A new survey has found that business leaders' confidence in the economy has dropped by 31% in the last year.

UK-exposed Irish shares rose for a second day on lingering hopes of an avoidance of a crash-out, no-deal Brexit.

Irish exporters are not investing enough money to better protect their businesses in the run-up to Brexit, Enterprise Ireland has warned.

Maura Quinn, CEO of the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Ireland, has joined the board of Rugby Players Ireland, the representative association for professional rugby players in Ireland.

Ireland women’s captain Ciara Griffin and Sevens star Louise Galvin have welcomed their appointments to the board of Rugby Players Ireland following the representative body’s expansion of its executive committee to reflect its growing remit in the Irish professional rugby.

The economy may already be overheating as fears about Brexit, skills shortages and political insecurity loom large, Ireland’s business directors believe.

The Government has been urged to introduce regulation for crowdfunding to provide protection for potential investors and help facilitate the development of a new financing model for businesses.

Conflicts of interest are rampant on Irish company boards, a survey of directors who sit on the boards has found.

Four in 10 companies have no formal cyber security strategy despite the overwhelming majority of directors identifying it as an important issue for their business.

Appetite, among female executives, for quotas to be introduced as a means of increasing gender equality on the boards of Irish firms is declining, according to a new survey.

Budget 2015 ignored the needs of the self-employed and provided no support for entrepreneurship, the majority of business leaders believe.

An overwhelming majority of Irish directors believe the way firms are run has improved in recent years.

“Poor to average” is how the vast majority of charity chiefs rate governance of the sector, while two thirds believe organisations in receipt of state funding are neither adequately monitored nor held to account for how money is spent.

The vast majority of employers are opposed to any further increases in employment costs, while Eddie Hobbs is seeking to have contracts surrounding Irish oil and gas exploration reformed, according to the latest pre-budget submissions.

Three-quarters of company directors are not satisfied with how quickly the Government is improving the State’s economic health, while a similar amount feel our graduates are not prepared for the workplace.

Directors of Irish companies have said they are confident that the eurozone will not collapse.

Members of the Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) have indicated their overwhelming support for a 'Yes' vote in the upcoming EU Fiscal Treaty referendum.

The Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) has welcomed the Government’s "commitment to job creation" in the first part of Budget 2012 announced by Minister Brendan Howlin today.

A NEW service has been launched to better evaluate the performance of Irish businesses — in terms of company boards, individual directors and board committees.

SEVENTY percent of directors agree that increased regulation is the only way that corporate governance standards can be improved, a study has shown.

THE majority of directors of companies believe the Government is not doing enough to resolve the economic crisis and half of company bosses don’t even think the Government understands the problem.

NEW corporate governance guidelines propose sweeping reforms in the governance of banks and insurance companies.

IT is regrettable that recent comments in your letters columns on the oil-for-food programme owe more to a predictable anti-UN agenda than a balanced and factual account of the successes and failures of this programme.

Irish actor Liam Neeson today pledged to highlight the plight of tens of thousands of children orphaned by AIDS and HIV after an inspiring trip to stricken Mozambique.

IMAGINE having screen stars Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne or Liam Neeson in your sitting room. It might be a dream for many Irish women, but it could become a reality when portraits of the three go on sale at a charity exhibition next month.

IMAGINE having screen stars Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne or Liam Neeson in your sitting room.

UNICEF Ireland has said that measures to protect children in the tsunami affected region of Asia from exploitation, abuse, and criminal trafficking are needed immediately to prevent them from slipping between the cracks.

The UN Children's Agency has said that it is receiving disturbing reports of children being abducted in the wake of the tsunami.

COMPANIES involved in the production of HIV/AIDS drugs are doing their best to make substantial profits from advances made by scientists, President Mary McAleese said yesterday.

OVER the last six years, in-flight donations by Aer Lingus transatlantic passengers have yielded €4 million for the world’s poorest children.

UNICEF Ireland yesterday launched a fundraising campaign to help children worldwide by working in partnership with the corporate sector.

I REFER to the letter in the Irish Examiner (October 10) entitled “Polio programme a Rotary project”.

UNICEF Ireland has paid tribute to the organisation's programme co-ordinator in Iraq, who died in yesterday's bomb attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad.

Unicef Ireland has warned that hundreds of thousands of children are at risk of dying if the United States and Britain press ahead with their plans to launch a war on Iraq.

SAMANTHA MUMBA is due to make an emotional trip to the home of her ancestors in Zambia at Easter. She hopes to raise awareness about AIDS and other killer diseases in what is one of Africa’s poorest countries.

SAMANTHA Mumba’s hit single Gotta Tell You will carry an extra special message from now on due to the singer’s new role as UNICEF Ireland’s special representative.

The executive director of UNICEF Ireland is due to travel to Zimbabwe this morning as the threat of famine continues to hang over the country.

Thousands of Afghans are facing starvation with reports that food will run out within two to three weeks.

UNICEF Ireland has launched an emergency appeal for aid for the victims of the Indian earthquake.