The Institution of Engineers of Ireland has warned that delays in implementing the National Development Plan are damaging Ireland's economic competitiveness.

The Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI) has called on the Government to introduce productivity standards, measured against international benchmarks, in all sectors of the Irish economy but especially in the education and public sectors.

The Competition Authority has today published its report and recommendations on competition in the Engineering profession.

IRISH nurses’ pay and conditions must be improved to help newly trained professionals to remain working in Ireland, a nurses’ union official said last night.

Enterprise Quality Specialists Ltd, which distributes software aimed at improving compliance procedures in highly-regulated industries, has appointed Paddy Caffrey as a non-executive director.

POOR Leaving Cert results could damage Ireland’s reputation as a cutting-edge economy, business chiefs claimed yesterday.

The Institution of Engineers in Ireland (IEI) has called for the introduction of domestic water charges as a means of encouraging the conservation of water.

Esat BT has become the first Irish telecommunications firm to receive an award from the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI).

THE €1.2 billion earmarked for investment in Irish roads is not enough, according to the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI).

THE Institute of Engineers in Ireland (IEI) has urged the Government to spend the money hoarded in the national pension fund on road and other vital infrastructure.

The Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI) has called on the Government to invest money from the National Pension Fund into major road building projects throughout the State.

The Institute of Engineers in Ireland (IEI) has called on the Government to rationalise the public consultation process for large infrastructure projects.

ADVERTISING restrictions, lack of fee competition and methods of selecting members using age as a criteria must be halted to make the engineering profession more competitive, a State watchdog said yesterday.

ALTHOUGH the Government’s central promise to establish a Department of Transport has been fulfilled, criticism of its infrastructure and traffic plans has been rife in recent months.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was urged yesterday to appoint a single minister to take overall responsibility for the implementation of the heavily under-funded and grossly delayed National Development Plan (NDP).

The Institute of Engineers of Ireland has expressed concern about the damage caused to the Irish countryside and wildlife by roads and motorways.

MINISTER for Transport Seamus Brennan has been urged to introduce random breath tests, increase speed checks on minor roads and ensure that the country’s 325,000 provisional licensed drivers are made take the test before the summer of 2004.

GIVEN the pleas of the IEI, the head of the IDA, IBEC, et al for a continued supply of “well educated school leavers”, may I implore of our Government a few actions?