The directory enquiries number 11890 has announced that it will provide free services to all eircom landline callers for a fixed period of three months until the end of Apil this year.

TULLOW OIL made pre-tax profits of €33.1m (£22.6m) in the first half of this year, up more than 50% on the same period last year.

Shares in oil and gas exploration group Tullow Oil today climbed more than 11% after it unveiled plans to buy a bigger South African-based counterpart.