Changes introduced as part of last year’s budget which raised the limit for what customers can spend with contactless payments has helped the number of transactions double in just six months.

The former General secretary of the IFA says he wants the association to pay his multi-million euro severance package to charity.

It is reported the former General Secretary of the Irish Farmers Association agreed a severance package totalling €2m, when he resigned form the body last week.

A new report shows that over 50% of Irish companies believe late payments pose a threat to their survival, and that the culture is hitting Ireland harder than its EU peers.

A Government Minister said the low rate of payment for Irish Water is not a "disaster".

Jose Mourinho has decried the €5m Fifa payment to the FAI as “the end of the world” amid continuing calls for more detail regarding the circumstances of the loan.

Greece has taken up its right to bundle together the four payments it has to make to the International Monetary Fund in June into one at the end of the month - a sign that the country is struggling to make ends meet.

One high-ranking garda last year received a golden handshake of more than €170,000 as part of a €25.9m pension bonanza for retiring gardaí.