Ireland.

WATERFORD will have its very own Dundrum-style shopping centre within three years if permission is granted for a newly-proposed €100 million project.

A Northern Irish company specialising in the manufacture and installation of interiors to the retail and leisure sectors is celebrating the award of a new contract in Tralee, Co Kerry.

Dublin's flagship regeneration and development schemes are to be promoted to international property investors at the world's leading real estate industry forum and global marketplace, MIPIM.

The Irish retail market is set for another bumper year during 2005 as a result of the strength of growth in the stock of shopping centre space, a new report from DTZ Sherry FitzGerald said today.