DETAILS of staff working in a Government department were on the missing laptop at the centre of the latest data security scare.

One of the country’s largest employers, computer giant Dell, is to cut its Irish workforce by 250 as it strives to drive down costs and increase profits, it was revealed tonight.

DESERTED buildings and acres of undeveloped land earmarked for business are wasting taxpayers’ money, it was warned last night.

EMPLOYERS from across the mid-west will gather for a bigr business meeting in Shannon tomorrow amid concerns that the loss of Aer Lingus’s Heathrow link will cripple the regional economy.