THE regulatory framework for Irish-based financial services firms is to be completely overhauled in the coming months, with the current “one size fits all” model being replaced with a “more rigorous” case by case approach.

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan says confidence is returning to the Irish economy.

THE average annual wage for chartered accountants in the Leinster region is just more than €110,000, according to a new wage survey by the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA) and financial recruitment consultancy, the Accountants Panel.

ALMOST €33 billion has been wiped off the value of Irish shares over the last 12 months with almost €23bn slashed from banking stocks alone.

FINANCE Minister Brian Cowen says restoring competitiveness and increasing exports are the only way the economy can continue growing.

THE shortlist for the Published Account Awards was announced with over 20 companies, not-for-profit bodies, charities, and statutory agencies making the cut.

A chartered accountant who qualified in 2000 and is employed in the industrial and commercial sector earns an average remuneration package of €81,600 a year, according to the Annual Salary Survey of the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants ( LSCA)/The Accountants Panel.

The incoming chairman of the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA), Gerard Perry, today called for a "bedding down period" in the development of accounting standards to allow for the implications of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) implementation to be fully addressed.

CRH plc, Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc and Concern have been cited for the excellence of their annual reports and financial accounts in this year's Published Accounts Awards, announced today.

EU structural reform is urgently required to halt loss of productivity in the eurozone economies, warned Central Bank Governor, John Hurley, yesterday.

The governor of the Central Bank has expressed concern about falling levels of productivity in Ireland.

CHARTERED accountants are earning salaries of up to €560,000, but typical pay packets are in the region of €72,000, a new survey shows.

INDIVIDUAL Irish banks have contributed to an undermining of trust in the Irish banking sector, Irish Life and Permanent group chief executive David Went has acknowledged.

Building materials group CRH carried off the award for best published accounts from a large quoted company at yesterday’s annual Public Accounts Awards.

CRH, ESB and Focus Ireland were among the companies saluted for their achievement in setting benchmarks for excellence in financial reporting in Ireland in this year's Published Accounts Awards, announced in Dublin today.

21 companies, not-for-profit organisations and charities have been shortlisted for this year’s Published Accounts Awards competition, which is run by the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants and sponsored by law firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice.

A total of 21 companies, not-for-profit organisations and charities have been shortlisted for the Published Accounts Awards 2004.

A TYPICAL Irish chartered accountant earns €71,000 a year but the salary range goes from €24,000 to €480,000, according to the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA).

Mr John Casey, president and chief operating officer of reinsurance company nSpire Re Limited, has been elected chairman of the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA).

O2 Ireland chief executive Danuta Gray has expressed her frustration at the level of regulation in the Irish mobile industry.

WHEN the Eircom dream turned to dust, thousands of novice shareholders walked away from the stock markets, many of them never to return.

THE Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, made clear yesterday that he has no intention of playing Santa to the nation in his forthcoming Budget.

A CHARTERED accountant, who qualified in 1997, earns an average of just under €73,000, according to the annual salary survey of the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA).

A chartered accountant who qualified in 1997 and is employed in industry and commerce earns an average annual remuneration package of just under €73,000, according to the Annual Salary Survey of the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA).

Labour has criticised the government for what it calls its failure to 'drive' the National Development Plan.