The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has axed the committee that signed off on a gold-plated deal that could have cost the union €25m once its chief executive retired.

Just how much Health Minister James Reilly knew of the deal behind a potential €25m pension pot for a union chief will form part of a review into the controversy.

BANK of Scotland has appointed joint receivers to the Mr Binman group of waste collection companies employing more than 330 people across Munster, with another 200 jobs indirectly dependent on them.

PROPOSED legislation to deal with grossly excessive legal bills is to be introduced sometime next year.

Drink companies are using advertising to exploit young people and to encourage them to consume more alcohol, according to the former President of the Irish Medical Organisation Dr Cormac McNamara.