THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has been warned it faces a legal minefield if it intervenes in the employment of a person accused of child or elder abuse.

BANKS have launched syndication of the senior facilities backing the buyout of Eircom by BCM.

Eircom has opened its books to bidders Babcock and Brown and the Employee Share Ownership Trust (ESOT), the telecoms company announced today.

BABCOCK & BROWN CAPITAL confirmed to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday that BCM, in conjunction with the Eircom Employee Share Ownership Trust (ESOT), has lodged a joint proposal with the board of Eircom.

Babcock & Brown Capital Limited today confirmed that BCM, in conjunction with the Employee Share Ownership Trust (ESOT), has lodged a joint proposal with the Board of eircom plc. The proposal may or may not result in a joint offer for eircom.

A SHORTAGE of workers will be one of the key challenges for the Irish economy in the years to come, the head of a leading Dublin law firm said yesterday.

An Irish solicitor has been awarded an MBE from the Queen of England for her work in the Special Olympics.

Sinéad Kearney, head of the health services unit at Dublin law firm BCM Hanby Wallace, talks to David Clerkin.

Brendan McGovern played the shot of a lifetime at Sutton during the BCM Handy Wallace pro-am tournament.