Person: Anne Maher

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The depths of love: Ballet Ireland founder talks 21 years in business and touring Swan Lake

Ballet Ireland founder Anne Maher tells Helen O’Callaghan why it is marking its 21st year with a tour of a classic: ‘Swan Lake’

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Coppelia lands in ’50s US mid-west

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Ballet Ireland is channelling the past to reveal an exciting future

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Carmen is still hot to trot

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No drama Obama woos all of Moneygall

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Banks insist system failures being addressed

Ballet companies team up to boost classic dance

A new lease of life was today injected in to Irish ballet.

Wed, 09 Apr, 2008

Lay person to chair Medical Council committee

The Medical Council has appointed a lay person as the chair of its performance committee.

Tue, 28 Nov, 2006

Pension Board advises saving

The Pensions Board has launched a new campaign to encourage those who haven’t got a pension plan to start contributing to one.

Fri, 12 May, 2006

Foreign workers to get pensions info in native languages

Foreign workers are to be provided with pension information in their native languages, it emerged today.

Tue, 02 May, 2006

Brennan upbeat over mandatory pensions

THE Minister for Social Affairs Seamus Brennan said yesterday he was confident the Government would deal with the question of mandatory pensions before the summer recess.

Tue, 25 Apr, 2006

‘Soft mandatory’ pensions option for review

THE Government has asked the expert group reviewing the pension crisis to go back to the drawing board in a bid to defuse a potential time bomb.

Wed, 18 Jan, 2006

State must spend billions to defuse pension timebomb

THE State will have to spend billions more than it envisaged on pensions in the coming decades, a Government strategy report indicated yesterday.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2005

Pension fund trustees fined for failing to provide scheme information

Ian Guider

Sat, 09 Jul, 2005

Firms prosecuted over pension info

THREE Irish firms have been prosecuted for failing to comply with the Pensions Board requests for information in relation to the companies’ PRSA obligations.

Tue, 05 Jul, 2005

Three companies fined over PRSA offences

The Pensions Board today successfully prosecuted three companies for failure to comply with the Pensions Board requests for information in relation to the companies’ PRSA obligations.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2005

Board makes plea over pension investments

People should consider investing in a pension when their SSIA accounts mature in 2006 and 2007, it was claimed today.

Tue, 10 May, 2005

PRSA sales slump reinforces criticism

CRITICS of the Government’s troubled pensions initiative have been given fresh ammunition, after new figures show a slump in sales of Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs).

Mon, 07 Feb, 2005

Pension fund investment values fall

PENSION fund managers saw the value of their investments fall an average of 2.6% in the third quarter of the year, investment consultants Mercer said yesterday.

Tue, 23 Nov, 2004

Increase in PRSA uptake brings total holding accounts to 37,000

PERSONAL Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) continued their slow progress towards the mainstream during the summer, according to figures released yesterday.

Sat, 06 Nov, 2004

Pensions Board prosecutes Dunnes scheme trustees

The Pensions Board today successfully prosecuted the trustees of an occupational pension scheme over their failure to provide timely information on the scheme to the Board.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2004

More than 30,000 PRSAs taken out

The Pensions Board says that 32,920 Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSA) have been taken out so far.

Sat, 07 Aug, 2004

Pressure mounts on pension funding

PRESSURE is continuing to mount on pension funding as new statistics show life expectancy has risen sharply.

Thu, 22 Jul, 2004

Board set to propose pension scheme revamp

RULES governing defined benefit pension schemes, which provide for employees to receive a set percentage of their salary when they retire, are set for a revamp.

Thu, 15 Jul, 2004

Pensions coming under scrutiny

MORE flexible ways of dealing with retirement are being examined by the Government, the head of the Irish Pensions’ Board, Anne Maher, confirmed yesterday.

Tue, 22 Jun, 2004

PRSA uptake firmly on the increase

The Pensions Board said today that the uptake of Personal Retirement Savings Accounts is progressing steadily, according to its latest quarterly review of data from all PRSA providers to the end of March.

Fri, 07 May, 2004

Insurance plan leaves employers off the hook

THE Irish Insurance Federation wants us to move from a nanny to a “nappy” state.

Sat, 01 May, 2004

ISME calls for end to PRSAs in favour of SSIA-type pension

THE small business lobby represented by ISME has called on Government to scrap PRSAs (Personal Retirement Savings Accounts) and to introduce a State Group Pension Structure run by the National Treasury Management Agency.

Fri, 30 Apr, 2004

ISME accuses Pensions Board of passing the buck

ISME has hit out at proposals to introduce mandatory employer contributions to PRSAs as an attempt by the Pensions Board to "pass the buck".

Thu, 29 Apr, 2004

Less than 20,000 workers take up PRSAs

LESS than 20,000 workers have taken -up Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSA) while employers are facilitating contributions to pensions plans of just 7,499 workers under the scheme.

Mon, 09 Feb, 2004

Pensions Board reports jump in PRSA uptake

The Pensions Board said today that there was an increase in the uptake of PRSAs with 19,022 PRSA pensions taken out by the end of December 2003, representing a combined value of €41m.

Fri, 06 Feb, 2004

Pension whistle–blowers increases by 200%

THE number of whistle-blowers spilling the beans on employers evading workers' pension contributions has increased by almost 200%, figures released yesterday by the Pensions Board reveal.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2003

Pension booklet to educate employers

THE first in a series of Pensions Board information booklets entitled, Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) – Employers’ Obligations was launched yesterday.

Thu, 03 Jul, 2003

PRSA products approved by board

THE Pensions Board yesterday announced its approval of 41 PRSA products it hopes will result in a huge upsurge in the numbers opting for private pensions.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2003

Government faces tough task to avoid pensions time bomb

THE Government faces an uphill struggle to avoid a pensions time bomb, a top expert has warned.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2002

Five financial firms lodge applications with Pensions Board for saving account products

AT least five financial institutions have lodged applications with the Pensions Board for PRSA products.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2002

Government aims for 70% pension cover

TOTAL pension cover across the public and private sectors is almost 51% of the workforce aged between 20 and 69.

Fri, 06 Sep, 2002

€1.6bn wiped off AIB shares

Allied Irish Banks has seen €1.6bn wiped off its shares since it revealed that one of its US subsidiaries has been the victim of a massive fraud.

Wed, 06 Feb, 2002