Improving the existing N20 Cork to Limerick road should be an “immediate priority” for government as part of a wider effort to improve transport links across the island of Ireland.

The Irish economy would suffer if the UK left the EU, according to a report.

IBEC has said that the claim from anti-Lisbon Group Coir on its posters that the Lisbon Treaty will result in the minimum wage in Ireland being reduced to €1.84 per hour was "a blatant lie, without foundation and an insult to the intelligence of Irish voters".

IBEC said today that the recent poll on the Lisbon Treaty confirms that many voters remain either un-informed or confused regarding the contents of the Treaty.