A CANDLE flame flickered in front of framed photographs of murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo as her parents launched a new foundation for rape and sexual assault victims in Dublin yesterday.

The family of Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo have set up a foundation for victims of rape and sexual assault across Europe.

An Irish publican is setting up a new foundation in honour of Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo, who was murdered in Galway in October 2007.

C&C Group have announced that Brendan McGuinness will retire next year as head of its cider division.

Beverage manufacturer C&C Group has today announced that the managing director of the firm's cider division is to retire with effect from May 1, 2008.

C&C’s board members all saw significant increases in their pay packages over the course of the drinks group’s last financial year — which ran to the end of February.

C&C GROUP is to double its cider manufacturing capacity at its Clonmel facility through a €200 million investment programme.

Drinks manufacturer and distributor C&C has announced a €200m capital investment programme to double its cider manufacturing capacity in Clonmel within an 18-month timeframe.

EXECUTIVE directors at drinks and snack company C&C received a 38% increase in pay and benefits last year with chief executive Maurice Pratt’s pay package hitting €1.14 million, up 36%.

DRINKS and snack food group C&C will be valued at approximately €800 million when it floats later this month.

BUSINESSMAN Maurice Pratt has missed out on a 5 million euro windfall after the drinks group which he heads pulled the plug on a stock market flotation yesterday.