The Real Cost of Cancer Report, commissioned by the Society, highlights how ongoing illness disrupts employment, leading to an average drop in income of €1,527 per month.

Members of the European Parliament have voted to ban the use of bots to mass-purchase tickets for sporting and entertainment events.

No prior warning was given to the Government by UCC and Cork Institute of Technology about their decision to withdraw funding and staffing from an award-winning start-up business hub in which the Naval Service was a joint partner.

A minister has admitted “confidence is eroding” in the gardaí following the latest revelations that a further 500,000 breath tests were false.

Any new version of the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement will repeat the failures of the current model unless the Government changes the funding and staffing arrangements too, a leading anti-corruption watchdog has warned.

The Government has announced a €20m fund under its Action Plan for Rural Development aimed at supporting “measures which have a clear economic impact on rural towns and villages”.

The IDA is likely to renew its push for more resources, to help it accentuate its promotion of Ireland as an investment location, when it formally meets Jobs and Enterprise Minister Mary Mitchell-O’Connor in the coming weeks to review its strategy and performance.

A digital marketing and gaming ‘corridor’ and an export-orientated artisan food ‘cluster’ are among 48 entrepreneurial projects set to benefit from €5m worth of fresh funding for regional job creation from Enterprise Ireland.

The Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton says anyone found to be evading tax will be prosecuted.

It has emerged today that Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton has met with the President of the High Court, in a bid to reign in insurance pay-outs.

A high-level delegation from Cork Chamber, the Irish Aviation Authority and officials from Dublin and Cork airports met the US ambassador to Ireland yesterday as part of intense efforts to secure the first transatlantic flights from Cork.

The Government is launching an action plan for jobs for the Mid-East region this morning.

A €24m surge in the value of weapons and military items exported to foreign countries has prompted concern about Ireland sending goods to nations with poor human rights records.

When it comes to brussels sprouts, the perennial joke is that you couldn’t pay some people to eat them but what is no joke is the fact that it sometimes doesn’t pay farmers to grow them.

The Government’s national enterprise policy which was announced yesterday is almost certain to become part of its general election manifesto next spring.

A landmark decision that two iconic multinationals, Fiat and Starbucks, avoided paying their fair share of tax, facilitated by the Luxembourg and Dutch authorities, respectively, may be appealed to the European Court of Justice.

Labour TDs have hailed a 50c increase in the minimum wage as a major victory, despite trade unions pushing for a bigger boost to €10 an hour.

The Department of Jobs has blamed an “administrative error” after Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton’s private secretary embarrassingly addressed a nationally renowned baker as “Mr Bread”.

A renewed effort will be made today to tell small businesses about government schemes that can give them a helping hand.

Former tánaiste Mary Harney last night denied she halted a probe into offshore tax accounts because prominent PD Des O’Malley’s name was on a list of people allegedly involved and that every opportunity had been afforded the investigation to finish its work.

The rules of engagement between employee and employer are undergoing major overhaul. A system that is no longer useful is being transformed. As a result, disputes between workers and their bosses should be resolved much more rapidly.

The country's largest trade union SIPTU has backed protests against water charges, and said it would begin talks with other unions about peaceful demonstrations against the charges.

More criminal prosecutions of companies that break consumer protection laws are on the way, Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton has promised.

Ministers have refused to apologise for the chaotic launch of Irish Water despite its head, John Tierney, finally saying sorry for the mess.

IDA Ireland "has given up on many parts of the country" even though it punches above its weight in attracting investment into Ireland.

Contracts worth €10m were secured during a trade mission to Australia, Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton has announced.

Ireland will not surrender to international pressure over its lucrative corporation tax rate, Jobs Minister Richard Bruton pledged.

Phone companies and banks top the list of businesses causing concern, confusion, and complaints among customers, according to the National Consumer Agency helpline.

Irish travel software firm Datalex has opened a new office in Beijing.

Entrepreneurship is on the rise, with a study showing nearly 70% more people set up their own business last year than in 2012.

511 companies have closed so far this year, a loss of 5,000 to 10,000 jobs, according to the latest Company Registration Office figures.

Hoteliers have launched a High Court challenge against a government decision to retain a Joint Labour Committee to determine pay and conditions for those working in the sector outside of Dublin and Cork City.

The Government, via Enterprise Ireland, has launched a €500,000 fund aimed at stimulating start-up growth in the aviation and manufacturing sectors.

In the midst of considerable chaos, fear and uncertainty over the past six years, one industry has stood out like a beacon of light for the economy — agri-food.

Pay will dominate the union agenda as conference season nears, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The absence of transatlantic flights from Cork Airport is costing the county jobs, the developer of a huge office campus at the centre of Cork’s latest jobs boost has warned.

Cork savoured another high-end jobs boost yesterday — bringing to over 700 the number of new jobs announced for the city in a week.

A global giant that quit manufacturing in Ireland in 2008 has returned with a bang — creating 500 jobs at a global business services centre in Cork.