Budget cuts could run to more than €3bn, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan warned today.

DEVELOPING a hi-tech manufacturing base including homegrown enterprises is key to economic recovery, a conference of leading chief executives heard yesterday.

THE Irish second-level education system needs to be geared towards producing people who will create future wealth and prosperity as we are now falling behind international standards, a forum was told yesterday.

UNIVERSITY of Limerick founding president Ed Walsh has urged the Taoiseach to answer the calls for a reformed Oireachtas by filling the upcoming Seanad vacancies with leading business figures rather than seasoned politicians.

SOME of the leading global and Irish names in technological and medical devices will have their key research work carried out in a Cork facility under a €5 million investment by Enterprise Ireland over the next five years.

UP to 200 jobs are to be created by Imagine Communications group as it spends €100 million rolling out, what it claims, will be the country’s fastest, most affordable and highest quality broadband technology.

IRELAND has nothing to gain from a second No to the Lisbon Treaty.

Lisbon Treaty supporters and opponents clashed today trading insults and accusing one another of spreading lies to win votes in the looming referendum.

US INVESTMENT and job creation would be threatened in the event of a second rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, according to Pfizer head Dr Paul Duffy.

THERE will be no attempt to run a third Lisbon Referendum if voters reject the treaty in October.

COMPUTER software manufacturer Intel has announced a €50 million expansion of its operations in Shannon with the potential to generate 134 jobs over the next four years.

More than 130 jobs could be created after computer chip giant Intel announced plans for a new research centre in the Mid-West.

IRELAND must continue to offer something distinctive to attract multinational companies and compete with emerging economies, the American Chamber of Commerce has warned.

The American Chamber of Commerce has published a strategic paper on creating an innovation and commercialisation base in Ireland.

Computer giant Intel has appointed the general manager of its Irish operations to one of its vice president roles across its global operations, it was reported today.

COMPUTER giant Intel saw its shares fall to $14.70 from $16.52 last night after the world’s largest chipmaker posted profits that rose less than analysts had expected amid a widespread slump in chip demand.