The crisis-hit disability charity Rehab’s fundraising and lotteries wing is set to be wound up and replaced with a new body as part of a major review of the "activities" to help restore the group’s damaged image.

A close associate of ex-Rehab chief executive Angela Kerins has quit her post in the charity, just weeks after she was asked to take an 18.5% pay cut on her six-figure salary.

The Rehab Group is to consider changing its name following the damage to the brand inflicted by controversies surrounding pay and pension arrangements of former senior executives which has resulted in a €1m reduction in donations.

Rehab has today announced the appointment of its new chief executive, Mo Flynn, on a €140,000-a-year salary.

The Rehab group increased its operating profits more than five-fold in its final year under the direction of former chief executive Angela Kerins.

Funds raised for the disability charity, Rehab, have dropped by around €600,000 this year after a string of controversies surrounding how money was spent at the agency.

The Rehab chairman says he "wouldn't dream of saying no" if called to appear before the Oireachtas spending watchdog.

Staff at the disability charity Rehab said they are disappointed that a "clean slate wasn’t offered" after a shake up of the board which saw all but three of its 16 members replaced.

The Rehab Group today appointed a new board, with 13 of the 16 members being newly-appointed to the top management table.

Ireland’s People of the Year awards is 40 this year and, to celebrate, past winners Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Mark Pollock, Christina Noble, and Jane McKenna were joined yesterday by awards ambassador and actress Aoibhín Garrihy in Dublin to open the nominations campaign for the 2014 awards.

Retired Aviva Ireland chief Sean Egan is the new chairman of the Rehab Group.

The Rehab group has announced Sean Egan as its new chairman.

Four years ago he was on the dole but yesterday his work was seen around the world, presented by the Taoiseach to President Obama as part of the St Patrick’s festivities.

Senior figures in the country’s largest health insurers yesterday demanded action to stop younger, healthier people fleeing the market, leading to a “vicious circle” of rising premiums.

An Post has reached initial agreement via its insurance subsidiary One Direct to buy the branch network element of the general insurance arm of Aviva Ireland.

Insurer Aviva has said it hopes today's news about a reduction in the number of planned job losses ends speculation about its commitment to Ireland.

Ireland was the only territory in which British insurance giant Aviva failed to meet investment return targets last year.

AIB is expected to announce Irish Life as its new third-party life assurance and pensions provider next week, after ending its current partnership with Aviva.

The UNITE trade union is to seek an urgent meeting with the new chief executive of Aviva Ireland after a document outlining the closure of the entire Aviva network was leaked into the public domain.

MAJOR insurer Aviva is to close all of its Irish branches by June next year — a move which will cost over 1,200 jobs and leave just a handful of officials, one executive and a single call centre here.

Aviva Insurance has announced a new chief executive officer for its Irish business.

IRELAND marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks with a simple yet moving ceremony hosted by the US embassy in Dublin.

The 10th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks has been marked at a poignant memorial in Dublin.