Andrew Doyle, chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, believes moves to bring online betting into the tax net should result in greater financial support for the sport horse industry.

It looks like Barry Murphy has surely claimed bragging rights in the family home in Dublin this Christmas.

Huge changes were proposed to raise the profile of women’s sport in Ireland during a press conference at the UCD Smurfit Business School yesterday.

Consumer spending levels are set to fall by 2% as a whole for 2012 according to latest forecasts.

THE economic downturn has made consumers better money managers with the majority thinking more carefully about purchases.

CASH-strapped business graduates are to be the main beneficiaries of a €500,000 anonymous gift to establish a scholarship fund for masters degrees at UCD’s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

FORGET Jedward. The latest craze to sweep the country is Breffmania.

THE leaders of Irish dairy co-ops and processors are being invited to attend a further series of meetings on how to re-structure the industry.