Worsening erosion at one of the country’s finest blue flag beaches has prompted calls for action at EU level to prevent more damage and flooding in communities now exposed to the vagaries of the sea.

The ConnectIreland initiative will create at least 300 jobs this year, the serial entrepreneur behind the project, Terry Clune, told Cork Chamber’s breakfast briefing.

THE man who looks set to rejuvenate the tourist industry in the south-west region got a standing ovation yesterday when he received the Cork Person of the Year Award from President Mary McAleese.

STATE intervention is hindering rather than helping the cause of the Irish grocery sector, according to Michael Carey, chief executive and majority shareholder of Jacob Fruitfield Food Group.

NEWSPAPER advertising sales hit €331 million in 2005, an increase of 15% over 2004.

A SURGE in advertising sales at the Irish Examiner helped fuel a 20% increase in first-half advertising revenue in the country’s major national newspapers.

MORE and more people are making the Irish Examiner their daily newspaper of choice, according to the latest market research.

THE Irish Examiner's readership base remains rock solid in the face of intense competition, the latest figures from the Joint National Readership Survey (JNRS) reveal.

A GOVERNMENT energy strategy which has not generated any electricity two years after it was launched is doomed to failure, it was claimed yesterday.

Suspensions issued by the eircom League at their Disciplinary Meeting on December 30, 2002, and which, unless otherwise stated, will take effect from January 15, 2003, are:

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