Things might have been tough globally for the last five years, but that didn’t stop the key motor manufacturers from continuing with their vehicles development. It’s not easy to stop work on a new or major revision programme for cars and vans, which can be in train over several years.

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Eamon Ryan has said he would like to see RTÉ broken up to allow it focus on broadcasting and give another company responsibility for the country’s masts and transmission infrastructure.

PLANS for the introduction of commercial digital TV in Ireland have suffered a major setback after it was confirmed that the consortium which had won three licences to provide digital terrestrial television will not proceed with its plans to launch a service this year.

THREE rival bidders have outlined how they will offer digital TV services here as an alternative to existing cable and satellite providers.