Irish petrol station chain Maxol is set to invest €35m in the expansion of its all-Ireland service station network.

The price of petrol is set to fall in the next two weeks despite a warning from the IMF that oil could double in price over the next decade.

There may be a silver lining in the dreaded double dip recession as the price of crude oil fell to a three-month low on fears that a renewed recession will hit demand.

DANNY McCOY has been appointed director general of employers’ representative body IBEC. Currently the organisation’s director of policy, he will succeed Turlough O’Sullivan in the post next Wednesday.

A leading economist was today named the next director general of influential business lobby group IBEC.

Take a very deep breath and concentrate. Kaufman brings us one of the most complex films of recent years, full of switching plots built on several layers, yet still a richly entertaining, thoughtful, funny-sad observation of the human condition.

LEARNER drivers may soon face examination on “green” issues in the driving test as the Government aims to promote better driving habits among motorists.

The outgoing president of influential lobby group IBEC today urged the social partners to be prepared to take some pain as they attempt to strike a new deal.

AN EXCLUSIVE forecourt partnership between the Maxol Group and BWG Foods worth €80 million per year in retail turnover was expanded yesterday.

IT’S just as well Ger Cunningham is an easy-going chap, a well-developed sense of humour.