A SENIOR Department of Enterprise official was accused of allowing the head of his department mislead an Oireachtas Committee about concerns over a multi-million euro Fás training scheme.

WARNINGS about waste and mismanagement of a €126 million Fás “slush fund” were ignored by the Department of Enterprise as far back as 2006.

THE Department of Finance has no plans to revise its borrowing requirements for this year after new figures showed the Government borrowed close to €900 million less than it expected in 2003.

IRISH sports fans travelling to Australia this autumn will have the opportunity of supporting the national side in two codes, over a two-day period.