It was a simple and dignified ceremony, straight-forward and to the point with little or no fuss, one he himself would have been proud of.

Bandon, €298,000

Parallel Cities takes its audience into functional spaces around Cork, reports Colette Sheridan

SPECIALIST independent newspaper printers Web-print Concepts pushed pre-tax profits up by 10% to €2.5 million in 2010.

WINNING All-Ireland titles comes easily to some parts of the country, and Kilkenny were at it once again in glorious conditions at Tullamore yesterday.

ALL the drama and excitement associated with the Bulmers Irish Cups and Shields came very much to the fore at Kenmare Golf Club when Nenagh and Douglas qualified for the national finals of the Jimmy Bruen and Pierce Purcell Shields.

THERE are areas in the country where property prices are head and shoulders above average — even in a downturn.

CORK-based printing firm Webprint Concepts saw pre-tax profits quadruple last year.

WHETHER building homes, jetting holidaymakers off to the sun or ensuring shops are stocked with the nation’s favourite cuppa, Irish entrepreneurs are in a class of their own.

FORMER CRH chief executive Tony Barry told the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday he was oblivious of the financial relationship between the group’s deceased chairman, Des Traynor, and former Taoiseach Charles Haughey.

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Brendan Larkin

TOMORROW’S Dr Harty Cup tie between Farranferris and St Joseph’s (Borrisoleigh) could be a nostalgic affair.

TOMORROW’S Dr Harty Cup tie between Farranferris and St Joseph’s (Borrisoleigh) could be a nostalgic affair.

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BARRY’S TEA has entered a joint venture arrangement with Bank of Scotland’s ICC Venture Capital arm to spend €62.25m to buy Batchelor’s and Beck Smith, the Irish operations of British giant Northern Foods.

BARRY’S TEA is on course to make its first major acquisition with the €60m purchase of Batchelor Canned Foods from troubled British company Northern Foods.

GREENCORE’S top brass got a grilling from disgruntled shareholders at yesterday’s AGM who questioned the poor share price performance and the level of financial rewards paid to the chairman and the chief executive.