WEST BROM leapfrogged Newcastle to go top of the Coca-Cola Championship after they claimed a 2-0 win over Scunthorpe last night while Newcastle suffered a 3-0 defeat at Derby.

West Brom leapfrogged Newcastle to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after they claimed a 2-0 win over Scunthorpe while Newcastle suffered a 3-0 defeat at Derby.

BLARNEY has done it again.

It is a hairy issue, but a team of budding young scientists today claimed to have proved blondes really are more dumb.

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BT IRELAND’s first-half profits increased by 21%, on a year-on-year basis, leading the company to maintain that it is building on its aim to become the leading networked IT services provider in the Republic.

BT Ireland has reported that their profits in the year up to September 30, 2009, have climbed by 21%.

IRELAND still faces an uphill challenge if it is to achieve a quality nationwide broadband internet network in the short-to-medium term, an industry conference was told yesterday.

TWO farmers’ sons from Co Cork have won Europe’s most prestigious competition for young scientists.

Two Cork teenagers tonight clinched top prize in a Europe-wide science competition.

BT and Vodafone today received approval from the Irish Competition Authority to progress the strategic partnership announced on July 22 this year.

The Communications Regulator (ComReg) has slashed the monthly fees broadband providers must pay eircom for using eircom lines to provide their services.

BT and Vodafone have today agreed a strategic partnership which could lead to a more competitive telecoms network in Ireland.

Up to 100 jobs are to be created at two new emergency call handling centres, it was announced today.

BT IRELAND says planned job cuts will not directly affect operations here and that any cuts in Ireland will be solely down to natural attrition. BT Group said yesterday that it will continue to look at lowering costs, with 15,000 job cuts expected to be implemented this year.

BT today reported a rise of 18% in full year profits for its all-Ireland operations despite the difficult economic climate.

Part of Belfast is to be given access to super-fast broadband on the BT network early next year, it was announced today.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen led the tributes to the joint winners of the 2009 BT Young Scientist of the Year title last night.

British Telecom has said that any job losses at its Irish operations will be based around its ongoing policy of “natural attrition”, rather than forming any part of the group’s overall cost-cutting plan, which involves the loss of 10,000 positions.

Despite the weaker economic climate, business confidence for the future of an all-island economy remains resilient, according to a report issued today.

An American aid worker badly injured by a landmine in Somalia will meet today the Irish pilot who rescued him for the first time.

BRITAIN’S largest phone company, BT has said turnover at in its Irish businesses rose by 4.3% to £771m (€969m) in the year to March 2008.

SIBLING sexual abuse is more common than sexual abuse by a parent, according to the director of a treatment programme for young abusers.

HARRY REDKNAPP celebrated the luck all teams need to win the FA Cup by signing Czech Republic striker Milan Baros on loan from Lyon last night to bolster his crumbling Premier League strike-force.

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Non-league Havant and Waterlooville gave Liverpool a scare – but a hat-trick from Yossi Benayoun ended their FA Cup dreams as the home side ran out 5-2 winners at Anfield.

Non-league Havant and Waterlooville put in a superb first-half performance as they twice took the lead at Anfield but Liverpool responded to leave the scores locked at 2-2 at half-time.

The BT Young Scientist of the Year 2008 is Emer Jones, a second year student from Presentation School, Tralee in Co Kerry.

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BT Ireland today announced a 6% increase in revenues by from €519m to €549m for the half year to September 30.

THE prospect of following in the footsteps of Dublin teenager Abdusalam Abubakar, who was this week named one of Europe’s top young scientists, is looming large for thousands of students.

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BT today announced the appointment of Chris Clark as CEO of BT Ireland.

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The UN humanitarian chief has accused Israel of “shocking” and “completely immoral” behaviour for dropping large numbers of cluster bombs on Lebanon when a ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah was in sight.

AN Ohio community is racked with grief after 20 soldiers from the local battalion were killed in just two days.

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