Media owner and investor Denis O’Brien hasreached agreement to buy Dublin-based infrastructure support services group, Siteserv for €45.42m.

Community and voluntary sector employees will have fallen by more than 16,000 by 2015, even though the numbers who need their services have multiplied due to the economic crisis.

NEW business helped boost Siteserv’s first-half revenue by 9%, the company said yesterday.

THE number of children estimated to be living in consistent poverty may have risen by as much as 40,000, Barnardos has estimated.

SERVICES group Siteserv had a near €2m drop in profits during the first half of its current financial year, but has said that a good performance in its British operations have offset a poorer showing here.

THE country is experiencing a gangland and drugs crisis, with entire communities facing intimidation on a regular basis, a major drugs conference has heard.

THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions is to invest more than €300,000 per year for at least the next five years in a specialist economic unit.

SERVICES for the country’s most vulnerable people are being strangled by Government cutbacks which will result in the loss of 5,000 jobs in the community and voluntary sectors, according to a new report.

Men are on the road to extinction as their genes shrink and slowly fade away, medical students heard today.

Three out of 10 young people are still gambling with their lives by having casual sex without a condom, it emerged today.

HUNDREDS of furious concert goers demanded refunds after boyband East17 turned up six hours late for a gig at one of Cork’s top nightspots.

DUBLIN-based infrastructure and utilities services company, Siteserv has reported strong first half figures, with group revenue more than trebling to €128.4 million.

The Celtic Tiger economy has failed to deal with persistently high rates of child poverty, a leading charity warned today.

IRISH children face a bright future, but many will remain stuck in a grinding cycle of poverty unless the right political choices are made, a study has revealed.

THE children’s charity Barnardos yesterday reported that the Celtic tiger boom years did little enough to reduce persistently high rates of child poverty.

SITESERV, the building industry services firm, made a pre-tax profit of €12.2 million in the 12 months to the end of April. That figure was up from €5.3m the previous year.

SITESERV, listed on the alternative market in both Dublin and London has targeted acquisitions of between €20 million and €50m in value in Britain to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympic Games.

SITESERV, the building industry services firm, nearly doubled its first-half profits.

BREAKTHROUGH research in post-surgery pain relief at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) will help patients recover faster from major abdominal operations.

SITESERV has moved to reduce its exposure to the residential building market with the 52 million takeover of utilities services provider Sierra Communications.

Justin Hawkins, former frontman of glam rock band The Darkness, is bidding to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest.

British boy band East 17 have announced their split - just months after reforming for a comeback London gig and album.

Lea and Susie proved themselves to be the brainboxes of the Big Brother house by beating the other contestants in a pub quiz.

Former East 17 singer Brian Harvey has finally allayed fears his recent accident was a third suicide attempt - by explaining how he came to be crushed under the wheels of his own car in May.

Troubled singer Brian Harvey says he hopes to walk again as he explained how he came to be crushed under his own car in a freak accident.

Former East 17 star Brian Harvey is out of hospital and on the road to recovery, his girlfriend said today.

Hospitalised British pop star Brian Harvey insists there was nothing sinister about the events leading up to his near-fatal accident last month, which saw him fall under the wheels of his own Mercedes car.

British pop star Brian Harvey has finally regained consciousness after a near-fatal accident last month, which saw him fall under the wheels of his own Mercedes car.

Brian Harvey's manager has slammed reports the former East 17 singer will be crippled for life, insisting it was too early to realise the extent of his injuries.

Former East 17 star Brian Harvey has been moved to a specialist hospital unit after a bizarre crash which saw him crushed under the wheels of his own car.

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Former East 17 star Brian Harvey remains in a critical condition in hospital after falling under the wheels of his own car, police said today.

Former East 17 star Brian Harvey is in a critical condition in hospital after falling under the wheels of his own car, police said today.

Former East 17 singer Brian Harvey was rushed to hospital yesterday after falling ill at his east London home.

A third level institution based in the counties along the border could make a significant difference in tackling the negative impact of the partition, it was urged today.

Feminist icon Germaine Greer has admitted that going on Big Brother was “a mistake”.

Celebrity Big Brother is returning next month – with the housemates locked up for even longer in an attempt to send them off the rails.

Nancy Sorrell became the first celebrity to be booted out of I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!, leaving her husband in the jungle without her.

Nancy Sorrell tonight became the first celebrity to be booted out of the jungle in I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.

Natalie Appleton has quit the ITV television show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

Brian Harvey plans to propose to model girlfriend Emma B following his jungle walk-out.

Brian Harvey quit the jungle today after a blazing row with Janet Street-Porter over his flatulence.

Brian Harvey is not the first star to quit I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Comic Vic Reeves stunned the contestants on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! When he turned up unannounced in the jungle.