A waste disposal company and its director, Louis Moriarty, have been fined a total of €60,000 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today for illegal dumping in Co Wicklow.

A prominent Dublin waste contractor has been fined €10,000 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for unauthorised "recovery" of inert waste at an illegal dump in Co. Wicklow in the late 1990s.

A Dublin man who threw O'Connell Street flagstones at gardaí during the Love Ulster Parade in 2006 has been jailed for three years.

KERRY Group’s top executives pocketed over €5 million last year, the company’s annual report reveals.

Paddy Power Bookmaker has announced record interim results for the six months to June 30, thanks to a turn of luck for the worse among punters.

KERRY Group has become a bio-science company of world standing following its €355 million acquisition of Quest from ICI, Davy Stockbrokers believe.

The ISEQ index finished up 10.61 points at 5071.19.

Leading bookmaker, Paddy Power plc, today announced record turnover, operating profit and earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2003.

A KILKENNY/WEXFORD pairing in the Leinster hurling semi-final, a break in the sequence of Clare/Tipperary meetings in Munster and, in football, the involvement of Tyrone in the preliminary round in Ulster, were some of the highlights of the draws for the 2004 championships made in Australia last night.

Paddy Power has released its interim results for the first 6 months to June 2003 showing an operating profit of €6.8m and profit after tax of €6.2m, and a turnover growth of 42%.

Kildare have named four debutantes in their team for this Sunday's Leinster football quarter-final against Longford in Mullingar.

DIRECTORS at Paddy Power receive a 35% pay rise last year but employees at the bookmakers saw their average pay increase by 19%.

A Cavan farmer who raped and sexually assaulted the 13-year-old daughter of a long-time friend for nine months has been jailed for five years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court heard.

PRE-TAX profits at Greencore should jump from the €11.5 million the company reported in September to €48.2 million in 2003, Davy Stockbrokers predict.