Dublin can now boast the second best 'poshtel' in Europe.

There was an unusual sight in Dublin yesterday. Passers-by were amazed to see a backlog of cars on South William Street, especially as it wasn’t a real traffic jam.

This week’s Small Business Show looks at Camara, the charity which takes old technology from businesses and puts it back to work helping disadvantaged children around the world. Oscar nominated animation company, Cartoon Saloon, talk about what it takes to create great animation and how publishers are now getting in on the animation industries. Temptster talks about filling to those empty tables and chairs as well as cinema seats. In the final part of the show we meet video analytics company Vidiro Analytics.

Former world number one Rory McIlroy has confirmed he has left Horizon Sports Management to create his own management group.

I am writing in relation to an article (Irish Examiner, Aug 7) which related to a Chinese woman who has been living and working in Dublin, Ireland for the last eight years, but whose visa expired last January.

YOU don’t often get to see the naked rear views of foreign visitors to Ireland in a PowerPoint slide during a presentation organised by a state-sponsored body.

March 23-30

Madonna has announced her 2012 World Tour. It includes a July 24 date in Dublin's Aviva Stadium.

Stephen Rogers says Sweden’s approach has lowered rates of prostitution.

Stephen Rogers says Sweden’s approach has lowered rates of prostitution

The cast of ‘Glee’ are coming to Ireland for a series of concerts, it has been announced.

Ronan Keating has made a public apology to his wife.

Louis Walsh hopes he will finally be able to get over Stephen Gately’s death in the New Year.

A Clare man whose partner is accused of hiring a hitman to kill him and his two sons has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he found it “very, very, very hard to believe” that she was guilty of the charges.

Donal Hickey on the huge growth in fish consumption in Ireland.

DESPITE the US economy’s downward spiral, it is onwards and upwards for the Irish-backed tallest residential tower in the world, to be built in a twisted shape in Chicago.

Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg has vowed to go ahead with concert dates in Dublin, Ireland this weekend, after he was forced to scrap his UK tour following a visa ban.

An ice storm wiped away the traditional green stripe painted on Fifth Avenue, New York, but it could not keep away thousands of St Patrick’s Day celebrants from the city’s parade today.

BRUCE J RYAN has been added to the board of Iona Technologies and will serve as chairman of Iona’s audit committee.

A Cypriot airliner ploughed into a hill north of Athens today, killing all 121 people on board, Greek officials said.

Thin Lizzy fans will pay tribute to late rocker Phil Lynott next Friday when they unveil a statue they funded in his favourite street in Dublin, Ireland.

Iona Technologies has today announced the resignation of Dan Demmer, IONA’s chief financial officer.

Travel software company Datalex cut full-year losses to $177,000 (€134,000) last year from $7.2m (€5.4m) in 2003.

A Spaniard captured the World Monopoly Championship today after building up a fortune from just 1,500 US dollars – in fake money – and ruthlessly forcing three other would-be tycoons from Europe into bankruptcy.

The Green Party has expressed its opposition to the Government’s plans to close Peamount Hospital in Dublin, Ireland’s main TB treatment centre.

Peter Zotto has been named as the new Chief Operating Officer of Iona Technologies.

Irish technology company, Marrakech has successfully raised $5m (€4.5m) in additional funding from existing investors Cross Atlantic Capital Partners and AMT Sybex.

Irish e-learning company WBT Systems, has announced that Smith and Nephew, one of the leading medical devices companies in the world, has selected the TopClass e-Learning Suite to deliver a global e-Learning Solution to an initial 2,500 staff in 8 countries.

Software company Prime Carrier has secured a contract with KPN Royal Dutch Telecom to provide its flagship product MOST V™ to enable them to operate their International Wholesale Voice business more profitably.

Marrackech is to shed 30 jobs, in an effort to cut costs.

Horizon has said that it expects earnings for the period to be at the lower end of market expecations and that 2003 is unlikely to be much better.

Web and applications development company, WS2 has been awarded the "IT Award of Excellence" from the Awards Committee at the Institute of Transport Management in the UK.

Datalex, a provider of technology solutions for the global travel and transportation industry, has today announced a new agreement with T-Systems, a division of Deutsche Telekom.

Amhanta Solutions, a newly established provider of enterprise risk management information system (RMIS) applications, has unveiled the first product from its 'Explorer' suite of risk management software.

Reflecting the growing momentum behind web services throughout Europe, Cape Clear Software, a provider of Web Services technology, yesterday held its inaugural European partner meeting in Dublin, Ireland.

As part of a wider UMTS network and advanced service enabler solution provided by Nortel Networks, the Everix Multi-Channel Platform will provide multi-channel, multi-access capabilities.

Openet has announced the release of Version 3.0 of its FusionWorks mediation platform.

2002 PGA European Tour Schedule