Dublin’s Rory O’Carroll will consider quitting Gaelic football if he suffers another concussion.

GREECE: A Greek court has convicted a dead man of stealing electricity from a power company, giving him a six-month suspended jail sentence. 

Eight people died when a small airliner crashed while trying to land at an airport in northern Bolivia.

In the wake of John Conlon’s serious concussion, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland (ABI) have warned lack of education about head trauma will lead to serious damage of young sports players.

Technology has revolutionised what we measure about ourselves. But is all that tracking good for our health?

Britain's Environment Secretary Owen Paterson attacked the insurance industry today for causing flood victims “alarm” after 200,000 householders were warned they could lose their home cover.

Britain’s beleaguered towns and villages were dealt a further blow today as more rain battered the country and 200,000 householders were warned they could lose their home insurance policies.

The family of the first Irish child to get a bionic ear are preparing to take him to a leading US clinic for specialist aftercare.

Barclays was accused of ignoring anger over bonuses and running “business as usual” as it revealed a £1.5bn (€1.8bn) pot for investment bankers yesterday.

The greatest gift three-year-old Donnacha Geary will get is to know one day his twin brother will be able to hear him say he loves him.

The bonus plans of Britain's biggest banks were under the spotlight again today as the City watchdog revealed it was stepping up pressure to curb excessive payouts.

It can no longer be "business as usual" for UK banks when they decide how much to pay out in bonuses this year, an influential shareholder group warned today.

Cormac O’Keeffe says advances in cars and mobile phones may compromise right to privacy

Taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group is expected to face tough questions at its annual meeting tomorrow over a multi-million-pound pay deal for its new chief executive.

Thomas Cook shareholders rebuked the company’s board today for shifting bonus targets in the wake of the volcanic ash cloud.

FORMER Leinster hooker John Fogarty believes players should be allowed to leave the field in order to be assessed for concussion.

TOP rugby stars are warning sports enthusiasts not to ignore the dangerous side effects of concussion which could lead to permanent brain injuries.

ON behalf of Headway, the national association for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), I would like to express my disappointment at the apparent mismanagement of funds in relation to the care of brain-injured patients in the public health system as highlighted in your report headlined ‘Security bill for patient heading for €1 million’ (September 13).

Oil giant BP today signalled it would press on with a controversial Canadian tar sands project despite facing a showdown with environmental campaigners and shareholders.

Oil giant BP faces a showdown with environmental campaigners over controversial Canadian oil sand projects when it holds its annual shareholder meeting today.

Consumer confidence in the UK took a dive during the final quarter of 2009 as people worried about their job security, research showed today.

IRISH drinks group C&C could use its newly cemented strategic agreement with industry giant, Anheuser Busch-InBev (ABI) to boost its Magners cider brand in international markets, over the long-term.

Drinks group C&C is to acquire the Irish, Northern Irish and Scottish businesses of Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), including the Tennent’s brands, for £180m (€205m), the company announced this morning.

Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester's move to defer part of his £9.6m (€11.14m) pay package for an extra two years was welcomed today by a shareholder lobby group.

Furious investors are calling for Royal Dutch Shell bosses to hand back recent bonuses amid an escalating row over the oil giant’s pay awards, according to reports today.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell suffered a dramatic shareholder revolt today amid fury over its recent pay awards.

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell could face protests over its huge awards for top directors despite failing to meet performance targets, it was revealed today.

British bank Barclays said today that executive directors will not receive any annual bonus this year as the bank seeks to pacify investors over its £7bn (€8.3bn) fundraising.

Barclays’ plans to tap Middle Eastern investors for a multi-billion boost came under mounting pressure today as a major shareholder group raised concerns over the deal.

Bradford & Bingley’s major shareholders were today stepping in to salvage the lender’s £400m (€505m) funding plan after a US private equity firm walked away from the deal.

Marks & Spencer bowed to investor pressure today by unveiling a series of concessions over the proposed promotion of boss Stuart Rose.

Marks & Spencer is today expected to offer a series of concessions to investors over its controversial plans to promote chief executive Stuart Rose.

PLACING brain injury sufferers in psychiatric hospitals and nursing homes is hindering their recovery by preventing them from living independent lives, it was claimed yesterday.

Ryanair has written to the Association of British Insurers ABI to urge them to introduce risk assessed consumer travel insurance policies based on airline performance.

AS members of psychological services working with Headway, the National Association for Brain Injury, we noted with interest Evelyn Ring’s article (June 28)on acquired brain injury (ABI) funding.

Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose will have to meet tougher targets to earn this year’s potential £4.2m (€6.2m) share bonus after the retailer succumbed to shareholder pressure, it emerged today.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has admitted to Labour TD Michael D Higgins that funding provided nationally for people with acquired brain injury (ABI) is inadequate.

ACQUIRED brain injury (ABI) has become Ireland’s hidden epidemic because survivors cannot seek the services they need and their families are too exhausted to come forward, Barbara O’Connell, chief executive of the Peter Bradley Foundation, claimed yesterday.

An insurance firm is offering investors the chance to bet against a catastrophic flood devastating London.

I HAVE been attempting in recent times to highlight the contribution of Irish-based insurance companies to our poor road safety record by insuring provisional licence-holders to drive cars unaccompanied by a qualified driver.

JUST 10 months ago, Sinead Mangan spent her days locked in a psychiatric ward, where she spent most of the time sleeping.

Insurers in Britain today moved to reassure families hit by the Asian tsunami disaster that they would not have to wait years for a life policy pay-out.

Beleaguered engineering firm Jarvis took another step in its restructuring today by agreeing to sell its Private Finance Initiative bidding operations.

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is facing an investor rebellion over a pay settlement for ousted chairman Peter Davis, it was reported today.