Ireland is looking to be a global leader in high-quality, sustainably produced seafood in order to take a greater share of the international market and expand its €1bn annual contribution to the economy.

It was acceptable to describe one now retired female politician as a sumo wrestler, writes Terry Prone

Senior professional staff at Limerick City and County Council claim the structure of the newly formed local authority is “a mess”.

DO you know your Bit.ly from your Feedly? Periscope from your Flickr? Ever think you might need to be dragged into the world of apps and technology silently kicking and screaming?

A 30-year-old man shot his hedge fund founder father dead inside his New York apartment after the pair argued over the son’s allowance, police said.

A Harvard Business School instructor who blasted a Boston-area Chinese restaurant for overcharging him by $4 (€3.20) on a takeaway order has apologised for an email exchange with restaurant management.

A soaring consumer focus on health and wellbeing has heightened global retailer interest in Origin Green, the single brand which Bord Bia is using to market the Irish food industry overseas.

You may not consider yourself a charismatic person but according to a new book, you can learn how to project the right combination of strength and warmth.

A Harvard Business School professor wants to collaborate with two Cork students and to interview them, having read an Irish Examiner article about the project they took to the BT Young Scientist Exhibition.

Jon Cunliffe, a civil servant who is due to join the Bank of England as deputy governor for financial stability next month, said the housing market is not in a bubble as prices are rising from historically low levels.

Alex Ferguson believes his natural gambler’s instinct led to so many late wins for Manchester United down the years.

Alex Ferguson has unveiled his managerial blueprint — whilst admitting the conditions that allowed him to be so successful at Manchester United are unlikely ever to be replicated.

Harvard has issued academic sanctions against about 60 students who were suspended from the elite university in a cheating scandal that involved the final exam in a class on the US Congress.

More than a year after the death of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s authorised biography of the Apple founder remains a fixture on the bestseller lists.

I have never seen a benched player support his team as passionately as Iker Casillas cheered on Real Madrid against Malaga on Saturday night.

Alex Ferguson, who was the subject of an academic study by professor Anita Elberse at the Harvard Business School, visited the school to meet students to discuss the report.

A five-year-old boy consumes everything from rocks to curtains and paper.

While touring her new record, Julie Feeney has let singers in each area pick which songs they want to work on, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

Mitt Romney has moved a step closer to clinching the Republican presidential candidacy after his Super Tuesday victory in the key Ohio primary.

As Steven Sinofsky prepares for the release of Windows 8, the world waits to see if it will restore the Microsoft brand and set him up for its top job, writes Bill Rigby

STEVE JOBS retires as the chief executive of Apple with a reputation that will place him among the pantheon of history’s great global business leaders.

SHAKESPEARE was wrong. He assured us that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. One reason that is such a beloved line is its comforting message that intrinsic quality, rather than external labels, is what really counts.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese has launched a Bord Bia initiative in Spain, designed to boost the image and reputation of Irish food in the Spanish market.

BORD BIA work programmes now include recommendations made last year by Professor David E Bell and Mary Shelman, of Harvard Business School.

USUALLY, my column contains my musings and trenchant opinions, but today, it’s about my story, or more specifically, that of Celtic Bookmakers.

IRELAND’S future is unquestionably in food production. At long last we are recognising the fact that Ireland is in an enviable position in terms of natural resources – we are an island nation on the edge of Europe with 400 million affluent consumers on our doorstep.

IS there anything that defines the taste of summer better than freshly-picked, juicy strawberries liberally doused in cream?

IRISH food companies need to work together as partners and not as competitors, according to a new report published yesterday.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen yesterday backed the concept of having an umbrella national brand for Irish food and drink products.

Toyota president Akio Toyoda will attend a US government hearing next week about the car maker’s massive recalls.

Liverpool today appointed Christian Purslow as managing director with the brief of taking overall management of the club until a new chief executive is in place.

The man taking multi-million euro bets against UK banks is believed to have earned the largest one-year payday in Wall Street history.

THERE is a long and unhappy history of poor industrial relations at Iarnród Éireann.

Public relations guru Mary Finan was today appointed by the Government as chairperson of the RTE Authority.

IRELAND could play host to a European equivalent of America’s heavyweight Harvard Business School if the Government invests wisely, a leading academic said yesterday.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s new cabinet braced for trouble today after an allied coalition party asked its ministers not to start working until it gets the appointments it says it was promised.

Bank of Ireland has appointed Declan McCourt and Terry Neill to its Court of Directors.