LEADING business figures and former politicians including Sean O’Driscoll of Glen Dimplex and telecom tycoon Denis O’Brien have drafted an economic recovery plan that urges the Government to slash 30,000 jobs from the public sector.

THE report of the Limerick Local Government Committee was one of the most radical ever drawn up to overhaul dysfunctional local government in this country.

THE steering committee established to turn Spike Island into a tourist mecca has met for the first time and has established a dedicated website to allow the public contribute suggestions.

FORMER Marine Minister Frank Fahey faced a storm of criticism yesterday following a damning report by the Dáil’s financial watchdog on an abandoned €6 million scheme to build four marinas.

AN expert employed to value the patents left over from the collapse of Media Lab was then allowed to buy them, the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee yesterday heard.

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last night expressed outrage after being denied access to key documents which one member said could expose a “massive rip-off” of taxpayers’ cash pumped into the disastrous MediaLab venture.

FORMER Aer Lingus boss Willie Walsh has no doubts about the need for private ownership as the way forward for the Irish economy.

THE former Marine Minister Frank Fahey yesterday launched a blistering attack on Department of Communication and Marine officials for their handling of four controversial marina projects.

THE Government has yet to get back almost half of its 77 million investment on a troubled international telecoms link to the US and Europe.