New business levels fell by 22% to €65.8m at financial services provider Zurich Life (Ireland), during the first six months of this year.

New business levels at financial services provider Zurich Life (Ireland) fell by 14% to €153.6m last year — higher than the average fall of 8% for the industry.

Sligo GAA have announced their management teams for 2012, with Kevin Walsh set to continue at the helm of the Yeats County Senior Footballers.

ZURICH Life Ireland continued to buck the downward trend in the Irish financial services market last year by boosting its new business value by 1% — to €177.9m — amid strong competition.

A Dublin man has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his partner of 21 years, whom he kicked in the stomach with enough force to split her liver during a row over Valium.

NEW business at the Irish division of international financial services group, Zurich, grew by 6% on a year-on-year basis in the first nine months of 2010.

THE Irish arm of pensions and insurance specialist Zurich Life has reported a 12% year-on-year increase in the value of new business, to €106.5 million, for the first half of this year.

A GOOD showing in an otherwise declining pensions market has boosted Zurich Life Ireland’s (formerly Eagle Star) market share by 46% to 16%, the company said yesterday.

Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) today posted “solid” nine-month results with net income of $2.2bn (€1.47bn), down 24%.

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Luke Dempsey is one of the nominees who have been put forward by clubs for the vacant position of Sligo senior football manager.

A man died of a heart attack minutes after he was believed to have been involved in the robbery of a mechanic’s shop at knifepoint, an inquest heard today.

Former St Mary's manager Tommy Breheny has assumed caretaker control of the Sligo senior footballers.