The Samaritans will play a crucial role in the development of a national telephone service that will direct callers to the most suitable mental health service.

Sky Ireland has apologised to some 43,000 customers, who were not given a 'cooling-off' period as part of their contract.

Sky Ireland has paid the fine in full.

Ireland already holds the unenviable position of being the top producer of plastic waste in Europe

The advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint against supermarket chain Lidl for failing to identify the winners of a “year’s free shopping”.

Millions of Sky Ireland customers will soon be able to enjoy Netflix as part of a new subscription pack.

The presents have been opened, turkey dinner scoffed and admit it, you ate several chocolates before breakfast this morning.

Keith Andrews has lavished praise on Sean Maguire, saying the in-form striker is exactly what Ireland are crying out for, as Martin O’Neill prepares to name his squad for next month’s games against Georgia and Serbia.

Six major film and TV studios have brought a legal action here aimed at stopping allegedly “massive” illegal downloading of their films and other products.

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) issued advice to motorists on getting ready for bad weather as far back as September but an unusually mild autumn made it easy to put the suggestions on the long finger, writes Grainne McGuinness. 

There is help available and the sooner a debt problem is addressed the sooner it can begin to be resolved, writes Grainne McGuinness in her weekly consumer advice column.

A host of major contract wins helped BT Ireland to underlying annual revenue growth of 7% to the end of March.

One hundred and thirty new jobs are being created in Cork in a customer service centre for Sky.

Calls to the Samaritans have jumped by 30% in the last year — as more and more people in distress contact the charity.

Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of BT Ireland last year increased by 10% to €31m in spite of revenues dropping to €434.2m.

Paul McGinley will use a pod system similar to the one that helped Paul Azinger win at Valhalla to take on a wounded US side at Gleneagles next week.

Sky Sports will be unveiling its new team of GAA presenters, commentators and analysts over the coming weeks, according to the head of the television station in Ireland.

Christmas means catching up with friends and family but running the risk of missing out on favourite television programmes — but maybe not any more.

In the year that Ireland finally exited the bailout, John Daly looks back at some of the big news stories from the business world in 2013.

European Rugby Cup (ERC) chief executive Derek McGrath has urged rebellious English and French clubs to return to the negotiating table in an effort to save the Heineken Cup, insisting there is still time to thrash out a new accord to continue the prestigious European club competition.

Television coverage of the Houses of the Oireachtas is set to get a facelift with nearly €500,000 being spent this year on efforts to improve broadcasting from the parliament.

BT Ireland has reported a 4% increase in annual revenue for the 12 months to the end of March.

Communications services provider UPC is to offer extended services to its TV and broadband customers as competition in the industry is expected to intensify over coming months.

Forty jobs have been created by Sky as it expands its retail store network in Ireland, bringing to 100 the number directly employed.

BSkyB is to enter the Irish broadband and telephony market later this year, it was announced today.

Ulster Bank may introduce fees before the end of the summer despite the ongoing payments fiasco and a petition to urge them not to retain free banking as a form of compensation.

Ryanair has been rapped on the knuckles over an advertisement depicting a cabin crew member in lingerie.

The Vintners Federation of Ireland has said it is hoping to enter into discussions with Sky Ireland regarding a recent EU judgment which could impact on how television rights are sold across the European Union.

The FAI has today announced that it has renewed its relationship with Sky Sports for a further four years until 2014.

THE COUNTRY’s first foray into live 3D sport was well-received by the regulars at Fagan’s pub in Dublin.

Sky has announced that the number of homes choosing Sky+HD has increased to 1.6 million across Ireland and the UK.

BSkyB is understood to have added a further 50,000 subscribers to its digital television offering in Ireland over the past 12 months — taking its total Irish customer base to over 600,000 homes.

A WOMAN was subjected to a large number of text messages after a civil servant in Revenue improperly accessed her file and passed it on to a third party.

Satellite broadcaster BSkyB has announced that the total number of Sky digital customers in Ireland rose by 19,000 to 484,000 in the three months to March 31.

Sky Ireland is creating 100 new customer service jobs in Cork, in partnership with Abtran, a leading Irish firm specialising in business process outsourcing services.

Mainstream British television channels will broadcast on Ireland's new trial digital service, it was announced today.

BSKYB is likely to enter the Irish broadband market, through its Sky Ireland subsidiary, within the next year.

THE Government was last night accused of failing the Irish people and capitulating to Sky TV after Communications Minister Noel Dempsey announced the Ryder Cup would not be available on a free-to-air basis.

TG4 last night pulled a five-minute report favourable to Paschal Taggart from its weekly programme on greyhound racing.

SATELLITE broadcaster BSkyB signed up 21,000 new customers in Ireland in the run-up to Christmas.

BSkyB has said its Q1 results for the three months to September 30 show "strong growth for Sky in Ireland".

Media company Sky has appointed Delia Bushell as managing director, Ireland and promoted Mark Deering to the role of deputy managing director with immediate effect.

SUBSCRIBERS to Sky Digital in Ireland increased by 8,000 in the third quarter to reach 355,000.