THE Government is set to lose over €15.5m in EU funding due to irregularities in the way claims for grants under the European Social Fund (ESF) were processed.

TWO companies within the Thomas Crosbie Holdings group - the Irish Examiner and RecruitIreland.com - now hold the prestigious FÁS Excellence Through People Award.

CULTURAL diversity was celebrated with drum-beat and good food at the National Training and Development Institute in Waterford yesterday.

THE Government has rowed back on plans to extend a successful prison rehabilitation project into all jails, according to a leading criminal expert.