Thousands of jobs to go as big banks slash costs
THOUSANDS of jobs are now on the line as other banks gear up to follow yesterday’s decision by Bank of Scotland (Ireland) to dramatically slash costs.
Wednesday, February 10 2010
THOUSANDS of jobs are now on the line as other banks gear up to follow yesterday’s decision by Bank of Scotland (Ireland) to dramatically slash costs.
FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny was ordered yesterday by his frontbench to better prepare for major public appearances and cut down on travelling the country for party meetings.
GARDAI had to be called to a medical card processing office because members of the public were so angry at lost applications and phones not being answered.
TAXPAYERS are facing VAT charges on a host of local authority services including library internet access and photocopying, it has emerged.
THE outgoing Catholic Bishop of Kildare will be among a delegation of 24 diocesan bishops attending next week's summit talks at the Vatican with Pope Benedict on the child clerical abuse crisis.
SHE was at the centre of an intense legal battle between her parents and two leading medical experts. But last night, after the High Court approved a €500,000 settlement to her family, little Rebecca McGillin was interested in only one thing -- the present her mother had promised her.
GARDAI are cracking down on suspected dissident republicans, as fears grow of a turf war between the Real IRA and drug gangs.
"Stop Daddy, stop, you're hurting me." This was the cry allegedly heard by a witness as a father allegedly raped his son.
BOOTS, the British chemist chain, will start selling children's clothes in Ireland after signing a deal with Mothercare.
Arsene Wenger's latest date with destiny arrives with the fallout still tumbling out from the last.
SARAH Palin is facing fresh doubts about her readiness for high office after being caught reading crib notes scrawled on her hand to prompt her on the core principles of conservatism.
MICHAEL Jackson's doctor was charged last night with involuntary manslaughter of the superstar.
A Haitian rice vendor may have lived trapped under the rubble of a market for 27 days with little more than water to survive on, a doctor has said.
AS Fionnan Sheahan and Sam Smyth have pointed out in their excellent analysis of the George Lee saga, we have been duped by the cult of celebrity.
IF Richard Bruton comes to believe that Enda Kenny's leadership is a hindrance to Fine Gael leading the next government -- it's "bye, bye Enda".
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