Construction still 'under pressure' Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland's construction sector remains under extreme pressure despite a marginal improvement in its downward trend, industry experts have said. | The latest RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Construction Market Survey showed the downturn eased slightly in the first quarter of 2...
Tourism industry hails retention of 9% VAT Irish Times | KITTY HOLLAND | THE TOURISM industry has welcomed the retention of the lower 9 per cent VAT rate across the sector until the end of next year. | The VAT rate on services sectors such as hotels, restaurants, leisure centres and attractions was reduced from 13.5 per cent last year as a "temporary me...
Northern Ireland's licensing laws need shaken up: Lord Mayor Niall O'Donnghaile Belfast Telegraph | The Lord Mayor of Belfast has said it is time to rethink the licensing laws in Northern Ireland so that the province can compete with its UK and European counterparts. | Niall O'Donnghaile was speaking after it emerged that a major Belfast nightclu...
AIB, Bank of Ireland payouts capped at Euro225,000 or two years' salary Irish Times | SIMON CARSWELL, Finance Correspondent | AIB AND Bank of Ireland have announced long-awaited details of voluntary redundancy payouts on offer to about 3,500 staff who could leave the two "pillar" banks. | The scale of the severance payments are cons...
Smooth media performer's version of events dismissed Irish Times | BARRY ROCHE | BACKGROUND: The jury was decisive in its verdict - taking just under 2˝ hours to find Fred Forsey guilty | THE CONVICTION of an Irish politician for corruption was always going to guarantee headlines. Few though could have predicted i...
Taoiseach underlines role of dialogue with unions Irish Times | MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent, in Killarney | SOCIAL DIALOGUE between the Government, unions and other groups has an important role in generating fresh thinking and new ideas, the Taoiseach has said. | At the biennial delegate conference of t...
Racism gets the green light Irish Times | MICK HEANEY | RADIO REVIEW : AT THE RISK of never being able to hail a cab again, it is probably safe to say that the prospect of agitated taxi drivers arguing about race for an hour is not everyone's idea of an enjoyable afternoon's radio. | But, ...
Irish boxing queen Gulf News | Qinhuangdao, China: Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor, who booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships last Wednesday, is going to be one of the faces of the Games. | The three-times world a...
EasyJet and Belfast International Airport respond to report BBC News A number of procedural failings have been highlighted in a report by the Air Accident Investigation Branch into the evacuation of an aircraft at Belfast International Airport. | On 6 January 2011, an Easyjet flight from Liverpool had to be evacuated ...
Bus survey finds roadworthiness defects and traffic offences BBC News Almost one quarter of buses tested in NI had a serious roadworthiness defect or were committing at least one serious traffic offence, a survey has found. | The figures were revealed by the Driver and Vehicle Agency in its first ever Northern Ireland ...
Harney for board of Indian firm Irish Times | PAUL CULLEN | FORMER MINISTER for health and leader of the Progressive Democrats Mary Harney has been appointed to the board of India's largest biotechnology company. | Ms Harney resigned as minister in January 2011 and retired from politics at the...
Breast-fed babies weaned later have less risk of obesity Irish Times | ALISON HEALY | CHILDREN WHO are breast-fed and weaned on to solid foods later have a much lower risk of obesity at nine years of age, according to research published today. | The study, in the journal of Social Science and Medicine, used data from Growing Up in Ireland, a Government-funded study following almost 20,000 children and their families...
