FINE GAEL has proposed a series of state-supported job initiatives for young people in an attempt to target the 83,000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work.

A RULING that a financial institution was entitled to charge a €44,000 exit fee to a couple seeking to switch to a variable rate mortgage doesn’t bode well for householders considering a similar move.

THE economy has been dealt a serious blow with the US government signalling it is to target €2.5 billion of Irish tax revenues in broad economic reforms.