Since the launch of the Ford Focus in 1998, some 12 million of them have been sold worldwide. In Europe alone 6.9 million Focus units have been sold and around 1.5m of them are built every year.

The CEO of O2 Ireland has announced her resignation.

Nature’s Best Ltd, the Drogheda-based producer of fresh chilled convenience foods, has agreed a €2m deal with Tesco which will result in 25 new jobs, it has been announced.

IAM — Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA (general sales and service agent) company — has opened a new sales office in Cork, to enhance the service it provides to its airline principals and their freight agent customers.