Staff at the Central Bank Mint will start a work-to-rule on Monday.

Two gardaí facing assault charges were further remanded on bail at Limerick District Court yesterday.

A man accused of plotting with others to steal cash from a cash-in-transit van will say he was under duress at the time of the attempted robbery.

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LEATHER reception couches, executive board room tables, office desks and fax machines are among the items start-up businesses are scooping up from firms in liquidation.

The survival plan for three companies in the Fleming group received the unanimous support of its creditors with the exception of Dutch owned ACC bank, the Supreme Court heard today.

KERRY Foods won an Irish “Food Oscar” yesterday for its success on the export market with Cheesestrings, the popular snack that it produces in Charleville, Co Cork, where it employs more than 500 people.

Vodafone is seeking 150 job cuts in its Irish workforce.

TWO directors of a building company which went into voluntary liquidation should be made personally liable for its €3.2 million debts — including €2.1m in under-declared tax liabilities — it was claimed in the High Court yesterday.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin announced today that Novell it is to centralise its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) TeleWeb operations in Ireland, with the support of IDA Ireland.

THE Trinity-IMI Graduate School of Management will host its first joint open evening to showcase its management courses for autumn 2006 and January 2007, aimed exclusively at senior management.

MICROSOFT has excluded Irish from its plan to translate the Windows operating system into 40 additional languages.