THE Government is proposing a phased reduction in pension-related reliefs and tax breaks over the course of the next four years, in order to raise €700m in savings, something which has already been criticised as paving the way for a wholesale reduction in people making pension contributions in the future.

THE Irish Republic will not exit recession until 2011 but when it does, growth will exceed that of Britain and the North, according to the Ernst & Young Economic Eye winter 2009 forecast.

INWARD investment to Ireland increased by 10% last year, according to the latest Ernst & Young report.

The Ernst & Young / Dow Jones VentureOne Quarterly European Venture Capital Report for the last quarter of 2005 has shown that over €30m in venture capital was invested in Ireland.

Jim Somers, partner and head of indirect tax at Ernst & Young Ireland, was today inaugurated as the new president of the Institute of International Trade of Ireland.

THERE has been a 50% rise in the level of foreign investment in Ireland this year, it was revealed yesterday.

There has been a 50% rise in the level of foreign investment in Ireland this year, it was revealed today.