Ryanair starts flying direct from Cork to Krakow this week. Great timing, says Pól Ó Conghaile, if you want to visit one of the most atmospheric Christmas markets in Europe.

I had the honour of playing the Waterville Links course in Co Kerry last weekend.

An Irish subsidiary of US software giant Oracle last year recorded a 79% increase in pre-tax profits to $55m (€41m).

POLICING the booming heroin trade is likely to become more difficult across Europe, a top UN report has warned.

A newborn baby and four children were among the 395 people newly diagnosed with HIV last year, it was disclosed today.

The Irish Aviation Authority has extended the closure of Irish airspace to commercial traffic until 1pm on Sunday at the earliest.

MANY Irish farmers are renting huge areas of land in the Ukraine, said Borys Bazylevskyi, the Central European country’s ambassador in Ireland, during a recent Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs debate.

Car parts and bicycle retailer Halfords today named former Tesco director David Wild as chief executive after a four-month search to fill the top job.

RECRUITMENT firm CPL Resources has booked a 45% rise in first-half profits.

The number of diagnosed cancer cases will more than double between 2000 and 2030, primarily in poor countries, A United Nations research agency said today.

Graham Technology has today disclosed that the software solutions firm has more than doubled its profits since this time last year.

Billy Saunderson, chief executive of card payments company EuroConex, talks to David Clerkin.

A global manufacturing benchmark study carried out by Deloitte has found that one-third of Western European companies currently make goods in countries other than their main base.

EU expansion provides challenges and opportunities for firms in the new — and old — members, reports Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill.

Fianna Fáil MEP Sean Ó Neachtain says the EU presidency has great potential to improve the Irish economy.

Car rental group Avis Europe today said it had signed Europe’s largest ever fleet partnership deal with US car maker General Motors.

DELL Computers, the country’s top exporter, is in Ireland for the long haul as long as it remains competitive, the company pledged yesterday.

eTel Group, a corporate telecommunications service provider for Central Europe, has announced the launch of its International Network Operations Centre [iNOC] to serve Central Europe.