Hack me once, shame on you. Hack me twice, shame on me. Shame is exactly what executives at Swift ought to be feeling as the global money-transfer messaging network starts sending out memos to clients informing them of a second cyber attack.

The Obama administration is considering ending spying on allied heads of state, as the White House grapples with the fallout from revelations that the US has eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

After one year in operation, the Hauste Group, based in the Cork Airport Business Park, has seen its cloud-based business solutions rewarded with a turnover of €1m and profits of nearly €500,000, writes Trish Dromey

Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said today, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran’s crucial fuel exports.

The next round of talks between Iran and six world powers on the country’s nuclear program will be held in Istanbul, Iran’s foreign minister said today.

Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats said.

The European Parliament today strongly rejected a deal that would have allowed US authorities access to European bank transfers – a vote Washington said disrupted an important source of information for anti-terror investigators.

THE US is throwing a hissy fit over MEPs threatening to dump an agreement that allows American authorities access to all data on international financial transfers carried out through European banking SWIFT service.

EU and US negotiators struck a deal on sharing information about transatlantic flight passengers.

BANK customers are due to receive notices warning them that their personal data may be passed to United States authorities screening for terrorists.

The transfer of confidential banking records by a Belgium-based company to US authorities for use in anti-terrorism investigations breached EU data privacy rules, the premier said today.

The Bush administration has been quietly tracking people suspected of bankrolling terrorism through a secret programme that gives the US government access to a massive data base of international financial transactions.

OXFORD trainer Terry Kibble bagged the top lot - Belindas Area - for €8,000 at the Curraheen Park sales yesterday.

IGNITION, the property of Mairead and Maura Fitzgerald from Glin Co. Limerick, realised the top price of €6,000 at the Curraheen Park sales this week.

NORTH of England trainer, Jimmy Finnick, was very active at the Curraheen Park sales yesterday, picking up a few choice lots.

Software company, Cape Clear has announced that it is to provide a new web services integration solution for the SWIFT network.

Cork racer, Alan Dwyer proved the master of the wet conditions in Mondello Park this morning to take pole position for this evening's fifth round and tomorrow's, sixth round of the Irish Formula Ford Championship.

Brazilian Tarso Marques today completed the 2001 Formula One driver line-up when he signed for the European Minardi team.