CELTIC HORIZON Tours have linked up with Irish Ferries to operate two Christmas shopping trips to Manchester on November 19 and 26, offering pick up points in Limerick, Tipperary, Galway, Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford, Kildare and Dublin.

Energy firm Energia is to add wave power to its 220 MW renewable energy portfolio after it signed an agreement for the purchase of electricity generated with the pioneering US firm Ocean Energy Systems (OES).

RETAILERS in the country’s most exclusive shopping area have pleaded for Government help to get out of leases they say are forcing them to pay exorbitant rents.

CHAMBERS IRELAND has announced the shortlist for the fourth annual President’s awards for corporate social responsibility.

IT was a favourite haunt for Ireland’s artists, with writers Brendan Behan and Patrick Kavanagh often seen nursing a coffee in its corners.

ALMOST 100 jobs are to be lost at Couristan carpets in east Cork after the company announced it was bringing carpet manufacturing in Youghal to an end for the first time since 1954.

BAR closing times should be “staggered” so not everyone leaves pubs and clubs at the same time, a leading figure in Ireland’s hospitality industry said yesterday.

ONE of the country’s best known restaurants, Bewley’s on Grafton Street, is set to reopen within weeks under new management and with a more contemporary selection of food and coffee.

The owners of Bewley’s Cafés have announced plans to reopen the famous outlet on Dublin's Grafton Street, which was closed last year due to mounting financial losses.