The members of the Global Economic Forum are hoping to create 100,000 jobs out of this weekend’s think-in at Dublin Castle. But which ideas will emerge remains to be seen.

Fifty companies from around Ireland pitched to leading Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists yesterday and the chance for the 20 best to travel to California to secure funding.

Aer Lingus and Ryanair’s 90% dominant position at Cork Airport poses a threat to the airport’s Heathrow routes in a takeover situation, Cork Chamber warned yesterday.

Limerick Institute of Technology has unveiled two major funding initiatives to help companies get off the ground.

ONE hundred of Ireland’s top businesspeople are being asked to serve on the country’s state boards for free.

ONE hundred of Ireland’s top businesspeople are being asked to serve on the country’s state boards for free.

One hundred top-ranking business chiefs from around the world are to offer to help run Irish state agencies free of charge.

ENTERPRISE Ireland should be measured on the number of Nasdaq quoted companies created here and not just on job creation, a leading entrepreneur has suggested.

DECO the dog was the first to notice something was wrong, as a trickle of water began to flow into the split-level house at Shandon Court just after 1.30am yesterday.

HEAD of the Irish Technology Leadership Group John Hartnett has said high US investment activity levels and a skilled workforce can enable Ireland to have its own world-leading technology industry and allow the country to emulate Silicon Valley in California.

TWO universities yesterday teamed up with the business and public sector to set up a new energy hub in the mid-west region.

The Heineken Cup will be paraded Stateside this week as part of Irish Week in San Francisco.

TWO witnesses may shed light on the last moments of Dublin canal death victims Shane Coughlan and David White.

Tearful parents today visited the scene where their son was shot dead in the first gun murder in Ireland of 2007.

A MOST interesting auction is due to happen on July 7, when the long-running saga of the inheritance of a Co Limerick family farm should come to a conclusion.