An alert has been issued warning unsuspecting members of the public to be on their guard against bogus claims that they won large amounts of cash in the Spanish lottery.

BOGUS claims will cost the insurance industry over E100 million this year despite a concerted campaign to crack down on fraud.

THE latest name and shame list of tax defaulters includes the biggest tranche of bogus non-resident account holders to date, but the Revenue Commissioners said there were more to follow.

CONCERT promoters and the gardaí are joining forces to clamp down on rouge ticket sellers ahead of several major concerts this summer.

Gardaí have warned people to be on the lookout for bogus charity collectors in the Dublin area.

THE taxman has vowed to prosecute bogus non-resident account holders who don't come forward to pay their back-taxes and penalties by tomorrow.

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy will receive a multi-million euro boost in the budget after thousands of bogus off-shore account holders were ordered to pay up huge amounts of back-taxes by the end of the year.

IRISH holiday-makers have been conned out of more than 525,000 since the start of this year by bogus travel companies

Coca-Cola says it has nothing to do with bogus internet adverts which feature its logo plastered across Muslim holy sites.