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An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a Cork cemetery, with 5,601 plots, which will be the first privately-run facility in the city or county.

Investment funds based in Ireland will no longer have to hire two Irish residents as directors under a Central Bank plan to improve oversight of one of the global fund industry’s biggest hubs.

Ireland, one of the biggest hubs for funds in Europe, will allow hedgefunds based here to lend to companies under new rules drawn up by the Central Bank, it said.

MAJOR potential to develop a sport horse alternative farm enterprise was claimed by Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) chairman Joe Walsh at the recent launch of a guide to rural development programme grant aid for the sector.

FIFA have awarded a total of 17 referee and assistant referee badges for 2008 to Irish referees.

Eircom League of Ireland referee Alan Kelly will this weekend take charge of the Emirates Cup meeting between Inter Milan and Valencia at the Emirates Stadium in London.

PATIENTS at a Cork nursing home were treated “in an appalling way” despite the fact it was owned by a doctor, the Dáil heard yesterday.

DEVELOPING a spur railway connecting Shannon Airport to the main Limerick/Ennis line would be a waste of money, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary declared yesterday.

UEFA has announced that a number of the eircom League's FIFA referees and assistants have been appointed to upcoming Champions League and UEFA Cup fixtures.

UEFA has announced today that a number of the eircom League's FIFA referees and assistants have been appointed to upcoming Champions League and UEFA Cup fixtures.

Dublin official John Feighery has been handed the whistle for next weekend’s FAI Carlsberg Cup Final, it was announced today.