The prospect of the coronavirus leading to redundancies in under pressure companies could spark an upsurge in employment litigation, warns Kyran Fitzgerald

People who are engaging in bulk purchasing or panic buying are “wasting their money” and causing unnecessary problems, Business Minister Heather Humphreys has said.

The three judge Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal and adjourned final orders for three weeks.

Any owners of the ghost ship the MV Alta have up to a year to reclaim it, with the abandoned vessel to undergo an initial assessment on Tuesday morning as mystery deepens over its recent past.

By the time the starter calls the field to order for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, just before 3.30pm on Friday, March 13, we may well have downgraded that old conundrum — how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? — to a first-round four-marker.

A Cork City quayside prime redevelopment block may be about to move from trough to peak, with the planned sale of a key corner building, McLaughlins, which even — appropriately — has a

Previously, an amount agreed by the Association’s units with Revenue was paid to cover the tax liability on the casual employees.

Cork City Council is to impose vacant site fines to try to stimulate building. Fines will be levied at 7% of site value as the ceiling was more than doubled by Government last year.

The month of January isn’t particularly noted as a time for good news.

Politicians have been put on alert that strong economic growth won’t necessarily boost the feel-good factor among consumers ahead of an election this year, according to the author of the KBC Bank sentiment survey.

RTÉ has been accused of offering contracts to long-standing freelance workers that make it unsustainable for them to work in Dublin.