IRISH-BASED companies exported €30 million worth of military equipment to the international arms trade last year

THE GOVERNMENT'S plan to reverse its cuts in the 5,000 Community Employment Schemes has been depicted as another embarrassing climbdown, but it is also a testament to the efficacy our democracy and the health of our republic.

OLDER people can be a major business asset, a seminar was told in Dublin yesterday.

WORKERS and union officials from the troubled Irish Fertiliser Industries (IFI) plant in Cork harbour last night demanded that the Government take action to prevent the loss of 200 jobs.