In this week’s column we are looking at stereotypes within Ireland and why Limerick City has a bone to pick with Donal McIntyre, writes , Kehlan Kirwan.

Thousands of Irish software jobs could be lost abroad unless a skills and investment shortage is addressed, according to a new report published this week.

The Coalition should not deviate from the €2bn adjustment planned for next year despite a voter backlash against austerity in last week’s elections, according to the chair of the budgetary watchdog, the Fiscal Advisory Council.

Negative attitudes towards immigrants have hardened in recession-hit countries such as Ireland, Spain, and Greece, a study by the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick has found.

Preliminary autopsy results on the body of a student who collapsed suddenly at a lecture hall on one of her last days at college have proved inconclusive.

Real and lasting financial sector reform will only be achieved with a cultural change in mindset in both the public and private sector, a senior figure in the Irish Central Bank has stated.

SMALL businesses in run-down parts of Limerick yesterday got a stamp of approval from a high-powered enterprise academy.

TRAINING for work in green energy, pharmaceutical and eco-tourism is being offered for low-skilled and unemployed people through a €20 million fund targeting people whose previous qualifications are no higher than the Leaving Certificate.

THE future of Aer Lingus as an independent carrier is not secure and the company needs to consider merging with one or more airlines, its former chief executive has warned.

THE buzz of the famous Wall Street stock exchange floor is coming to Limerick.

Professor Donal Dineen, dean of the University of Limerick’s Kemmy Business School, talks to David Clerkin.

THE identity of an Irish philanthropist who has donated €5 million to the University of Limerick for the development of its College of Business remained a closely guarded secret last night.