THOUGH it’s four years since world boxing champion Bernard Dunne retired, his fighting spirit is as strong as ever.

Getting a job is no longer just about reading and writing — it’s about searching and coding. The message is get online to get employed.

The significant level of job vacancies in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector highlights a “severe” shortage of suitably skilled applicants in the Irish workforce, a new study has warned.

Pilots who were left out of pocket for up to €83,000 for flight training with the Pilot Training Centre of Ireland are planning to picket the Dáil on Wednesday.

Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has confirmed that the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) will pay for trainee pilots who are stranded in the US to fly home.

A group statement from the 80 Irish trainee pilots left stranded in the US after course chiefs failed to pay $1.2m (€960,000) in bills owed to their partner college has accused the Pilot Training College (PTC) chief executive of “providing false and misleading information”.

“I can’t describe how bad it is. It’s terrible to see grown men in tears. People are feeling highly depressed here. The mental strain is terrible. We loved this course. We’re devastated.”

The Pilot Training College was wrapped on the knuckles by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority two years ago for claiming to be a “leading supplier of commercial pilots to major airlines”.

A fleet of planes used by Waterford’s Pilot Training College have been put up for sale, as the company tries to save a cash-strapped business which has left hundreds of families seriously out of pocket.

Less than a year ago, the Pilot Training College claimed it was “poised to become a European leader in aviation training” even though auditors said its net assets were less than half the amount of its called-up share capital.

One of the 200 families affected by the Florida pilot training crisis have said they “haven’t slept or eaten since this nightmare began”.

The Irish Aviation Authority has suspended flight-training approval for the Waterford-based Pilot Training Centre of Ireland (PTC) after 80 trainee Irish pilots were told their course is being halted.

Trading difficulties are being blamed for the stranding in Florida of 80 trainee Irish pilots, who after forking out €83,000 for training, have been told their course is being halted, the Irish Examiner's Claire O'Sullivan reports.

Up to 80 Irish trainee pilots who paid as much as €83,000 for flight training are stranded in Florida after being told their course will not be continuing.

Up to 80 Irish trainee pilots who paid as much as €83,000 for flight training are stranded in Florida after being told their course will not be continuing.

DOLE claimants will be offered an extra €50 a week to take on work experience, under the plan to boost small businesses.

Fit-again utility player Steven Reid believes West Brom have the experience and know-how to survive their Barclays Premier League relegation battle.

SPOT was the new black at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s second annual pet apparel fashion show in New York.

BACK PAIN, rheumatoid arthritis and similar conditions are costing the economy €750 million a year, as they account for half of all the sick days taken by workers.

A FIT, healthy-looking man stopped me in the street one night and asked why I was in favour of allowing refugees into this country.

An Irish work initiative to fill a hole in the information technology has helped employ almost 2,500 disadvantaged people over the last three years.