Profits at the firm owned by the golden girl of Irish sport, Katie Taylor, are heading towards the €1m mark.

Alanna Diggin features in Connected on RTÉ2, which finishes its first season next Tuesday. She is 21 and lives in Tralee.

Coca-Cola has held on to its position as the biggest selling brand in the Irish grocery market for 10 years, according to the latest Checkout Top 100 Brands report, produced by Checkout magazine in association with Nielsen.

Golden girl of Irish sport Katie Taylor enjoyed an Olympic dividend last year with the cash pile at her firm more than doubling to €483,385.

Three of Ireland’s leading female athletes have rubbished suggestions that body image remains an issue for women in sport.

Hopes of an international compromise on the Syrian crisis fuelled gains on the FTSE 100 Index as oil prices also eased back from recent highs.

Soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena could be bought by Japan’s Suntory Beverage & Food within days in a deal worth more than £1bn.

Coke is still it, at least as far as Irish consumers are concerned as a new list of the best-selling brands in the country shows Coca Cola is the most popular.

The head of drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has sought to blame a handful of senior managers for corruption allegations it is facing in China and said the company itself had been a victim of their actions.

Drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena were today reported to be a £1bn takeover target for the owner of Irn-Bru.

GlaxoSmith Kline, a major manufacturer of anti-diabetes drugs, has decided to sell its Lucozade and Ribena brands — a move that coincides with the release of a major study that shows drinking one can of fizzy drinks a day increases the likelihood of contracting diabetes by 20%.

Household drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena are set to be put up for sale for as much as €1.1bn, it was reported today.

GlaxoSmithKline has put iconic drinks Lucozade and Ribena under review as it looks for the “best ways to ensure their continued growth”.

The makers of Lucozade and Ribena are to reduce the amount of sugar and calories in their drinks by up to 10% as part of efforts to curb obesity levels.

The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of five deaths that may be associated with an energy drink, which is currently on sale in Ireland.

Katie Taylor can expect a massive financial windfall on the back of her Olympic gold medal success yesterday.

DUBLIN has one, Cork has one, Limerick and Belfast have their own — now Waterford can be added to the list.

JACK O’CONNOR is standing with his selectors, hands burrowed into his wet suit pockets.

Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is to “rev up” its research and manufacturing operations through a tie-up with Formula 1 team McLaren.

Coca-Cola, Avonmore, Brennan's, Lucozade and Tayto are the top five selling grocery brands in Ireland.

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline today said a pipeline of new products would help sustain growth as it revealed a rise in underlying sales.

Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline unveiled a deal today to buy the company behind Maximuscle protein shakes used by rugby player Gavin Henson, cricket star Stuart Broad and footballer Jermaine Jenas.

A PINT of plain is still your only man as Guinness has cemented its status as the most popular drink in Irish pubs.

HOME-GROWN Irish food, grocery and alcohol products are making a dramatic recovery in the consumer market, with some of the country’s top selling grocery brands originating from within our borders.

Soft drink Lucozade is being launched in the US today.

YOU’RE a professional rugby player, a tight-head prop, hyped as the next big thing in your position, gradually pushing at club and national level the legend whose jersey you intend to take.

COCA-COLA is still the top selling brand in Ireland despite shoppers becoming more health conscious.

WATERFORD’S Gary Hurney may miss the remainder of the championship after sustaining a broken collarbone on Thursday night.

Lucozade Sport has agreed a new product sponsorship deal with Tipperary GAA.

KERRY’S Colm Cooper resigned from the Gaelic Players Association last week, GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell confirmed yesterday.

Lucozade Sport have taken advantage of the apt names of Neil Best, Rory Best and Simon Best to strike a sponsorship deal with the three Ulster players.

Lucozade Sport has taken the positive step of extending sponsorship of Munster Rugby until 2008.

THE prosecution in the Robert Holohan murder trial claimed yesterday that Wayne O’Donoghue killed the schoolboy, put plastic bags over the body, threw it into a remote ditch, and later took part in the community’s search for the boy’s remains.

MIDLETON schoolboy Robert Holohan died of neck injuries consistent with manual strangulation.

The prosecution in the Robert Holohan murder trial claimed today that Wayne O’Donoghue killed the schoolboy, put plastic bags over the body, threw it into a remote ditch, and later took part in the community search for the boy's remains.

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THE Gaelic Players’ Association said yesterday that Paul Flynn is about to withdraw from his controversial endorsement of Lucozade Sport - but doubts remain over the Waterford star’s intentions.

THE brewer of Bass, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's favourite tipple, is to close its manufacturing facility in Belfast with the loss of 85 jobs.

TOP of the pops and Ireland’s biggest-selling brand, Coca-Cola, has no fear of losing its fizz.

Soft drinks companies may consider new labelling for their products after two leading brands were today declared fit for Muslims to consume after five months of tests.

The Gaelic Players Association has hit out at the wording of a Lucozade advertising campaign which suggested that their product is the favourite drink of GAA players.

IT IS not the most glamorous place from which to shape sport's newest global brand, but Jonny Wilkinson's future was being decided yesterday in a small office in Leamington Spa.