A warehouse building with other potential higher-end uses in Cork city’s western suburbs, close to third-level college CIT, has had a price slash, so that now it can be bought for one third the cost of comparable construction.

Roscommon 3-14 Galway 3-11: The new president of the Connacht Council, Mick Rock, hit the nail on the head when he said that if there was any truth in recent reports about Gaelic football being dead, it was appropriate the resurrection should take place over the Easter weekend.

Roscommon 6-18 Sligo 0-12: Reigning Connacht U21 champions Roscommon enjoyed a goal feast as they accounted for Sligo by a whopping 24 points at Kiltoom.

Scores of Kerrymen working on rebuilding the Twin Towers site in New York feature in a radio programme due to be broadcast tomorrow.

Bank-related group Certus are pulling out of Cork city offices they had only moved into just 16 months ago, as part of a downsizing move, as it prepares to shed 30% of its workforce and shuts offices in Cork, Dublin, Belfast and Limerick.

The parent company of Daft.ie saw a huge surge in profits last year, with operating profit more than doubling in the 12 months.

The number of people in work in the UK has reached a record 30.7 million following another fall in the jobless total there.

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THE whine of the chainsaw can still be heard in the countryside as people continue to cut up trees laid low by Storm Darwin more than two months ago. You might say the ferocious storm had a sort of silver lining in that the fallen trees will result in more use of renewable fuel.

Four Roads 2-15 Oran 2-09

The minister for social protection is waiting for the High Court judgment on the Waterford Crystal pension scheme before she delivers recommendations to the Government on wider pension reforms.

Men should no longer be regarded as a family’s main breadwinner after a new study showed women make up at least half of workers in most parts of the country, said a leading British union.

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A Westmeath businessman has been fined today for failing to comply with a request to provide documentation to the Pensions Ombudsman.

There has been a doubling in complaints about pensions made to Pensions Ombudsman this year.

Hundreds of public servants face receiving a shortfall in their pensions when they retire because of an error in their PRSI classification.

Enterprise Ireland has appointed an “ambassador” for Irish business to the Middle East, with similar posts planned for the US and China later this year.

At least 700 companies are being monitored by the Revenue Commissioners on the suspicion that they may be so-called “phoenix” companies.

Surgeries will be cancelled in public hospitals to cope with the exodus of health staff under the Government’s early retirement scheme.

Funding for one of the largest hospitals in Munster is set to be slashed by €22m this year, forcing 30 beds to be closed as part of cost-cutting plans.

SEANIE JOHNSTON’S proposed move to Kildare edged a step closer with the former Breffni skipper meeting with officials of the St Kevin’s club in Staplestown this week.

PENSIONERS who have paid tax for which they are not liable as a result of the exchange of information between the Revenue and the Department of Social Protection will be refunded in the near future.

The Pensions Ombudsman Paul Kenny has said he is confident that pensioners will not be pursued by Revenue for small arrears in their taxes.

A meeting is taking place today between the Pensions Ombudsman and officials from the Revenue Commissioners over the pensioner-tax controvery.

OLDER people not liable for extra tax were treated in a “disturbing” manner by the Revenue, the Pensions Ombudsman warned.

PENSIONS ombudsman Paul Kenny has called for clearer communication between pension scheme managers and members, in a bid to resolve disagreements more swiftly.

Directors in the UK's top firms have seen their pay rise by almost 50% in the past year, taking their average earnings to just under £2.7m, a new study revealed today.

Unions angrily attacked the Government today over a report it commissioned which said companies should be able to sack unproductive staff without explanation, warning that the move would “horrify” workers.

THE rush to retire workers early in order to reduce the public sector wage bill is leading to errors in pension entitlement calculations, the Pensions Ombudsman has warned.

Oil giant BP is facing a wave of protests as it holds its annual general meeting in London days before the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

NINE convictions have been secured in the last 10 months against employers who deducted contributions but had failed to pay them into a pension scheme.

NINE convictions have been secured in the last 10 months against employers who deducted contributions but had failed to pay them into a pension scheme.

BRITISH government plans to move huge numbers of benefit claimants into work were dubbed “fantasy island politics” yesterday when a union warned there were not enough jobs.

New research has found that Junk food is as addictive as smoking and hard drugs.

JUNK food is as addictive as heroin, cocaine and smoking, according to new research by scientists.

AS pension funds across the country continue to fall into arrears, the number of people lodging complaints with the Pensions Ombudsman has increased by more than 70% in the last 12 months.

A sperm donor today won a landmark court battle to get access to his son who is being raised by a lesbian couple.

Talks to try to break the deadlocked postal dispute in the UK are expected to resume today as the Royal Mail faces legal action over the recruitment of 30,000 agency staff during the strike.

The British National Party has won its its first two seats in the European Parliament.

CORK’S stranglehold on the FAI Intermediate Cup ended yesterday when the last remaining Munster Senior League club in the competition, Rockmount, bowed out in the last four.

The number of complaints coming before the Pensions Ombudsman is up by over 40%.

The Tánaiste Mary Coughlan is due to meet trade unions representing workers at Waterford Wedgwood this afternoon.

RETIRING workers with pensions that have slumped in value due to the stock market collapse may be able to defer cashing in their investments until the market recovers.