Another substantial drop in private health insurance numbers is expected by the year end with 75,000 people dropping out of the system, it has emerged.

It would be a “dreadful shame” if budget cuts result in schools dropping chemistry and physics from the Leaving Certificate programme, a senior academic has said.

Public support for the the European fiscal compact treaty is growing, with two opinion polls showing clear support for passing it.

Business confidence among Irish brokers has deteriorated significantly in the last six months, according to a new survey.

FOUR in 10 adults are completely debt free as consumers save nearly four times as much as they did at the height of the boom.