The Ulster Bank/RBS crisis was an IT disaster waiting to happen, writes Eamonn Walsh

A LEADING Irish economist has accused US president Barack Obama of protectionism which will, in the long term, not be of benefit to his own country and in the short term will pose a further threat to global economic recovery.

The values of modern Ireland are to be highlighted in a new play staged by one of the country’s most successful independent production companies.

Irish students will be able to study in some of India’s top universities under a series of agreements signed in the Asian country today.

HEALTH service employers were warned yesterday that they will feel the full force of nurses’ wrath if they carry through a threat to withhold a 3.5% pay increase due on June 1.

IBM today announced the names of eight third-level students who have been selected to take part in its hotly-contested Extreme Blue programme.

SerCom Solutions, an Irish based provider of supply chain management services, has announced the appointment of Rory Cronin as business development manager.

SINÉAD O'CONNOR has been appointed sponsorship and financial manager of the Camogie Association.

Kyran Fitzgerald reports on the upcoming pay agreement talks