Lucy O’Donoghue is the new manager of the Exxcel programme for proactive female entrepreneurs in the Rubicon Centre, CIT.

LinkedIn’s shares plunged about 35% yesterday, wiping out nearly $9 billion (€8bn) of market value, after the social network for professionals shocked Wall Street with a revenue forecast that fell far short of expectations.

Cork Constitution's Peter O'Mahony will lead the Ireland U20s into their first IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship match against Argentina in Nagoya on Friday (9am Irish time).

Japan’s government rebuked the Tokyo Stock Exchange and one of the country’s biggest brokerage firms today after a typing error caused Mizuho Securities to lose at least 27 billion yen (€190m) on a stock trade.