A new fundraising initiative is giving every shopper in the country the chance to donate €1 to help children in or at risk of homelessness.

One in 10 supermarkets and grocery stores are failing to comply with the industry’s own code on the display and sale of alcohol products.

Bankers must have left their federation lunch this week with a bad taste in the mouth after Central Bank regulator Fiona Muldoon lambasted them for failing to adequately deal with the mortgage debt crisis, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Friendly Fires escaped the nu-rave movement to blaze their own trail as a pop band, says Ed Power

IT may be a long-shot, but Conor Swail feels he is justified in having one eye on the two individual Olympic places up for grabs after placing second with Lansdowne in the World Cup contest in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday night.

WITH Government expenditure under intense scrutiny, it comes as no surprise that the Army Equitation School has again featured on the radar.

Radiohead kept fans on their toes once again today by releasing their new album today, a day early.

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has shown a new side of himself by showing off funky dance moves as the band gave a first taste of their new album today.

Radiohead are to release a new album 'The King Of Limbs' by the end of the week - and are again bypassing major labels.

A total of 190 new jobs have been announced today.

TOURISTS who book their holidays over the internet rather than using a travel agency are to get new consumer protections as a result of an overhaul of existing EU legislation.

A turbulent session for world markets left the FTSE 100 Index at its lowest level for more than three years tonight.

Tour operators TUI Travel and Thomas Cook posted strong trading updates today as the pair showed signs of benefiting from the collapse of rival XL.

Gianfranco Zola’s reign as West Ham manager got off to the perfect start as his fellow Italian David di Michele hit a brace to help see off crisis-club Newcastle 3-1 at Upton Park.

ALMOST 1,000 Irish holidaymakers left stranded overseas after the collapse of one of Britain’s largest tour operators will be brought home this week on flights arranged by the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation.

A second British tour operator has gone bust days after the collapse of XL Leisure sent the travel industry into turmoil, the aviation regulator confirmed today.

The former auditor of collapsed tour operator XL warned of “financial irregularities” at the firm almost two years ago, it has emerged.

The vast majority of holidaymakers hit by the collapse of Britain’s third largest tour operator will be flown back on their original departure date, the aviation regulator said today.

Some of the 85,000 holidaymakers stranded overseas following the collapse of Britain’s third largest tour operator are trickling home today.

The collapse of a rival operator buoyed holiday giants TUI Travel and Thomas Cook today as the FTSE 100 Index surged nearly 2% in the final session of the week.

More than 1,600 people due to fly from Cork Airport in the coming weeks have lost out on their holiday

Hundreds of Irish holidaymakers were today left stranded overseas after the collapse of one of Britain's largest tour operators.

West Ham were today left to assess the damage after their shirt sponsors were placed into administration.

UK holiday giants TUI Travel and Thomas Cook were experiencing strong gains today as investors digested the collapse of rival operator XL.

The collapse of tour operator XL is the latest blow to the UK air travel industry, which has endured a torrid summer with a number of companies closing down.

Passengers stranded at England's Gatwick Airport today spoke of their frustration at the lack of information they had been given after XL Leisure Group cancelled all its flights.

Holidaymakers have been left stranded after tour operator XL Leisure Group went into administration and grounded all flights.

More airlines are cancelling or diverting flights from Bristol International Airport today following runway concerns.

THE boss of a new travel company yesterday pledged to start a holiday price war and send 65,000 passengers a year on cheap breaks to the sun.

Videos by artists like The Strokes and The White Stripes will not disappear from MTV in Europe after a deal was struck with independent record labels.