Bastien Peyraud has been appointed as general manager of the Imperial Hotel, Cork, part of the Flynn Hotels group.

In the pioneering days of aviation, Ireland was the point of departure and arrival for all transatlantic air traffic. And although planes no longer refuel at Shannon, we are still prominent in the industry. Ryanair is the largest short haul airline in Europe and we are major players in airport retail and aircraft leasing, says Eoghan Corry

Two of Britain’s biggest pub chains will reveal this week whether April’s washout weather hit sales, while bakers chain Greggs will be quizzed about how it plans to deal with the so-called pasty tax.