AS many as 25,000 businesses will not exist in 10 years time unless they become much more competitive, the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland warned yesterday.

GOVERNMENT policy to retain a 25% stake in Aer Lingus is a recipe for disaster, the company’s former chief executive Willie Walsh warned yesterday.

BUSINESS leaders are furious at the Government over complaints of rip-off Ireland and believe the State should take its share of the blame.