A BITTER dispute between some directors and shareholders of the giant Kentech group, which employs 2,800 people in Ireland and worldwide in providing engineering and other services, has come before the Commercial Court.

MOBILE communications network company Vodafone has seen further erosion in its Irish-based customer levels in the past three months.

VODAFONE Ireland has seen its total customer base slip in the last year from 2.33 million to 2.26 million – as foreign workers return home.

A LUXURY €100 million hotel and golf development planned for the outskirts of Clonmel will open in 2008 and create 200 permanent jobs.

Online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com stepped up its expansion today by paying £16m (€22.8m) for a business set up just two years ago.