The public is split on whether it can stomach a tax to help cut the country’s sugar addiction — despite nine in 10 people accepting the move is key to winning Ireland’s obesity battle.

Hopes of an international compromise on the Syrian crisis fuelled gains on the FTSE 100 Index as oil prices also eased back from recent highs.

Popular soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena are to be swallowed by Orangina Schweppes owner Suntory for €1.6bn.

Soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena could be bought by Japan’s Suntory Beverage & Food within days in a deal worth more than £1bn.

The head of drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has sought to blame a handful of senior managers for corruption allegations it is facing in China and said the company itself had been a victim of their actions.

Drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena were today reported to be a £1bn takeover target for the owner of Irn-Bru.

PARENTS are rubbish human beings who get everything wrong as they blunder about paying the mortgage and the bills and putting food on the table.

GlaxoSmith Kline, a major manufacturer of anti-diabetes drugs, has decided to sell its Lucozade and Ribena brands — a move that coincides with the release of a major study that shows drinking one can of fizzy drinks a day increases the likelihood of contracting diabetes by 20%.

Household drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena are set to be put up for sale for as much as €1.1bn, it was reported today.

GlaxoSmithKline has put iconic drinks Lucozade and Ribena under review as it looks for the “best ways to ensure their continued growth”.

The makers of Lucozade and Ribena are to reduce the amount of sugar and calories in their drinks by up to 10% as part of efforts to curb obesity levels.

Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline unveiled a deal today to buy the company behind Maximuscle protein shakes used by rugby player Gavin Henson, cricket star Stuart Broad and footballer Jermaine Jenas.

Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce plans to axe up to 4,000 jobs this week as part of its ongoing restructuring, it was reported today.

THE makers of blackcurrant drink, Ribena, were yesterday fined the equivalent of €117,330 after two schoolgirls found the product contained almost no trace of Vitamin C.

Global drugs and health drinks company GlaxoSmithKline has been fined in New Zealand for misleading advertising after two science students found its iconic blackcurrant drink Ribena contained no detectable vitamin C.

Advertising agency M&C Saatchi was celebrating a successful first year on the stock market today after signing new contracts with Halfords and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Soft drinks companies may consider new labelling for their products after two leading brands were today declared fit for Muslims to consume after five months of tests.

“WHAT a wonderful way to begin a new school year,” Sheenagh Brennan said yesterday after learning she’s top of the class with her pupils.