THE impact of Government cutbacks on the employment of agricultural graduates is one of the key items for discussion at the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) annual conference on September 11.

Tesco today unveiled its first environmentally-friendly store which it claimed will use almost half the energy of a standard supermarket.

ONE of Ireland’s top PR executives yesterday told the High Court of his outrage and anger that information was leaked to a number of Sunday newspapers that he was in talks with Bank of Ireland (BoI) for the post of group head of corporate communications.

LIMERICK sporting figure, JP McManus has made another major contribution to sport in the city and county.

NOBODY can complain about not being ready for Christmas as the number of 24-hour Tesco supermarkets are to more than double from today.

TESCO has entered the personal loans market — but borrowers have been warned to read the small print.

Tesco Ireland has announced that its personal finance business (Tesco Personal Finance) is to enter the loans market in Ireland, providing personal loans of up to €30,000.

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Tesco has dismissed the survey carried out by Fine Gael into the prices being charged by British chain stores in Ireland, as being highly selective.

SUPERMARKET giants Tesco yesterday sparked a possible price war after it opened its first petrol filling station.

Michèle Horgan checks out the rise of the virtual shopping trolley.

The Tesco supermarket chain is preparing to be hit by two one-day strikes later this month.