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Declan LynchThe bookies were everywhere in RTE's coverage of Punchestown, as you'd expect.
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Irish rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll was celebrating for two reasons last night after the former captain won a bet placed...
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Robin Schiller and Kevin DoyleRTÉ has admitted that its listeners "could have been more clearly reminded" of a...
Robin Schiller RTE have admitted that their listeners “could have been more clearly reminded” of a promotion between the Ryan Tubridy radio show and a bookmaker.
Luke Byrne RTÉ is coming under heavy criticism after Ryan Tubridy’s radio show failed to make it clear to listeners that its Cheltenham coverage was sponsored by a bookmaker.
Fergus McDonnell And we're off. The 9.15 at Westmanstown is a sort of all-aged bumper run mostly on the flat but with a few obstacles which the 350-odd runners may or may not negotiate. It begins with a 30-...
Declan Lynch The horse was called Good Prospect, running at Cheltenham in the days when I'd have to cycle to one of the bookmakers in Athlone on my way from school, to place a bet. Good Prospect was 10/1,...
WITH Cheltenham just days away, Irish betting firm Paddy Power celebrated champion jockey Ruby Walsh’s imminent return to the saddle from injury in fitting style, with a huge tribute to him in Dublin.
Michael Verney JP McManus bids to build on Edwulf's remarkable Irish Gold Cup win last Sunday when the Limerick owner makes a three-pronged attack at tomorrow's Betfair Hurdle at Newbury, led by the Willie...
Independent.ie Newsdesk Paddy Power says the odds-on favourite name to be chosen by reality TV star Kylie Jenner for her baby is Butterfly.
In 2016, Kenny (66) stepped down from the board of Paddy Power after 28 years with the company he co-founded and helped turn into a €10bn gambling industry phenomenon with rapid international expansion, booming profits and an irreverent attitude. He is a backer of successful car parts website, MicksGarage.com.
John Mulligan The head of Paddy Power Betfair's Sportsbet business in Australia, Cormac Barry, has jumped ship to become the chief executive of Car Trawler.
Ellie Donnelly Paddy Power Betfair will announce third quarter results on Wednesday, the first covering the period since the announcement of Breon Corcoran's planned departure as chief executive.
Ravender Sembhy The struggling owner of the Frankie & Benny's restaurant chain is expected to report another fall in profits next week.
Independent.ie Newsdesk Three punters have been paid out by a bookmaker which accepted bets on the specific time of John Terry's first-half substitution at 100-1.
It might be a long shot now but if Arsenal do manage to nab their usual place in the top four this season, it will complete a monster, and hugely profitable 10-part accumulator for one Irish punter.
Richard Curran It sounded like the biggest snub to Irish beef in 20 years. Not since Russia decided to refuse beef from three counties of Ireland because of BSE in the late 1990s had there been such an affront to Irish...
Gavin McLoughlin CRH boss Albert Manifold has topped the Sunday Independent's survey of top Irish bosses' pay for the second year in a row. The leader of Ireland's biggest company earned more than €11m in 2016, a...
Independent.ie Newsdesk A Cork punter is celebrating today after his €35 accumulator netted him a cool €220,000.
John Mulligan Paddy Power Betfair will "probably" look to return cash to shareholders if it doesn't pursue acquisitions as it seeks to internationalise its business, according to ceo Breon Corcoran.
Independent.ie Newsdesk A Dublin punter faces an anxious night by the television with the result of tonight's Premier League clash between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth deciding whether he is €132k richer by this time...
Richard Curran Stewart Kenny, co-founder and former director of betting giant Paddy Power, really let the cat out of the bag when details emerged this week in the UK of what he said about Fixed Odds...
Michael Cogley The co-founder of betting giant Paddy Power urged the government not to legalise a terminal that would allow gamblers to bet £100 (€120) every 20 seconds.
Independent.ie Business Desk The co-founder of betting giant Paddy Power urged the Government not to legalise a terminal that would allow gamblers to bet £100 (€120) every 20 seconds.
John Mulligan Two former Eircom executives, a high-ranking Vodafone veteran, and the previous boss of O2 Ireland, Danuta Gray (pictured), are behind a new company that aims to deliver super-fast broadband...
Two golfers achieved an amazing double when they both sank a hole-in-one on the same hole.
Independent.ie newsdesk Irish betting giant Paddy Power and UK firm Betfair have reached an agreement on the terms of a planned €7.5bn merger between the two companies.
Sarah McCabe A Paddy Power manager was gifted with a €600,000 unsecured, interest-free loan last year.
George Hook I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid of dying; worried about the where, the when and the how. At my age, bookmaker Paddy Power would probably not offer much better than even money on...
Declan Lynch We may have to look at this again. We may have to start tweaking that old line about Paddy's contribution to the world being mainly in the areas of literature and music and theatre and all those fine things.
John Mulligan Betfair shareholders have been urged by an influential investor advisory body not to approve chief executive Breon Corcoran's bumper £11.6m (€15.7m) pay packet at the company's annual...
Gavin McLoughlin Betfair boss Breon Corcoran and Paddy Power go back a long way.
Ian McClean I have greater sympathy now for how poor Oisín must have felt on his return from Tír na nÓg. I fritter off for a few weeks' vacation and, upon my return, the three headlines illuminating racing's landscape involve Paddy Power merging with Betfair; Aidan O'Brien leaving Ballydoyle; and rapidly ascending rookie trainer Olly...
Nick Webb and Sarah McCabe Paddy Power now has 207 'millionaire' shareholders after markets reacted positively to plans to create a €7.5bn gambling giant by merging with rival Betfair.
John Meagher It all started with a sky-diving nun. Nancy Ashmawy had heard of such an individual leaping out of an airplane and thought, "I'd love to do that".
Peter Flanagan Investment bankers can be a chatty bunch. The business world is full of stories about major deals finding their way into the public domain as a result of conversations among bankers.
Gavin McLoughlin Here are the business stories you need to know about this morning:
John Mulligan Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is to reward its shareholders with an €80m windfall when it joins forces with UK company Betfair to create the world's largest online betting firm.
John Mulligan The world's biggest online betting group is set to emerge from the planned €7.5bn merger between Paddy Power and UK firm Betfair.
Gavin McLoughlin Colourful bookmaker Paddy Power has agreed in principle the key terms of a possible merger with internet betting exchange Betfair.
Gavin McLoughlin Paddy Power chairman and outgoing Smurfit Kappa CEO Gary McGann took up a role on the board of Sicon - holding company for the construction activities of the Sisk Group - earlier this month,...
Sole Power will have a new man on top when he goes for his third triumph in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Friday.
Sarah McCabe Around 30 people have left bookmaker Paddy Power with severance packages, with others reshuffled into different jobs, after some employees were found to be doing the same jobs at its Dublin...
John Mulligan Ireland is "desperately in danger" of damaging its educational fabric and losing competitiveness unless the Government boosts capital spending, one of the country's most prominent veteran business...
Aodhan O'Faolain Roy Keane's legal action against bookmaker Paddy Power over the firms alleged use of his face on a mocked up image of 'Braveheart' will be heard by the Commercial Court the big business division of...
Roy Keane is suing bookmaker Paddy Power over a Braveheart billboard promotion.
Independent.ie Newsdesk Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane is suing bookmakers Paddy Power over the firm using his face on a mocked up image of 'Braveheart'.
Freya Drohan Bookie giant Paddy Power has slashed odds that tv presenter Miriam O'Callaghan will become the next President.
Independent.ie Newsdesk This one could raise an eyebrow or two.
It was Paddy Power's aggressive policy of expansion as well as its irreverent guerrilla marketing that transformed it from local betting shop business to global betting giant.
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Independent.ie Newsdesk Paddy Power clearly haven't learned anything after their highly controversial Oscar Pistorius promotion last year. Not all publicity is good publicity.
Former Ulster Bank boss Cormac McCarthy, who ran the bank during the boom as it racked up billions of euro of bad loans to developers - including Sean Dunne - has just bagged a €2.2m bonus.
John Mulligan Shares in UK gaming group Betfair, which is headed by former Paddy Power executive Breon Corcoran, soared as much as 18pc after it raised its profit guidance and delivered strong third-quarter results.
John Mulligan You'd be forgiven for thinking that Paddy Power and its rival Ladbrokes operate in completely separate markets.
Donal O'Donovan A Sinn Féin proposal to hike betting tax would destroy 5,000 jobs and make the bookmaking industry here unviable, Goodbody Stockbrokers has warned in a report.
John Mulligan Paddy Power investors have been dealt a winning hand after the company reported record profits and unveiled plans to dish out over €392m to shareholders.
Jamie Merrill A high-street betting chain is targeting ethnic minority communities with controversial fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs), according to new research from a fair gambling charity in the UK.
Nick Webb and Paul O'Donoghue Some of Ireland's biggest listed companies - ranging from bookmaker Paddy Power to drinks giant C&C and food behemoth Kerry group - have subsidiaries or joint ventures in tax havens, Sunday Independent research has found.
The opening of the legal case between Rory McIlroy and his former agent was deferred in Dublin today, as lawyers said they were seeking to narrow the issues between the two sides.
David Ginola's unlikely bid for the FIFA presidency suffered two major hitches on day one.
David Ginola's unlikely bid for the FIFA presidency suffered two major hitches on day one.
Martyn Ziegler David Ginola is to announce on Friday that he wants to stand against Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency.
Richard Forristal Willie Mullins is poised to make full use of the programme book after entering Vautour in a Grade Two novices' chase at Leopardstown on Sunday, a race in which last year's Cheltenham Festival hero could theoretically face his Christmas conqueror Clarcam.
