GARDAÍ are investigating if there is a link between the gangland murder of a 29-year-old man at the weekend and the shooting dead of a drug dealer almost a year ago.

A post mortem will be carried out today on the remains of man gunned down in west Dublin.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of a father of four in a double shooting yesterday, are trying to establish if the dead man had any links with organised crime.

GARDA cordon tape flapped in the wind yesterday, crossing through family driveways. Passersby, mothers with prams, stopped in silence as white-suited men stepped out of unmarked garda cars.

A BRAVE priest left Mass to give chase through fields after a man who had stolen the collection money.

SMALL firms that ignore their social responsibilities will lose out, lobby group ISME warned yesterday.

SMALL business group ISME has said the Government must ensure that any new terminal at Dublin Airport is run by an independent operator.

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprise association chairman Robert Berney today outlined the increasing importance of migrant labour in order for the economy to achieve and support maximum growth.

The European Union is hindering the development of small to medium sized enterprises with increased legislation and bureaucracy, the ISME claimed today.

ISME has joined the growing chorus of criticism of the European Commission over its decision to penalise Ryanair 's Charleroi operation.

TWO billion euro a year is being lost in tax revenue because spiralling costs are forcing Irish businesses to operate in the black economy.

The "black" economy is costing Ireland €6bn a year, of which €2bn is unpaid taxes, according to business lobby group ISME.

A MASTER craftsman who founded a small saddlery workshop in Kilcullen, Co Kildare, 120 years ago, could hardly have dreamt that his small shop would one day span the centuries to become one of the most respected producers of quality tack.