IRELAND and Britain agree that each country in the EU had the right to set their own rates of corporation tax, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, made clear yesterday.

AS the two men approached each other by the bandstand in a near deserted park at twilight, the scene was reminiscent of an old spy movie.

Former US president Bill Clinton is to give a special address to students at University College Dublin tonight.

Former US president Bill Clinton is to give a special address to students at University College Dublin tonight.

THE Irish League of Credit Unions is to campaign for the establishment of an all-Ireland fund to bail out credit unions when they get into financial difficulty.

Internationally acclaimed playwright Brian Friel celebrated Bloomsday at James Joyce’s alma mater today where he received the university’s highest honour.

ULSTER and Ireland winger Tommy Bowe, was last night voted the BT IRUPA Players’ Player of the Year.

GREEN ISLE FOODS has been named Irish Exporter of the Year for 2007 by the Irish Exporters’ Association.

President Mary McAleese will today give the inaugural lecture in a major series on living with disabilities in modern-day Ireland.

Commerce and the environment in south Co Dublin will be the focus of a conference later today.

THE Food and Drink Industry awards will be staged in O’Reilly Hall at University College Dublin on September 21.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has presented its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Charlie McCreevy FCA.

IRISH people with motor neurone disease are dying sooner than those in other countries because of inadequate health services.