Delegates attending today’s reconvened annual general meeting of the FAI were informed of the threat of liquidation hovering over the organisation.

Two Cork-based companies have finished in the top 10 of the Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Company Awards which rank the fastest growing technology companies in Ireland.

Despite fears of a crippling budget, Irish households still plan to be the highest spenders across Europe this Christmas, proving that Santa’s sleigh remains insulated from the icy winds of austerity.

IT CAN pilfer our pockets, raid our reserves and strip away our sovereignty but there’s no way the Irish are going to allow the economic crisis become the grinch that steals Christmas.

Victory on the Midland Navigation Trial, the penultimate round of the national series in Athlone,