The CEO of Cork City Council has insisted there is no conflict of interests after her husband’s building firm won a city council-funded revamp of a former cinema for an arts group.

THE threatened 12-day strike over Christmas by British Airways cabin crew could bring a devastating end to what had been a difficult year, the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) has said.

ONE of the biggest travel agents in the country moved last night to reassure customers their holiday bookings were safe after it became the latest casualty of the crisis facing the travel industry.