A SENIOR Kerry County Council engineer yesterday rejected a claim of “collusion” between the council and the promoters of a planned cafe on the Great Blasket Island.

New EU takeover rules could have a significant impact on the operation of compulsory takeovers in the Irish market, according to solicitors McCann FitzGerald.

THERE’S a flicker of hope that the long-running saga surrounding plans by the Government to purchase the Great Blasket Island may be slowly grinding to an end.

Up to 600 local residents are protesting in south Co Dublin tonight over a controversial mobile phone mast.

GARDAÍ have made millions of euro worth of calls on phones supplied by O2, leaving the OPW to pick up the tab.