FBD, the country’s second largest general insurer, has warned that increases of up to 10% for some general insurance products are on the cards due to the rising cost of claims.

BLOOM, the country’s premier gardening and lifestyle event, which opened in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, yesterday, aims to banish the doom and gloom of the economic recession for thousands of green fingered visitors – at least for the Bank Holiday weekend.

IRISH food and drink exports delivered double-digit growth last year to exceed €8 billion for the first time, according to Bord Bia’s annual performance and prospects report, published yesterday.