IT’S the little village with the big name — renowned far and wide for certain mysterious movements.

More than 20 staff at a Donegal bakery barricaded themselves into the building last night after a stand-off with officials from the Revenue Commissioners.

There is hope this evening that 40 of the 124 jobs lost at Gallagher's Bakery in Co Donegal this week can be saved, after management at the company met the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta.

The London market was dragged into the red today as financial stocks foundered on concerns over the banking sector.

A MALAYSIAN woman who alleged that her supervisor in a Limerick cafe called her “blackie” and compared her to a black handbag has been awarded €15,000 compensation by the Equality Tribunal.

Bakery chain Greggs today said favourable weather conditions helped drive an increase in sales over the last three months.

Mining and banking stocks helped London’s leading shares bounce back today from the shock of Thursday’s interest rate hike.

The FTSE-100 Index is on the back foot today after another profits warning in the US dented confidence on this side of the Atlantic.