ENTERPRISE Minister Micheál Martin has said he hopes the 350 workers who are to lose their jobs at Motorola can avail of some of the 2,800 jobs announced in the past 12 months by the IDA in the Cork region.

OPPOSITION politicians have described as “no surprise” a survey of healthcare in 26 European countries which ranks Ireland second from the bottom for quality of healthcare services.

MICHAEL McDOWELL’S reported comments on the second report of the Morris tribunal are truly nauseating.

THE Government must bring in new work permit laws to guarantee immigrant workers the minimum wage and a concrete means to verify that pay, Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins insisted at the weekend.

THEY say that the best fish and chips are wrapped in a quality newspaper. Last week’s Budget was like a particularly greasy cod and chips wrapped in a glossy magazine (with a large emphasis on the cod).

THE GOVERNMENT failed to consult with or inform the information commissioner it intended to introduce upfront fees for Freedom of Information (FoI) requests, it emerged yesterday.

Fine Gael's Enda Kenny has claimed the Government broke its own recommendations when it drew up the regulations introducing fees for freedom of information requests and says the coalition is "strangling" the Act..