More than a decade after its designation as a “hub town”, Mallow is to get special funding to reflect the status.

Ireland’s oldest city is to get a €10m facelift to make it more “people-centred” and to create world-class public spaces at its heart.

European Union leaders did not react “anything like as fast as they needed to” during the euro crisis, “just doing enough to solve today’s problem but not the problems of tomorrow”, according to a former leader of Fine Gael.

A centre in Cork is aiming to become a global leader in training people operating small boats to cope with treacherous conditions in Arctic seas.

A Japanese global healthcare company is creating 416 jobs in Northern Ireland.

The future of European transport will be driven by a company from the North, Action Renewables, after a €3.4m EU development project was unveiled yesterday.

Mayor Joe Anderson is confident the city council will not have to repay an £8.2m European grant in the wake of Liverpool’s decision to abandon plans for a new stadium.

Some of the world’s top music executives are to gather in Derry later this month to debate the future of the industry.

EXTRA EU aid totalling €98 million could be unlocked for Ireland by a proposal to increase the Brussels funding contribution to projects in areas such as infrastructure and rural development.

THE Marine Institute’s deepwater remotely operated vehicle Holland 1 which journeyed to the bottom of the ocean to record this remarkable discovery is a hi-tech submarine which can withstand depths of up to 3,000 metres.

GRANTS totalling €28 million from the European Regional Development Fund have been approved for transport and regeneration projects for designated towns throughout the country.

There was jobs joy for the North today as US sandwich chain Subway said it planned to generate up to 400 jobs across the North over the next two years.

More than 200 jobs are being created in Antrim by a US medical device manufacturer, it was announced today.

A new underground visitor centre for the 214m-high Cliffs of Moher will be opened today by the Taoiseach.

The town of Ballygarvan in Co Cork has been approved for the county and group broadband scheme (GBS).

The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey, today formally signed contracts for the construction of six Metropolitan Area broadband Networks (MANs).

Communications Minister Dermot Ahern today opened the new €12m broadband network in the Midlands which is expected to go live within four weeks.

A major new adventure park planned for Co Roscommon could attract thousands of visitors into the region each year, the tourism minister said today.

Communications Minister Dermot Ahern today announced that the €3.5m broadband network in Co Leitrim has been constructed on time and under budget.

Minister Dermot Ahern has announced he has approved the advancement of the Cromane Project in Co Kerry to planning stage.

Minister for Communications, Dermot Ahern, today launched the rollout of 22kms of broadband for Cavan and Monaghan, part of an extension of the national broadband network which also includes Drogheda and Dundalk.

A €64 MILLION by-pass which will cut up to half-an-hour off the journey time between Galway and Sligo at peak times was officially opened yesterday

The launch has taken place of the rollout of a new 9 million broadband network in Galway which will deliver high speed Internet access to key locations in the city and parts of the county.

THE Flood Tribunal will examine a call to investigate planning permission granted for a hotel at a controversial €16m golf course development.