Community employment supervisors have protested outside the Department of Finance over a 10-year dispute over pensions.

A Cork company with an invention that accelerates fracture healing has set its sights on the US market after getting approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Last-minute Christmas shoppers have been warned to avoid fake and potentially dangerous toys as rogue traders exploit demand for sold-out ‘must-have’ gifts.

Theresa May faced claims that the British Government offered a "sweetheart deal" to a Tory-led council in order to scrap an embarrassing 15% tax hike.

Irish scientists are working on a diagnostic test to measure the individual risk of cancer recurrence in women with early-stage invasive breast cancer which could significantly reduce the numbers sent forward for chemotherapy.

Concerns have been raised about breast implants which were inserted into almost 1,000 women over the last seven years.

Community Employment Scheme supervisors are no closer to their pension, which was recommended by the Labour Court in July, 2008, given the latest reply by Minister for Arts, Heather Humphreys, to a parliamentary question in the Dail last week.

PATCHES designed to deliver nutrition through the skin have proved a winning formula for Dublin start-up Nutriband.

Budgetary cuts are undermining rehabilitation projects which offer a “lifeline to drug users, their families, and communities”.

New EU regulations ensure safer toys

More than 500 Community Employment Scheme supervisors from across the country are meeting in Portlaoise this evening over cutbacks to the sector.

With all bar four of the 43 constituencies in the General Election finished counting, the country’s political scene has undergone a sea change.

Former Minister for Tourism Mary Hanafin has failed to retain her seat in Dun Laoghaire. Richard Boyd Barrett won the seat, bringing the haul of seats for Independents and others to 17.

The election of Fine Gael's Mary Mitchell O'Connor in Dun Laoghaire brings to 141 the total number of seats filled so far (from a total of 166).

OVER 100 community creches could close, or be forced to severely cut back their services, if the Government goes ahead with a plan to curtail the payment of benefits to lone partners and those with disabilities working in Community Employment (CE) schemes.

THOUSANDS of people who could have benefited from community employment (CE) schemes are no longer eligible due to Government cutbacks.

THE National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is targeting the €115 billion medical devices industry with a major investment that will speed up CE marking.

THE EUROPEAN Parliament and a leading consumer group has called for the CE mark to be scrapped because it could mislead people into thinking imported toys and other products were guaranteed safe.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC yesterday announced details of the European approval for the world’s first next-generation drug-eluting stent system.

IN response to the article by Conor Keane (‘Revenue focus on tax-evading yachtsmen,’ Irish Examiner, June 20), the Irish Marine Federation (IMF) — the trade association for the marine industry, affiliated to IBEC — supports the Revenue Commissioners in their ongoing pursuit of tax evaders and always encourages IMF member companies to assist Revenue whenever possible.

A significant proportion of toys sold in Ireland do not conform to EU safety standards, according to a study conducted by the Consumers' Association.

Dan Buckley sounds a note of caution to parents about toy safety in the run-up to Christmas.

A DELEGATION of Fianna Fáil backbenchers will meet the new Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mícheál Martin next week to lobby for a reverse of cutbacks in Community Employment (CE) schemes.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday laughed off the flood of dissent within Fianna Fáil as Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy told backbenchers there was no extra money in the Budget for community employment schemes.

CUTS to the Community Employment scheme should be reversed, according to organisations for the jobless.

ABB’s chief executive and chairman Jurgen Dorman admitted there had been a breakdown in internal reporting procedures that encouraged managers to underestimate the firm’s financial problems.