Enterprise Ireland is launching a new competition aimed at bringing the Irish diaspora and their tech companies home.

More than 1,800 jobs have been announced at new high-tech firms supported by Enterprise Ireland.

Twenty-four business leaders have been shortlisted for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award 2011.

The Health Services Executive Mid-Western Area has denied claims by a group of hospital consultants that patients are being put at risk because senior management have not adequately responded to the needs of the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Ennis.

DAIRY farmers can enhance the value of their herds and qualify for higher payments in the event of a disease breakdown, "at minimal cost", according to the Irish Holstein Friesian Association.