Jola Wojtowitz outside her (now closed) restaurant in Lower O’Connell Street in Kinsale.

ACKNOWLEDGING the vote that made him our 13th Taoiseach — only the second from west of the Shannon — just before two o’clock yesterday afternoon Enda Kenny immediately focussed on two qualities that will be essential if we are to rebuild our economy, our politics and our faith in official Ireland.

The Quinn Group today rejected claims it was facing a €700m black hole and insisted its insurance wing needed only up to €150m to get back on a sure footing.

GOD may love a trier but earthly audiences are much more demanding.

The Government has been sharply criticised for failing to stop the super rich from avoiding tax.

THE bogus and non-resident accounts scandal scaled new heights yesterday as it was revealed that Revenue will soon have recovered €1 billion from tax evaders and that two further banks are the subject of fresh investigations.

THE GOVERNMENT must urgently address the amount of revenue it is losing through tax breaks and allowances to the wealthy, Labour’s finance spokeswoman Joan Bruton urged yesterday.

The Information Commissioner Kevin Murphy says it's difficult to know whether the introduction of charges for utilising the Freedom of Information Act will discourage the public from using it.