More than 1,700 taxi drivers quit their jobs last year as the number of taxi driver licences in Ireland fell below 30,000 for the first time in a decade.

Filling station operator and convenience retailer Topaz has signed a three-year deal with Musgrave Food Services worth €30m.

JAMES BOND veteran actor Roger Moore, a global goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, is in Ireland to mark the first birthday of a fundraising initiative he helped launch between the children’s charity and retail fuel supplier Topaz.