Despite the outcry against the Revenue penalisation of property owners who wish to pay by debit/credit card or cheque, by enforcing the payment in Nov 2013, Revenue keep returning, infuriatingly, to their facile default mantra that “it’s important to point out that this is the nature of the debit/credit card system and is exactly what would happen if you booked a flight or a concert, for 2014, using your card”.

A Government-sponsored report into social welfare insurance for the self-employed is expected to recommend a hike in PRSI payments in return for welfare protection for long-term injuries or sickness.

Robert Hume casts his eye over the ads in this newspaper 100 years ago to see what was on offer for Christmas presents

So — after almost ten years and the wastage of over €55m of public monies — a curtain finally draws on the E voting machines fiasco (Irish Examiner, Jun 29).

Wholesale, headquartered in Ennis, has taken over the operating and existing business of the Bán Árd cash and carry business in Cork and will trade under the Mangan name.