An additional €3.3m of funding is to be allocated to the country's network of city and county enterprise boards (CEBs) in a move which it is claimed will create more than 450 jobs.

A €250m employment subsidy scheme was announced by the Government today in a bid to support up to 27,400 jobs.

HAVING given a mere 60 seconds to mourn the tsunami victims and a firm two fingers to those crippled by Third World debt, is anyone surprised that our Government has insulted the memory of John Paul II for economic gain?

Shoppers in Dublin are expected to spend €3.7bn this Christmas, according to the city's Chamber of Commerce.

TAXPAYERS will have to cough up €3.26 billion by 2007 just to meet the latest generous pay increases being planned for the country’s civil servants, a top economist has warned.