Firms across Cork have been urged to enter this year’s Cork Chamber Company of the Year Awards by previous winners who said the accolade had opened new doors to business.

It has been one of Cork’s most enduring businesses for nearly a century and with its sterling reputation, who is to say Irish International Trading Corporation won’t be around for another 100 years?

IRISH International Trading Corporation (IITC), the Cork-based hardware supplier, saw its profits plunge 90% last year due to a €2.7 million hit from the write down of development land and AIB shares.

An independent and international truth commission is the best way to deal with the North's bloody past, Gerry Adams said today.