Casting people prematurely on the career scrap heap has implications for society in the form of added costs and deprives organisations of people with skills, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

Plot owners at one of the country’s most contentious bogs are close to a deal to end their row with the Government.

A landmark High Court ruling on the country’s human trafficking laws could have “significant implications” for prosecutions going through the courts, legal experts have said.

In April, 2012, Social Protection Minister Joan Burton announced that the OECD would conduct an independent review of long-term pensions policy in Ireland. She said: “the study will be a short and focused review”.

The grooming of children or minors for sex abuse or exploitation including arranging online to meet them will be a criminal offence under draft laws to be published today.

Garda bosses are to examine the feasibility of installing an online ‘track-my-crime’ facility for victims.

From today, consumers will no longer have to "opt out" of additional services or be hit with hidden fees and charges when they are making purchases online.

A Chinese man arrested in a cannabis growhouse in Dublin will stand trial on drug charges after the High Court ruled that he is not a victim of human trafficking.

Internet giant Google is asking the UK's High Court to block a breach of privacy legal action launched against it in the UK by a group of British internet users.

Ratings now have to be prominently displayed on advertisements and For Sale signs, writes Trish Dromey

THE Government is damaging the arts sector by hitting non-profit groups with hefty tax bills for performances by international artists in Ireland, arts campaigners said yesterday.

CERTAIN veterinary medicines for food- producing animals are to be exempted from the general legal requirement that they be supplied only on prescription.

ARTISTS will be paid a percentage from the resale of their work, as long as they are alive, under a new law to be introduced by the Government.

A JURY recommended extra safety mirrors be made compulsory on all trucks after an 80-year-old pedestrian was the fifth person to be killed in one area of Dublin because of blind spots in heavy goods vehicles.

Extra safety mirrors should be made compulsory on all trucks after an 80-year-old pedestrian was run over by a lorry on Dublin’s quays, a jury recommended tonight.

SIPTU has slammed the proposed EU Services Directive which it says is part of an unacceptable race to the bottom in the jobs market.

APPLICATIONS to carry out potentially life-saving clinical trials have fallen dramatically since the introduction of a new EU Directive, a cancer research specialist claimed yesterday.

A recommendation to outlaw alcohol advertising in sport is to be put to the Government next week by an Oireachtas sub-committee.

CLINICAL trials to develop new treatments for cancer and heart disease are in jeopardy by the manner in which the Government is implementing an EU directive, it was claimed yesterday.

VoiceVault has announced that it has become the first organisation in the world to achieve an accredited certification by Certification Europe under EU Directive 1999/93/EC on Electronic Signatures using a biometric technology.

THE European Commission last night admitted it wrongly accused Ireland of failing to adopt a key EU Directive on improving standards at landfill sites.

HOSPITAL services nationwide face a threat of industrial action and disruption because of a dispute involving the country’s 3,500 junior or non-consultant hospital doctors.

A crackdown on noise levels at work was agreed by Euro-MPs today - with a five-year exemption for the entertainment and leisure industries while a survey is conducted into the dangers of exposure to loud music.