A Clinical Director at St James Hospital in Dublin has said the HSE is not to blame for the price of medication in Ireland.

The future of the Sunday Business Post has been secured — the Commercial Court yesterday approved a survival plan for the newspaper.

Staff at the Sunday Business Post will be updated on its progress in securing new investment by the examiner appointed to it this afternoon.

Centrica, Britain’s largest household energy supplier, picked Citigroup to advise on a potential bid for the retail unit of State-owned gas company Bord Gáis, said three sources.

The Department of Finance is calling for international co-operation to tackle tax-dodging corporations but it is refusing to comment on whether or not it is closing the “double Irish” loophole.

The Government is reportedly considering tightening up tax loopholes used by US multinationals.

The Sunday Business Post is expected to publish as normal this weekend after the High Court yesterday appointed an interim examiner to Post Publications Ltd, which owns and publishes the broadsheet.

It is feared the number of home repossessions may rise once new legislation is passed.

Junior Health Minister Alex White has today dismissed reports of possible difficulties in building the new National Children's Hospital.

Irish Examiner sports writer Ewan MacKenna has been named as Sports Reporter of the Year at the annual National Newspapers of Ireland awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

Minister for Health James Reilly has reportedly claimed the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste were aware of his controversial move to place two primary care centres in his own constituency.

Socialist MEP Paul Murphy, who is advocating a 'No' vote in the Fiscal Treaty referendum, has said it is all still to play for despite a Red C poll on behalf of the Sunday Business Post indicating increased support for the treaty.

THE Government is to publish a bill to ease its strict bankruptcy rules by early April, fulfilling a requirement of its EU/IMF bailout and offering relief to thousands struggling under crippling mortgage debt.

STAFF at the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo are to be asked to take a 10% pay cut from October 1 next.

The health budget could be cut by 5% next year, which would achieve savings of €600m, according to reports this morning.

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe said the Government should consider increased taxes for higher earners, although he is not sure it would make a significant dent in the €4 billion cut being sought in public spending.

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has admitted the £30,000 loan of Fianna Fáil funds to Celia Larkin was “irregular activity”.

A new survey has revealed that two of the country's main banks have increased their profit margins from fixed-rate mortgage holders while the European Central Bank has raised interest rates.

Around one million taxpayers in this country don't know what tax relief they're entitled to, according to a nationwide poll published today, leading to them losing out on tens of millions of euro every year.

The appointment of Alan Crosbie, chairman of Thomas Crosbie Holdings Ltd, as an Adjunct Professor in the John C. Kelleher Family Business Centre will be announced tonight at the annual Town and Gown event in UCC.

The reputation of citizens could be profoundly damaged if newspapers reveal they are being investigated by a tribunal, a court heard today.

IRISH EXAMINER journalist Niamh Nolan yesterday won the Law Society’s justice award for daily newspapers.

Staff at the Sunday Business Post will meet the managing director of Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH), the paper’s parent company and owner of the Irish Examiner, on Monday.

Government plans are underway to scale down the Flood Tribunal.

Cardinal Desmond Connell is expected to tender his resignation as Archbishop of Dublin within the next few weeks.

AT this stage the turkey looks rather like the economy — skimpy and pared to the bone. But despite the fact that we are heading into 12 months of stringency and hairshirts, it is comforting to know that some of our former ministers are well able to lead the good life and will continue to do so, courtesy of the taxpayers.

Thomas Crosbie Holdings Ltd., has announced two new appointments to the board of The Sunday Business Post.

Barbara Nugent has resigned as Chief Executive of Post Publications publishers of The Sunday Business Post now owned by Thomas Crosbie Holdings Limited.