Mulvey: workers pay for boom folly
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Dick O’Brien
Ordinary workers are continuing to pay for the ‘‘champagne lifestyles’’ of many of those responsible for the economic crisis, according to the head of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC),who is overseeing talks between the government and public sector unions.
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Waiting list figures described as ‘meaningless’
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Susan Mitchell
The Health Service Executive has no accurate information on the number of patients seeking outpatient appointments or the delays they face, a senior HSE executive has told The Sunday Business Post.
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Solicitors reject proposals for Law Society
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Kieron Wood
The biggest general meeting of solicitors for several years has voted not to ban the Law Society from providing financial guarantees without the consent of its members.
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Union meetings put pressure on partnership talks
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Nicola Cooke
Upcoming conferences of civil servants and other public sector workers will put increased pressure on new partnership talks to succeed, according to senior trade union sources.
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HSE left foster carers unvetted
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Ian Kehoe and John Burke
The Health Service Executive put vulnerable children in the care of unvetted adult foster carers for periods of up to six years without seeking assessments or vetting of the carers from gardaí or social services.
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Boost for state’s PPP model
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Ian Kehoe
The National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) has said it is prepared to finance large-scale infrastructure projects through public private partnerships (PPPs), after overcoming a number of obstacles that previously curtailed its involvement in the PPP model.
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Nama finds banks took solicitors’ letters as security
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Ian Kehoe and Richard Curran
Banks routinely accepted undertakings given by the solicitors of property developers as the sole security on loans worth hundreds of millions of euro, the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) has discovered.
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Tech mogul Naji hit by Broadworks collapse
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Technology entrepreneur Samir Naji and former waste boss Pat Alley are set to lose out with the winding up of internet and cable television provider Broadworks, writes Gavin Daly.
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Treasury subsidiary owes almost €400 million
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Gavin Daly
A Dublin property company backed by developer Johnny Ronan, who is taking a break from his business activities, owes almost €400 million and is relying on support from its parent, Treasury Holdings.
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O’Keeffe wants schools to join forces to cut bills
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Martha Kearns
Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe is to tell the country’s schools to cut their costs by joining forces to seek tenders for services such as electricity supply.
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EU gives approval for Irish firm’s cancer drug
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Susan Mitchell
A small Irish drug firm expects to make up to €8 million over the next two years after getting regulatory approval for a generic breast cancer treatment.
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Third of ODCE staff working on Anglo probe
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Ian Kehoe
More than one-third of all staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) are now working on its lengthy investigation into Anglo Irish Bank.
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IMI seeks approval for UCC merger
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Richard Curran
The Irish Management Institute is to hold an extraordinary general meeting on Saturday, seeking approval to merge with University College, Cork.
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Uniphar sells Ipos shares
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Ian Kehoe
Drug firm Uniphar has appointed Goodbody Corporate Finance to sell its shares in almost 150 pharmacies affiliated to Ipos, the independent pharmacy ownership scheme.
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Crowley invests €4m in energy initiative
Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Gavin Daly
Dotcom survivor Norman Crowley has invested €4 million in a new business venture he believes will create thousands of jobs in energy efficiency.
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