THE country’s largest supermarket chain has launched an all-out attack on low-cost outlets, Lidl and Aldi, by promising to cut prices to match their competitors.

PASCHAL TAGGART has had an interest in so many companies and business concerns, it would be easier to list those he has had nothing at all to do with.

TAYTO workers last night voted to reject a redundancy deal which would have capped the size of payments to long-serving members.

LIFESTYLE SPORTS cut more than 100 jobs last year as it reversed a €3.4 million loss into a profit.

Tesco today emerged as a winner in the latest UK price war in the supermarket sector after reporting a 7.8% rise in like-for-like sales.

Franchising has played little part in the Irish DIY sector, until now. Agribusiness Correspondent RAY RYAN reports on the man trying to mix the best of traditional hardware stores with the range and choice offered by big business.

Tesco Ireland has reported a rise in sales of just under 10% to €1.9bn for the year to the end of February.

THE multi-millionaire owner of department store Brown Thomas, Galen Weston, is expected to announce an agreed offer of about £3.70 per share (€2.38) for the Selfridges group.

SUPERMARKET giants Tesco yesterday sparked a possible price war after it opened its first petrol filling station.