THE president of the Limerick Chamber of Commerce Kieran MacSweeney received a pay-off of $460,301 (€347,660) on stepping down as managing director of a Shannon-based IT firm last year.

LIMERICK will stagnate and face prolonged decline if the recommendations of Denis Brosnan’s report on the future running of the city are not implemented, Limerick Chamber of Commerce has warned.

ENTREPRENEURIAL activity is expected to “flourish” across the mid-west region in the coming years, but up to 80% of start-up companies will fail within their first five years of trading, unless they have the right experience mix, it has been warned.

EUROPE’S first third-level centre for franchise development is to be established at the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT).

LIMERICK’S business community has fully backed proposals for the revamp of local government.

FAILURE to introduce controversial new bus routes in Limerick would have a negative impact on the future economic competitiveness of the city and region, the local Chamber of Commerce has warned.

RTÉ’S former southern correspondent has blamed ageism for his departure from the station.

CARBERY Group reported a 94% increase in pre-tax profits last year. This was due to improved dairy market returns and the incorporation of its Syngery division’s acquisition of Van Lab for the full year.

LEADING employers in the mid-west yesterday warned how the loss of the Heathrow service to Shannon will threaten job prospects throughout the region.

We trainees on board the sail training ship Asgard 2 recently voyaged from Kinsale to Bere Island.

A LEADING campaigner for the development of regional transport last night warned against a head-in-the-sand attitude to the ending of the Shannon stopover with the advent of Open Skies on transatlantic flights.

Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin’s announcement on behalf of the Government raises even more questions than it answers.

A BEDSIDE vigil was maintained last night in a South African hospital where Sue Gamble lies critically injured after a road crash which claimed the life of her husband, Cork dentist Dr Paddy Gamble.

THE mid-west region is losing foreign direct investment because of infrastructural deficits and reduced air services at Shannon Airport, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland said yesterday.