New figures show that semi-state owned commercial firms have paid the State over €1.32bn in dividends over the past 11 years.

In my senior years, it is somewhat frightening to find that the “City by the Lee” continues to be devastated during spring tides by floods, not withstanding the intervening years of advances in technology and a ravaging tiger in funding availability.

New figures show that semi-state commercial firms have paid the State over €1 billion in dividends over the past 10 years.

THE urgency of restoring the Cork/Swansea car ferry for the 2009 season was highlighted yesterday, as the tourism industry continues to suffer a sharp decline in the south-west.