Danone has directly touched the lives of 60,000 children and has made an impact on them all, writes Fergus Finlay

Richard Egan, managing director and clinic director, MyMedical Urgent Care Centre, Cherrywood.

Jastine Valdez was manually strangled to death a short time after being abducted by her suspected killer, Mark Hennessy.

The Nissan Qashqai driven by Mark Hennessy in the abduction of Jastine Valdez might still yield additional information to gardaí investigating his movements before and during the horrific events of last weekend, but neither the car manufacturer nor gardaí are sure.

Gardaí are to conduct a detailed examination of the mobile phones and digital devices of Mark Hennessy and Jastine Valdez to determine if there was any contact between them — but suspect she may have been a completely random victim.

Gardaí were last night still searching for a woman after they fatally shot her abductor after a massive manhunt in south Dublin.

The Minister for Education Richard Bruton announced today that 42 new schools will be built over the next four years.

US property developer Hines is to build more than 1,200 rental houses in south Dublin, at a cost of €450m, “in the coming years”.

The main developer of the new town at Cherrywood in Dublin wants €41m for 126 social housing homes.

The war of words in the National Maternity Hospital row grew more entrenched over the weekend, as both sides accused the other of peddling mistruths.

As many as 600 new jobs are to be created across the country following four separate announcements.

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Computer giant Dell has announced it is to create 100 jobs at its Limerick facility. 

TWO sites aimed at builders at East Cork’s Bailick Road come to market this month, one with agents Lisney, the other with DTZ Sherry FitzGerald.

Dell has announced another batch of new jobs in Dublin.

An Independent Deputy is calling for more social housing to be built across the country as a solution to the growing shortage.

The woes of a bruised coalition Government and fears of another property bubble may just throw the Green Party a lifeline and help get party leader Eamon Ryan elected to Europe.

Gardaí in Dublin are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a 53-year-old man.

The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, has rowed back on previous comments suggesting the lower VAT rate for tourism industires would be scrapped.

Computer giant Dell is to create 300 jobs at a new bank.

In Dublin, motorists are being advised to expect significant delays after a car overturned on the M50 motorway this afternoon.

The trial of four Councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone over 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

IKEA has identified a site in South Dublin for a second store.

Twenty crews from ESB Networks are now assisting their colleagues across the North where up to 40,000 homes have been left without power after heavy snow.

The future of 200 jobs at Full Tilt Poker in Dublin has been secured following a takeover of the online gaming site by rival PokerStars.

Two more Fianna Fáil members criticised in the damning Mahon Tribunal report resigned from the party yesterday ahead of a motion to expel them later this week.

Former taoiseach Albert Reynolds was told of a developer’s £50,000 payment to one of his ministers but failed to inquire of it and instead re-appointed the individual to cabinet, the inquiry found.

The tribunal commended current minister and Labour TD Pat Rabbitte for giving back a £2,000 donation he received from lobbyist Frank Dunlop in 1992.

THERE are fears that up to 425 more people are about to be added to the dole queue after two firms announced job cut plans.

COMPUTER company boss Michael Dell yesterday gave a morale-boosting talk to workers at a Limerick plant which shed 1,900 workers in 2009.

ONE of Ireland’s most successful firms during the Celtic Tiger era, which once had an annual turnover in excess of €300 million, has gone into liquidation.

An online gambling site which employs around 600 people in a Dublin subsidiary has had its licence to operate suspended by authorities in the Channel Islands, prompting fears for the future of the jobs.

THE Railway Procurement Agency has unveiled a pre-tax operating surplus on infrastructure activities of €1.1 million for 2010, boosted by an 8% annual increase in Luas numbers.

Dublin: Senior women with Dell, Microsoft, Accenture, Google, Facebook, HP and Ernst & Young gathered for the third Connecting Women in Technology event at Dell’s facility in Cherrywood, Dublin.

THE creation of 150 jobs at Dell shows there is confidence among companies in doing business in Ireland with a new emerging young workforce, Taoiseach Enda Kenny claimed yesterday.

THE Irish-registered online poker site closed to US customers last week over investigations into money laundering and fraud, has been temporarily reopened to allow punters withdraw millions of dollars in tied-up funds.

The owners and founders of the three largest online gambling sites in the United States have been indicted and charged with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses.

The M50 has now reopened to traffic following an earlier collision involving six cars.

THE Dublin-based sales and support operations of computer giant Dell increased pre-tax profits last year by 5.7% to €11.5 million in spite of a drop in revenues.

Passengers on the Green Luas Line in Dublin can travel for free again today to mark the opening yesterday of the new extension.

The 7.5km extension to the Green Luas line in Dublin is now fully operational.