YESTERDAY’S announcement that 95 jobs are to be lost at the Premier Foods Ireland plant in Thurles brings to almost 180 the number of jobs the company is cutting nationwide.

MORE than 100 jobs are to be slashed in Dublin and Tipperary after food manufacturer Premier Foods announced the closure of three of its sites.

CHILDREN’S author Kate Thompson has clinched, for a record fourth time, the top prize in the Bisto Book of the Year awards.

WINGS Over Delft, the story of a young girl in 17th century Holland who agrees to have her portrait painted and develops a relationship with the painter, won the 2004 Bisto Book of the Year Award yesterday.