A landmark legal ruling allowing workers to claim back holiday time lost to illness will expose employers to exploitation, it was warned today.

EUROPEAN Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet dashed investors’ expectations for an increase in interest rates next month, sending the euro to its biggest decline in two weeks.

WILLIAM Fry Solicitors has emerged as this year’s top Irish legal firm for merger and acquisitions.

COMPANIES owed tens of millions of euro by failed Italian food company Parmalat are fighting to decide if the Irish or Italian courts have jurisdiction in the case.

An expert is warning that the Selby rail crash could cost the insurance industry £100m and make it more expensive to travel .