Using medication to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could be avoided if parents were trained to help them deal with their emotions and improve their social skills, a study suggests.

The Irish Stock Exchange, heavily influenced by outside forces like most elements of our economy, has seen some hard times of late. However, the stock exchange could become an integral part of our recovery, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

NEARLY six out of 10 parents who underwent a positive parenting course did not see their children’s behaviour as a problem six months later, new research has shown.

EIGHTY percent of children whose parents had attended a community parenting programme displayed a “substantial improvement” in their behaviour and schooling six months on.

MEMBERSHIP of an expert group which will advise the Government on the jobs market has been announced.

Financical Services Ireland (FSI), the IBEC affiliated group which represents the financial services industry has welcomed the decision by the Minister for Finance Brian Cowen to appoint Pádraig Ó Ríordáin — managing partner at solicitors firm Arthur Cox — to lead the reform of Irish financial law.

Financial Services Ireland (FSI), the national financial services industry body, has today warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin, to reform migration procedures.

IRELAND’S immigration rules need radical reform to fast-track visa applications for overseas finance workers, it was claimed yesterday.

Ireland’s immigration rules need radical reform to fast-track visa applications for overseas finance workers, it was claimed today.

FINANCIAL SERVICES IRELAND (FSI) yesterday called for the Government to put in place special migration policy measures for the financial services sector to allow non-EU nationals to enter the Irish labour market.

Dublin: Financial Services Ireland (FSI), the IBEC-backed lobby group for financial services companies, has called for greater transparency on the costs of IFSRA, the financial services regulator.

Employers, trade unions and religious leaders have joined forces today in a call for asylum seekers to be given the right to work six months after they apply to stay in Ireland.