A recruitment drive for a marketing programme that merges academic learning with practical experience in order to support the growing Irish food industry has been launched.

Looking for a holiday read? Eoghan O’Sullivan rounds up some of the best music-related books around at the moment.

Virtual currencies such as bitcoin present a wide range of issues for financial authorities in areas such as taxation, consumer protection, and money laundering, a leading Central Bank official has said.

Companies promoting the crypto-currency Bitcoin have been advised to avoid playing cat and mouse with regulators.

The much-maligned digital cash Bitcoin is on course to revolutionise global trading in the same way email, MP3s and digital photography flipped lifestyles and industries on their head, supporters have claimed.

The European Commission’s speed in bringing in securities regulations is resulting in unexpected consequences and poor legislation, according to the Central Bank’s director of markets supervision, Gareth Murphy.

Central Bank deputy governor Matthew Elderfield will leave the post in October to pursue other interests in the UK.

Irish spread-betting firm Marketspreads has been ordered to cease trading by the Central Bank due to concern for clients’ accounts.

THE Central Bank has made the first appointments to its new Risk Advisers Panel – the vehicle announced earlier this year to assess risk management standards at the main banks.

The teams for the upcoming AIB League fixtures have been announced.