The number of people emigrating is making it harder for companies to fill vacancies, according to the latest KBC Bank Ireland/Chartered Accountants Ireland Business Sentiment Survey.

A PLEASANT young man called Leonard arrived at the cottage door last week, bearing a large box from Knocknamuck in Co Cork.

MAYO captain Yvonne Byrne directed a broadside at the county board after leading her side to victory in Sunday’s Connacht Ladies senior football championship final.

The hunt is on for a new Mayo Ladies senior football manager after the westerners were last night given the go-ahead to take part in the TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Championship.

LADIES Gaelic Football Association president Pat Quill is pleased Mayo have the chance to re-enter this year’s Connacht championship.

THE row that led to the withdrawal of Mayo’s ladies footballers from the senior championship has taken a new twist with the indefinite postponement of the TG4 Connacht final, which was scheduled for Sunday.

A FEW weeks ago in the quarter-final of the Leinster SHC between Galway and Wexford, we were treated to some magic.

The Ladies Gaelic Football Association have vowed to carry out ‘a full inquiry’ into the withdrawal of Mayo from this year’s All-Ireland Senior Championship.

THE Ladies Gaelic Football Association have vowed to carry out ‘a full inquiry’ into the withdrawal of Mayo from this year’s All-Ireland senior championship.

THEY were seven short words which summed up the seven longest days in Shane Duffy’s young life: “I’m just so happy to be alive.”

The Ireland panel for the first ever Ladies International Rules Series will be whittled down to 20 players after Saturday's final trial in Mullingar.

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) will host a meeting with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) next month.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has encouraged Irish-listed companies to participate in a review of the 2003 combined code on corporate governance.

MORE than a decade after watching twin brother Michael establish himself on the Galway hurling team, Liam Donoghue is all the more conscious of making the most of his time at the top level.

THE number of convictions for company law offences shot up by 50% last year, figures from the corporate enforcer reveal.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland said the annual report of the Office of the Director for Corporate Enforcement published today indicated the extent to which the ODCE depended on cooperation from accountants and auditors.

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland has set up a website to inform its members about ethics.

TAX evaders may not get the full benefits of a voluntary settlement with the Revenue Commissioners if they have already paid out on a previous inquiry.

IT'S a weekend of giving on the sporting scene in Ireland.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has described Minister Brian Cowen’s first budget as “giving a little to a lot of people”.

Two Irish chartered accountants have been appointed in new posts at the International Federation of Accountants meeting in Paris.

THE Revenue Commissioners yesterday admitted it had not done enough to establish the true cost of billions in controversial tax breaks.

THE FAI board of management will meet again tomorrow in the ongoing feud that is engulfing the association.

AS a race, we tend to deal in extremes. We are either up in the clouds or down in the dumps. A bit like Cian O’Connor and the unfortunate Waterford Crystal.

ELDERLY people are more at risk than any other group of being killed by trucks in slow moving traffic, it was claimed yesterday.

Elderly people are more at risk than any other group of being killed by trucks in slow moving traffic, it was claimed today.

Mary Dundon, Political Reporter

Pat Costello has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI).

GARDA stations around the country could be left with skeleton crews incapable of dealing with major emergencies, as up to 3,000 members of the force are drafted into Dublin for the May Day march.

AROUND 250 people will be killed on Irish roads between now and the end of the year.

THE Government has come under attack for putting off plans to set up a dedicated traffic corps to police road safety law.

PR SPECIALISTS Conroy O’Rourke have parted company with the FAI as it continues the implementation of the Genesis report.

GARDAÍ are targeting speeding motorists over the St Patrick's festival in an attempt to halt road carnage which has claimed 81 lives so far this year an increase of 25 deaths on 2003, according to the National Safety Council (NSC).

Gardaí and the National Safety Council have launched a campaign aimed at avoiding any road deaths in the run-up to St Patrick’s Day.

SEVEN out of ten motorcyclists have never received basic lessons, relying instead on trial and error and advice from biking friends.

CHIMNEY blazes are the biggest known cause of house fires the National Safety Council (NSC) revealed yesterday.

A HORRIFIC weekend on the roads has seen the numbers killed in traffic accidents increase to nine — just 12 days into the new year.

THOUSANDS of cars on our roads have potentially lethal defects, figures show.

More than 1,000 motorists were caught driving under the influence of alcohol in the four weeks before Christmas, according to figures today.

SPINAL injuries due to road accidents are on the increase again despite a dramatic 50% drop in the first six months of the penalty points system.

CROWDED HOUSE sang about it and yesterday the country was subjected to it - the vagaries of the Irish climate and four seasons in one day.

FATAL road accidents hit a horrifying new record over the weekend. In the blackest weekend ever on Irish roads, a catalogue of nine separate accidents claimed 10 lives.

As the build up to today's All-Ireland continues, drivers are being warned about stretching the time they spend behind the wheel.

CHILDREN under four years of age can be carried without seat belts in the rear of taxis — and yet the drivers will not be prosecuted or incur penalty points.