As employment in Ireland returns to levels last seen a decade ago, many businesses are discovering that an economic recovery has a downside.

Budget measures introduced since 2000 have helped to increase the number of married women in employment, with full individual taxation likely to further reduce gender disparities in the labour market.

Almost half of those aged 18 to 29 are working on non-standard contracts, prompting calls for more efforts to provide greater job security for millennials.

The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) has recommended that Budget 2018 restore the last 200 out of the 600 guidance counselling posts lost to secondary schools in 2012.

The number of people on the Live Register fell to its lowest level since 2008 in July, according to latest figures from the CSO.

A taxi man convicted of careless driving after food critic Tom Doorley was knocked down and seriously injured has been fined €500 but spared a livelihood-threatening road ban.

A surprise witness, who came forward during the trial of a taxi driver accused of careless driving after food critic Tom Doorley was knocked down, will be allowed give evidence.

Finian McGrath has come under fire for his “unhelpful and irresponsible” comments on smoking.

The trial of a taxi driver accused of careless driving after food critic Tom Doorley was knocked down in Dublin City centre has been thrown a “curve ball” after a new witness came forward.

Food critic Tom Doorley has told a court he suffered two broken shoulders when he was knocked down by a taxi in Dublin city-centre.

Youth unemployment is still double the rate it was at the start of the recession, it has emerged.

Cork Airport receives unfair criticism because there are unrealistic expectations of the service it provides, according to travel agents in the city and county.

Downward unemployed figures are masking a rise in youth joblessness that should prompt Government action, says the National Youth Council of Ireland.

Electronic cigarettes would be banned from restaurants, bars, and workplaces and made illegal for under-18s, under proposed laws.

Childhood obesity can be prevented if GPs start to weigh toddlers at 13 months and talk to parents about nutrition, according to new research.

When you’re in the travel business you have to get used to people moving about, but Cork city-based travel experts Shandon Travel are still getting a little excited about their switch to a new city centre location.

Food critic Tom Doorley served up a varied menu of tweets yesterday to hit back at broadcaster Neil Prendeville for the coverage of his review of a Cork City restaurant.

Parents gathered together in little huddles and went in and out of Ballinkillen NS yesterday, to hear how best they can tell their own children about what happened to Eoghan and Ruairí Chada, while just a few hundred metres away Kathleen Chada was attempting to take in the enormity of her loss.

The National Youth Council of Ireland is disappointed with the announcements in today's Budget for education, training and support for young people.

COUNCILLORS in Cork city will be urged to support a motion calling on the Justice Minister to ban burkas and give gardaí the power to order youths to remove their hoodies.

WITH Ireland’s youth unemployment rate now the second highest in western Europe, a report has recommended a number of key measures to get young people back to work.

The National Youth Council of Ireland has said it is "disappointed" with the amount of extra training places announced in today's Budget by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.

Up 58,000 jobseekers aged 18-25 may emigrate in the next 12 months, according to the National Youth Council of Ireland (NCYI).

IT would have been irresponsible not to have been prepared for a major swine flu outbreak even though that scenario failed to materialise, the Health Service Executive said yesterday.

The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) has said it opposes the slashing of Jobseeker’s Allowance to "a paltry" €100 for young people aged 20 to 21 and €150 to those between 22 to 24 who are unemployed.

A MAN in the south of the country has died from swine flu, bringing the total number of Irish deaths from the global pandemic to 17.

FAMILY doctors have described the first phase in the roll-out of the Health Service Executive (HSE) swine flu vaccination programme as “chaotic” and “flawed”.

THE rate of swine flu infection rose “significantly” last week, with Department of Health officials fearing that the upward trend may indicate the onset of the winter “spike” in the numbers of those affected by the illness.

THE question of whether people will be charged by GPs to administer the human swine flu vaccine has not yet been discussed, it emerged yesterday.

The country’s top health officials have stated that there are no plans in place to close schools even in the event of a swine flu outbreak.

A young woman has died from swine flu in the first reported Irish death south of the border, health officials confirmed tonight.

AT least 500 people in Ireland are contracting swine flu every week, the latest briefing from the Department of Health reveals.

DEATHS from swine flu in Ireland are inevitable as the disease begins to sweep the country, the Health Service Executive has warned.

PATIENTS with heart conditions living outside Dublin have significantly less access to care, the Health Service Executive has found in a comprehensive health study.

THERE are no more probable or confirmed Irish swine flu cases, the Department of Health has stated.

ONE in three people between the ages of 18 and 21 are not registered to vote, research reveals.

CONSUMER champions last night claimed airlines could be breaking the law by billing passengers automatically for travel insurance as they book flights.

YOUNG people have been urged to boycott businesses that install new security devices to target their ability to hear high-pitched noises.

SPAR Ireland today announced that it aims to increase wine sales in its stores by 40% during the next two years bringing total retail wine sales to more than €50m by 2008.

THE board of Cork Airport was called on last night to offer its marketing manager a new contract.

IRISH property owners in Spain are driving the surge in the number of foreign holidays we take each year, the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) said yesterday.