Up to 40 jobs will be axed with the announcement by the Alpha Newspaper Group that it is to shut down three of its titles in the Midlands.

WHETHER building homes, jetting holidaymakers off to the sun or ensuring shops are stocked with the nation’s favourite cuppa, Irish entrepreneurs are in a class of their own.

THE Leinster Leader group of newspapers is on the market with a price tag of more than €100 million.

FORMER Ulster Unionist MP John Taylor is set to take control of the Athlone Voice, a midlands regional newspaper.