Carrying a similar-sounding name to a top address on the Monopoly board is Cork’s Aylesbury, which is not entirely coincidentally set next to Cork’s Shrewsbury. And, yes, this Aylesbury “with a ‘y’” too is high-end in terms of location, quality and ...pricing.

Maura Moore died aged 86 with her husband Paddy, 85, passing away just 72 hours later. Their daughter Mary said: "It was like he didn't want to go on without her".

A lot may have changed in the last 20 years, but in many ways, few lessons have been learned from how we lived in the late 1990s and early 2000s, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

New HSE boss Paul Reid wants to see a “more devolved” health system.

Yesterday’s statement to the Oireachtas communications committee from Eir chief executive Carolan Lennon that her company could complete the National Broadband Plan for less than €1bn, a third of the figure the State has agreed to

Opposition calls to take Eircom back into state ownership to run the National Broadband Plan could cost up to €9bn, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Cross-party support for an Oireachtas committee investigation into the €5bn national broadband plan is likely to be agreed as the Government urges opposition parties to back the plan.

The current chief executive of Fingal County Council takes over following the departure of Tony O'Brien last year.

The Irish recruitment scene is enjoying an upsurge in activity in recent times, as can been seen with this selection of new appointments and promotions.

THE single issue arising for the Government from the nurses’ strike and the rolling debacle of the National Children’s Hospital is competence, writes Gerard Howlin.

The family of a woman who was killed in a traffic accident have said that they are haunted by her death each day.

Walking up the street after a night-out, home at a reasonable hour to let the babysitter go home, we saw it. A nightclub queue. One that was of proper Celtic Tiger length.

Consumers faced mobile phone charge increases of up to 20% as a direct result of the acquisition of O2 Ireland by Three four years ago, a report by the representative body of EU telecom regulators has found.

Ireland’s largest publishing firm, the stock market-listed Independent News and Media, has been thrown into crisis amid serious allegations by the State’s corporate enforcer that include claims of governance misdeeds and email hacks.

We’re watching The Crown at the moment. I’m miles behind, way back in series one, so don’t tell me what happens in the end.

David McRedmond, who was the commercial director at Eir almost 15 years ago when the telecoms firm was called Eircom, is to return to the company as its non-executive chairman.

Cork broadband entrepreneur Dave McDonald started his Nova Broadband business in 2004. Mr McDonald says he been on a learning curve ever since but that the hard yards travelled have been worth it

There’s not much you could begrudge Colm Cooper. Not much at all. He is a man who transcended the game he mastered. The reasonable fortune he has accrued from the fame has been most deserving. A lot of what he will accrue in the future on the back of his name will be just as merited, writes John Fogarty.

Phone company Eircom has been fined €10,500 after it admitting overcharging customers.

Tommy Barker reports on a west Waterford property that has been massively upgraded despite only being originally built in 2004

Dads of newborn babies can now claim two week’s paternity leave. On Father’s Day, Helen O’Callaghan looks at the many benefits of the new scheme.

THOUGH little more than a closing footnote in a long career — he joined the Dáil in 1981— Finance Minister Michael Noonan will take some satisfaction in the fact that, on his last day as a minister, his warnings that AIB shares were overvalued have been vindicated.

One of the issues that continue to annoy us is the variability of the quality and the speed of internet connections, writes Paul Mills. 

Six major film and TV studios have brought a legal action here aimed at stopping allegedly “massive” illegal downloading of their films and other products.

A Midlands education authority was caught for at least €50,000 by a phishing scam which is still under Garda investigation two years later.

Eir has announced a €24m increase in operating profits to €505m in the year to June – that’s up 5% on the previous year.

Bid rigging, ‘car-clocking’ and selling of crashed cars were among the offences investigated, and in some cases prosecuted, by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, in its first two years of work.

Local authorities are facing multi-million funding shortfalls following confirmation that there will be no Government compensation this year following a rates review.

When British prime ministers assume office, they usually deliver high-sounding speeches. Margaret Thatcher famously quoted from St Francis of Assisi back in May 1979.

Holiday season – it’s already upon us.  Contrary to popular belief, vacations don’t start the moment we lock the door behind us, board the plane or arrive at our desired destination. 

A new online presence for organic food companies is in development. 

Customers of telecommunications company Eir, formerly Eircom, have been warned about a new phishing email which thousands of people are known to have received yesterday.

December’s record wet weather resulted in Eir incurring storm costs of around €500,000, the company said yesterday.

Discount landline operator Yourtel has been fined €5,000 for unwanted marketing calls targeting Eir customers to tempt them to switch. It is the latest firm to be successfully prosecuted at Dublin District Court by the office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The case was brought after the watchdog received complaints from people about Yourtel repeatedly cold calling them against their wishes.

John Daly takes us through the highlights form the second half of the business year.