Ireland had the worst average house price decline among all reporting countries in the Global Property Guide survey over the 12 months to Q2, 2011.

IRELAND’S failure to increase its spend on education, in line with the wealth generated by the Celtic Tiger, has raised strong criticism.

TRAVELLERS planing to travel through Cork Airport today have been advised to check with their carrier as ash clouds continue to play havoc with schedules.

IRELAND’S poor investment in education relative to other countries is actually worse than was suggested in a major comparison of international statistics published yesterday, teacher unions have claimed.

Irish Senior Men basketball coach Jay Larranaga has today named his squad ahead of the start of their European qualifiers on Saturday, August 15.

WORKERS at Dell’s Dublin facility remain fearful of future job losses.

SOME money transfer businesses are not providing accurate and transparent information about their charges for sending money, according to the Financial Regulator.

THE draws for the European Basketball Championships were made in Venice on Saturday.

PROPOSALS to have teacher competency assessed by school principals rather than inspectors have been firmly rejected by a union leader.

CORK Airport yesterday announced its third new route this week — this time to Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Republic.

A WOMAN was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of a man in Co Tipperary.

The ISEQ-index of Irish shares has continued its surge into positive territory with a 13.64 point increase this morning to 9449.13.

Ireland has one of the lowest government spends on healthcare of any developed country.

European police have raided 150 addresses in 13 countries, including the UK, in a co-ordinated operation against a major child pornography ring, Europol said today.

Day in and out, Frantisek Danihel steers his ferry back and forth over the slow-moving Morava River, linking what were two separate worlds only a year ago - the European Union and its aspiring members.

THE question of fees for third-level education has reared its head again.

THE Government has been accused of grossly under-funding the education system after an international report revealed Ireland continues to lag behind most developed countries on school investment.

The predicted relocation of British businesses to eastern Europe following the expansion of the European Union has failed to materialise, a business group said today.

Huge celebrations are being planned to mark the enlargement of the EU, it was revealed today.

EU statistics agency Eurostat has said the eight Central and East European countries set to join the European Union in May 2004 had a €0.2bn trade surplus with the EU in the first nine months of the year.

Jennifer Capriati experienced little difficulty reaching the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows as she overpowered Martina Sucha of the Slovak Republic 6-1 6-1.

The red clay of Roland Garros splattered the white shirt of Andre Agassi but the years refuse to cling to tennis’ version of Peter Pan.

Leading European telecommunications service provider, eTel, today announced that its Slovakian operating company has been awarded a full Public Telecommunications Operators' (PTO) Licence for the country.

Britain came out on top at the International Emmy TV awards in New York last night, winning four of the seven prizes.

May Day 2004 was expected to be confirmed today as the official membership date for 10 new countries joining the European Union.

ON a day when controversy threatened to take over, there was double joy for Irish sprinters at the European championships in Munich last night.

The jobless rate in the world’s richest nations is expected to climb to 6.9% of the active population next year before declining slightly in 2004, the OECD said today.

Irish workers enjoy one of the lowest tax regimes in the world, according to a survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.