THE British government was wrong to spy on phone calls, faxes and emails between Ireland and Britain, Europe’s highest court has ruled.

On the day An Post returned a profit of €6.4 million, representing a huge turnaround of €45m, it would seem rather injudicious to engage in talk of further “head count reductions” to cut costs.

People should continue to be able to receive social welfare payments through the country’s post offices, it was demanded today.

Alphyra has released a quarterly key performance indicator update. The company says that the positive trends in transaction growth identified in its last quarterly update have continued.