Back in the day when I believed that politics could improve the lot of the common man, I used to be enthralled by the British general election, writes Paddy Heaney.

CONSUMER champions tested 23 washing machines on sale in Ireland and found almost all of them fail to rinse clothes properly.

Card payment processing company EuroConex has appointed Jim Harrow as its new UK director. Mr Harrow was previously a senior executive with Visa and will have responsibility for managing the company’s recently-signed deal with Alliance & Leicester.