The growing sense of reality surrounding a merger between Paddy Power and Betfair will mean different things to different people.

SOME light at the end of the tunnel may be visible for Talk Talk employees about to lose their jobs, with a range of vacancies due to be advertised today.

Paddy Power’s pre-tax profits, announced this week, jumped from €67m in 2009 to €104m in 2010, driven by a strong online performance but also supported by expansion in Britain and a rise in traditional trade, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

PHONE punters are leaving their betting shop counterparts in the also-ran place in the gambling stakes, placing wagers seven times greater than the cloth cap brigade.