A prestigious golf club was tonight accused of enforcing 19th century rules after it won a legal bid refusing women full membership.

THE chief executive and founder of the recruitment company CPL Resources, Anne Heraty, last night stepped down as a member of the board of the Irish Stock Exchange.

RECRUITMENT group CPL Resources has bought Kate Cowhig International Recruitment, a company which specialises in the healthcare sector.

Recruitment company Cpl Resources has announced an 83% surge in profits to €10.6m for the 12 months to June this year, up from €5.8m the year before.

ANNE HERATY, chief executive of recruitment firm CPL Resources, has been appointed a non-executive director of Anglo Irish Bank.

THE husband-and-wife team behind recruitment firm CPL Resources were nearly €20 million richer last night after selling part of their stake in the company.

Ireland’s new Green Card immigration system must be a modern, sophisticated scheme attracting workers with the right skills, it emerged today.

THE chief executive of recruitment firm CPL Resources, Anne Heraty, has been been named as Ireland’s top businesswoman.

Raising skills levels and delivering high-quality graduates will be the twin priorities of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) going forward, the body's chairperson said today.

IRISH workers need to raise their skill levels, while our universities must deliver more high-quality graduates with knowledge that is relevant to enterprise, the government think-tank on science and technology policy said yesterday.

RECRUITMENT firm CPL Resources yesterday reported a 49% rise in full-year pre-tax profits.

A man accused of murdering his son frantically tried to resuscitate him during a 40-minute wait for an ambulance, an eyewitness told a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today.

Anne Heraty has been appointed Chairperson of the new-look Expert Group for Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), which has been merged with the National Training Advisory Committee.

HELPING half a million adult workers who suffer poor literacy skills would significantly boost the Irish jobs market, a conference in Dublin was told yesterday.